{"id":97446,"date":"2025-05-05T14:30:57","date_gmt":"2025-05-05T12:30:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/?p=97446"},"modified":"2025-05-05T13:35:38","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T11:35:38","slug":"palestine-report-64","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/palestine-report-64\/","title":{"rendered":"Palestine Report"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sameera Casmod | sameerac@radioislam.co.za<\/a>
\n5 May 2025 | 14:30 CAT
\n3-minute read<\/p>\n

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Starvation deepens, resistance grows: Gaza endures genocide and siege<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

As Gaza endures its longest and most punishing siege in modern history, the humanitarian toll grows more devastating by the day. With 64 consecutive days of a total blockade, civilians are succumbing not only to Israeli bombardment but to hunger, disease, and medical neglect.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s nothing more important to talk about at this moment in time than the starvation in Gaza,\u201d said Moulana Ebrahim Moosa in his weekly Palestine Report<\/em> on Radio Islam. \u201cWe understand this is now the longest continuous total siege imposed by the Israelis on Gaza since the beginning of this genocide.\u201d<\/p>\n

The impacts are heartbreaking. Reports continue to surface of children dying from malnutrition. One of the latest victims was four-month-old Jenan Saleh al-Skafi, who passed away from malnutrition at Al-Rantisi Hospital in Gaza City. In Al-Awda Hospital, another child was born without a brain\u2014extreme outcomes that are becoming disturbingly frequent.<\/p>\n

Moulana Moosa explained that healing from basic injuries now takes far longer due to malnutrition, increasing the risk of secondary complications. Community kitchens are overwhelmed, and the remaining food supply consists of little more than canned goods\u2014often expired or inedible. There are no fresh foods to be found.<\/p>\n

Despite these catastrophic conditions, the Palestinian resistance continues to mount unexpected counteroffensives, particularly in Rafah. The city, almost entirely flattened by Israeli bombardment, was presumed cleared of resistance fighters. Yet in recent days, Hamas executed coordinated ambushes that have inflicted serious casualties on Israeli soldiers. The Israeli daily Haaretz<\/em> reflected the shift in tone with a sobering headline: \u201cAs Israeli soldiers die in Gaza again, the IDF faces a sobering reality about Hamas.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cDespite the ebbs and flows, the resistance continues, it has a strategy and emerges at strategic times,\u201d said Moulana Moosa. His words capture the resilience that continues to define Palestinian resistance\u2014against all odds and against the narrative that Gaza has been militarily subdued.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, wildfires tore across central Israel last week, described by local officials as \u201cone of the largest wildfires in the history of the Israeli state, if not the largest ever.\u201d The fires coincided with Israel\u2019s so-called Independence Day, which marks the Nakba on the Hebrew calendar. Canada Park, a forest planted by the Jewish National Fund on destroyed Palestinian villages, was engulfed in flames, along with over 24 000 dunams of land.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s something poetic about it,\u201d reflected Moulana Moosa. \u201cMany people from all kinds of backgrounds have read into this.\u201d He added that the ecological disaster is partly the result of Zionist reforestation strategies, which replaced native flora with highly flammable European pine trees.<\/p>\n

Israeli society has erupted in recriminations, with blame cast in all directions\u2014from Palestinians to political opponents. Even Prime Minister Netanyahu\u2019s son publicly accused the Israeli left of setting the fires.<\/p>\n

In a further development, Yemen\u2019s Houthi-led Ansarullah group launched a missile strike on Israel\u2019s Ben Gurion Airport that penetrated multiple layers of missile defence, leaving a 25-metre crater. The strike has been hailed by Hamas as a significant show of solidarity. The Houthis have since declared an aerial blockade, following their earlier maritime blockade, leading to flight cancellations by international airlines including Lufthansa, Swiss Air, and Austrian Airlines.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis reflects a firm commitment to the Palestinian cause and salutes the Yemeni people,\u201d said Hamas spokesperson Abu Obeida, in a rare moment of cross-movement affirmation.<\/p>\n

As the siege on Gaza drags into its third month, the reality for Palestinians remains one of slow death and daily courage. In the words of Moulana Moosa, the world is witnessing \u201ca genocide carried out through starvation\u201d\u2014but also, a people refusing to be erased.<\/p>\n

Listen <\/strong>to the Palestine Report<\/a> on Sabaahul Muslim with Moulana Ebrahim Moosa.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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