A box of beetle insecticide sits open in a warehouse filled with food. This is UNRWA's logistics headquarters in Jordan, where pallets of flour, oil, sugar, rice, blankets, tents, clothing, and other basic supplies have been stockpiling for months. They must be kept from spoiling. The hangar, crowned with the UN's signature blue roof, is overflowing. But they continue to receive allotments of supplies. And dozens of workers in blue vests are busy labeling and repackaging them.

The Israeli offensive in the Gaza Strip has intensified even further In the last hours of this Sunday, with aerial and ground bombardments punishing Gaza City and the surrounding areas, while the civilian population faces a humanitarian and food crisis of extreme gravityAccording to information provided by Al Jazeera, the Hamas-controlled Gaza Ministry of Health has stated that the number of victims of famine has now reached 289, of which 115 are children, a figure that reflects the worsening of an already desperate situation. Israel, for its part, continues to deny both the figures and the lack of food, calling it "pro-Palestinian propaganda" and saying that Hamas is withholding the aid.

Is anything fair in war? Unfortunately, if contemporary times have brought anything—especially since the 20th century—it has been unbridled warfare, targeting civilians: bombings of cities, sieges, starvation, rape... The Second World War marked a shift toward new forms of barbarism, with destructive air raids on test sites, the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the extermination camps, and the gulags. Armies no longer just fought and continue to fight each other; they also punish defenseless populations, sometimes obsessively and fanatically, sometimes with calculated coldness. Technology—now with drones—has made the execution of terror daring and dehumanized.

The killing in Gaza continues at a dramatic pace. Benjamin Netanyahu's army has killed at least 41 Palestinians in various attacks on the Strip since early Saturday morning, hospital sources confirmed to Al Jazeera reporters on the ground. In fact, the death toll since the start of the Israeli offensive in October 2023 now exceeds 62,600. At least 62,622 Palestinians were killed and 157,673 were wounded in Gaza, according to sources within the Hamas government.