I'm not here. This isn't happening.

So many roads are destroyed that aid convoys would struggle to get very far into the Strip, even once they made it past the tens of thousands close to the edges who are currently starving to death.

Many of the hospitals and medical centres have been either destroyed or severely damaged. Even without the damage to the buildings and equipment, they would be short-staffed, thanks to Israel's relentless targetting of medical staff. The handful of hospitals that would theoretically be operational if the power was turned back on would not be nearly enough to cater to the (at minimum) 61,500 people who have been injured.

And as OP said, where do the people go? Two thirds of the buildings in northern Gaza have been completely destroyed. A quarter of all buildings in the south. Gaza was already one of the highest density cities in the world before this, and now they have over 1.2 million people who have to fit into VASTLY fewer houses.

The temperature overnight in Gaza at the moment is dropping down into single digits. What keeps all those houseless people warm at night? A tent? There are currently 1.8 million homeless people in Gaza. Where do they all go for shelter?

There are now, as a direct result of Israels 100+ days of bombing, over 25,000 orphans in Gaza. Many haven't just lost their parents, but their whole families. The assault in Gaza has necessitated the creation of a new acronym: WCNSF. Wounded child, no surviving family. Who looks after them? Who makes sure they're cared for, fed, housed, kept warm, loved? 25,000 orphans in the span of 100 days. That's unspeakably fucked up.

And how much psychological damage has been done to every single citizen there? How many horrific scenes have they borne witness to; how many loved ones have they lost; how many terrors have they endured? How do they even begin to recover from that?

The amount of damage Israel has done is unfathomable. And Israel don't give a fuck. Israel wants to create MORE damage than they already have. Create more wounded, more orphans. Destroy more homes, starve more people. The damage they've done will already take decades to recover from, and Israel wants to keep going. Wants to keep destroying, killing, maiming, torturing.

LINKS & RESOURCES:

Free Ebooks for a Free Palestine!

Verso Books: Solidarity with Palestine: Free Resources and Further Reading

Free Palestine! A Reading List

Books for a Free Palestine

Google Drive of Palestinian Poetry made by @firstfullmoon

Palestinian poems series by @fiercynn

40 books to understand Palestine

FICTION:

Mornings in Jenin by Susan Abulhawa

Against the Loveless World by Susan Abulhawa

Minor Detail by Adania Shibli

Salt Houses by Hala Alyan

Wild Thorns by Sahar Khalifeh

The Things We See in the Light by Amal Awad

A Woman Is No Man by Etaf Rum

Secrets Under the Olive Tree by Nevien Shaabneh

Trees for the Absentees by Ahlam Bsharat

The Beauty of Your Face by Sahar Mustafah

Mother Country by Etaf Rum

The Sea Cloak and other stories by Nayrouz Qarmout

The Parisian by Isabella Hammad

My First and Only Love by Sahar Khalifeh

Velvet by Huzama Habayeb

Haifa Fragments by Khulud Khamis

NON - FICTION:

The Hundred Years' War on Palestine by Rashid Khalidi

On Palestine By Noam Chomsky, Ilan Pappe and Frank Barat

The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine by Ilan Pappe

Ten Myths About Israel by Ilan Pappe

Light in Gaza: Writings Born of Fire by Jehad Abusalim (Editor), Jennifer Bing (Editor), Mike Merryman-Lotze (Editor)

Except for Palestine The Limits of Progressive Politics by Marc Lamont Hill, Mitchell Plitnick

Fateful Triangle: The United States, Israel, and the Palestinians by Noam Chomsky

Where the Line Is Drawn by Raja Shehadeh

Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear: Poems from Gaza by Mosab Abu Toha

Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions: The Global Struggle for Palestinian Rights by Omar Barghouti

Palestine: A Socialist Introduction [edited] by Sumaya Awad and Brian Bean

From the River to the Sea [edited] by Sai Englert, Michal Schatz and Rosie Warren

Palestine Speaks [edited] by Mateo Hoke and Cate Malek

The Punishment of Gaza by Gideon Levy

The Question of Palestine by Edward W. Said

I Saw Ramallah by Mourid Barghouti

Shell Houses by Rasha Abdulhadi

Born Palestinian, Born Black by Suheir Hammad

Tasting the Sky: A Palestinian Childhood by Ibtisam Barakat

Orientalism by Edward W. Said

Gaza Writes Back by Refaat Alareer

Rifqa by Mohammed El-Kurd

Ever Since I Did Not Die by Ramy Al-Asheq