Rockets fired from Gaza. Israeli airstrikes flattening buildings. Families running from homes. Children buried under rubble.
The White House issues “statements of concern.” Lawmakers pick sides. Social media collapses into tribal camps. Meanwhile, civilians die.
The cycle isn’t new. Violence erupts, the world watches for a week, then attention moves on. But for people living it, the damage isn’t temporary. Trauma doesn’t vanish when headlines fade.
The hardest truth: both justice and peace have been promised for decades. Neither arrives. The region burns, and leaders repeat the same lines as if words can substitute for solutions.