Israel’s war in Gaza combines a historically rapid death rate, shocking violence toward children, unparalleled physical destruction, and now a world-historical famine. The world has, by objective measure, never seen anything like this.

To try and understand how bad things are in Gaza, you have to think about all the people you grew up with and came to know: your mom and dad and siblings, but also your grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins; the friends you knew since you were kids, and the friends of friends you knew for just as long; your neighbors, the people you went to school with, the shopkeeper you shared an inside joke with, or the restaurant owner who liked you and always gave you a little something extra with your order.

Now imagine they’re all gone. Maybe they died in air strikes

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