A Miracle Amid Horror
On 31 July, Gaza photographer Mostfa Abu Jasser shared footage of a young girl who miraculously survived a gunshot to the back of her head, reportedly fired by an Israeli drone. The bullet lodged between her scalp and skull without penetrating, sparing her life.
The child, identified as Lana, was treated in Gaza City, where doctors worked to remove the bullet. The video’s circulation online reignited outrage, underscoring the daily realities faced by Palestinians under relentless Israeli attacks.
Civilians and Teenagers as ‘Target Practice’
Medical professionals returning from volunteer missions in Gaza have observed a disturbing pattern in the injuries they treated, indicating that Israeli forces deliberately target civilians and teenagers in specific body areas each day.
Speaking to Zeteo, British surgeon Dr. Nick Maynard said the wounds often clustered by location from day to day. He described them to be head and neck on one day, chest wounds the next, and in another instance, four boys aged 13 and 14 shot in the genitals. The frequency and consistency of such injuries, he said, made it difficult to dismiss them as coincidence.
Other accounts point to Israeli border guards seizing infant formula from American doctors entering Gaza, while health workers in the Strip face continuous targeting despite international protections.
Death Toll Fueled by Starvation
The Ministry of Health in Gaza reports Israeli forces have killed over 60,000 Palestinians since October 2023, with at least 147 dying directly from starvation. The UN’s hunger monitoring agency warns famine thresholds have already been reached in much of the Strip, with one in three residents going days without food.
Malnutrition among children is surging, with thousands admitted for acute cases in recent months. Doctors warn that the long-term effects are devastating, impairing physical growth, cognitive development, and even heart function — sometimes fatally, even after food becomes available.
Attempts to seek food remain deadly. UN data shows Israeli forces have killed nearly 900 Palestinians in recent weeks as they tried to collect aid, most near distribution points run by the controversial US- and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation. Survivors, including starving children, said soldiers shot at them on their way to collect small amounts of food.
Journalists and Aid Seekers Not Spared
Journalists in Gaza face the same dangers as civilians and medics. On 10 August, an Israeli airstrike on a media tent near Al-Shifa Hospital killed six reporters — four from Al Jazeera, including correspondents Anas al-Sharif and Mohammed Qreiqeh, and camera operators Ibrahim Zaher and Mohammed Noufal — along with freelancers Moamen Aliwa and Mohammad al-Khaldi.
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) condemned the strike as the war’s deadliest single attack on media workers, bringing the death toll of journalists since October 2023 to 192, most of them Palestinian. Israeli military spokespeople had previously targeted Al-Sharif, one of Gaza’s most prominent correspondents, with public accusations that he said endangered his life.
CPJ called the killings part of a systematic effort to silence coverage, describing the deliberate targeting of journalists as a war crime under international law.
The UN and aid groups continue to call for an immediate and permanent ceasefire, the removal of all restrictions on humanitarian access, and the protection of civilians — demands that remain unmet as the war’s toll escalates.
Watch the video here:
@trtworld A Palestinian girl in Gaza miraculously survived being shot in the head by an Israeli drone, after the bullet became lodged instead of penetrating her skull
Civilians shot as ‘target practice:’
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