A few weeks ago, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared a new ground offensive in Gaza. Since then, the world has witnessed a devastating escalation in violence — fresh airstrikes, razing of civilian infrastructure, and indiscriminate killing of Palestinians in a besieged territory where safe zones simply do not exist. Hundreds have perished, many of them women and children.

After months of global silence and diplomatic fence-sitting, major players like the UK,........

© The Express Tribune