The striking feature is not only the scale of civilian loss but the way institutions classify and reclassify death. A figure—83% of those killed in Gaza identified as civilians—does not emerge from chaos.

In political life, the absence of action is rarely the absence of choice. What looks like hesitation or indecision is often the outcome of a structure that makes inaction appear natural, even necessary.

Relief convoys idle at Gaza’s border show the crisis’s severity. Despite Israel’s partial blockade lift Sunday, no aid reached starving Palestinians by Wednesday, deepening the humanitarian catastrophe.