A missile meant for one man instead killed 10 peo ple ~ six of them children ~ waiting in line to fill water containers. This single tragic moment in Gaza encapsulates a far wider moral crisis. It is not merely about flawed targeting or “technical errors,” as claimed. It is about a repeated failure to protect civilians in a war that has dragged on for months with no visible safeguards for the most vulnerable.

The death toll in Gaza, now nearing 58,000, is not just a number ~ it is a reflection of a population systematically cornered. Civilians are being killed not while sheltering militants or attacking military targets, but while fetching water, collecting food, or lining up near humanitarian aid points. This makes the notion of precision warfare ring hollow. Even if the intention is to strike combatants, the outcome too often resembles collective punishment. These are not accidental footnotes to war ~ they........

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