Father Ibrahim Faltas, vicar of the Holy Land Custody (Ansa)
“Who decides the death of a child? Who does not want to give him food if he is hungry, water if he is thirsty, who does not get him drugs if he is sick? It is difficult to think that people, who have children and grandchildren, can decide that even one child can die without having human pity. What drives a human being to hit and destroy children’s lives? ».
These are the questions that arises Father Ibrahim Faltas, Vicar of the custody of the Holy Land, in an intervention published in theRoman Observer of 1 August in which he describes the increasingly dramatic situation of the strip and the people who are starving as well as under the shots of Israeli raids.
«For almost two years the voices of those who ask to respect the life of Gaza have been felt. Pope Francis and Pope Leo XIV have asked for peace and respect for truth and justice with still and strong appeals»Faltas continues,” International civil society has stimulated governments to take positions decided against indiscriminate violence on innocent defenseless and without weapons. The request to cease the fire came from an increasing number of human beings, affected by images and news of other human beings subjected to inhuman suffering. Strong feelings ask to stop the tragedy that mainly affects the children of the wars ».
What are they used for, Father Faltas is still asked, “The commitment and determination of international bodies to protect children’s rights in the world? What do the concentration camps remind us, monuments of the story that was no longer to repeat? Whoever decides that a child can no longer smile, play, go to school, Not having the love and embrace of the parents, brothers, grandparents anymore? Who decides that a malnutrite mother must witness the death of the son because he cannot breastfeed him and artificial milk does not arrive in Gaza? Untited questions », Faltas underlines,” because what happens to Gaza is increasingly incomprehensible. Despite the mobilization of many governments and the indignation of the world, there are still those who decide in the lives of children and other innocent “.
The vicar of custody also reports “a news that shocked me and that I never wanted to receive”. It concerns the fate of “Many children trying to kill each other and often succeed. They do not have the strength to survive the lack of the affection and protection of loved ones, they no longer have a voice to ask for to eat, They no longer want to see the death and destruction that surround them and decide to destroy their lives. Malnutrition has reached levels of this gravity that there will be consequences on the lives of those who will be able to survive. If we cannot stop this further pain, if we cannot erase this scandal, can we still call us humanity? Who decides to the life of the children of Gaza?».
Dramatic questions, destined to remain unanswered.
