Due to the plans by US President Trump to seize the island of Greenland, the international community has been ignoring the ongoing genocide in Gaza.  At least 73,000 Palestinians have been reported killed in Gaza since 7th October 2023, but the full death count may exceed 100,000.  On 30th July 2025, the Washington Post published the list of names of 18,500 children killed since October 2023.  Their deaths must not be ignored. 

The Trump peace plan makes no effort to hold Israel to account for the Genocide, or to hold the US and others to account for their participation in that Genocide.  Trump’s Board of Peace for Gaza will be chaired by Trump himself.  There will be several subsidiary bodies whose membership will include former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair, US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, US Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff, and Jared Kushner, the US President’s son-in-law. 

With a line-up like this, what could possibly go right?  There are no genuine plans for democracy, independence, accountability or justice for the Palestinian people.

We need to understand the stories of some of the children killed to appreciate the suffering and trauma. The film, The Voice Of Hind Rajab, tells the horrific story of five-year-old Hind Rami Iyad Rajab, killed by Israeli tank fire on 29th January 2024.  Six of her family members and two paramedics coming to her rescue were also killed.

More than 100 children are reported to have died in Gaza since the October 2025 Ceasefire.  They include two-week old baby Mohammad Abu al-Khair, who died on 15th December 2025.  He was the eighth to die of hypothermia in Gaza this winter—including a 27-day-old baby named Aisha Ayesh al-Agha, who died17th January.

All these crimes against humanity must not be ignored.

Edward Horgan