‘The Night Won’t End…’

Somrita Som

The Night Won’t End– Biden’s War on Gaza’ is a Fault Lines Documentary presented by Al Jazeera which not only talks about the indiscriminate massacres and war crimes committed in Gaza but the consequent slaughter of humanity and the resounding silence of the world.

Israel’s declaration of an unrelenting war on the Gaza strip in retaliation to a Hamas attack, soon took the form of one of the largest humanitarian crises of the century, claiming numerous civilian lives in military operations. One such military operation was the one on Jabalia refugee camp where Israeli forces caused heavy bombardment killing more than a hundred civilians in an attempt to kill one Hamas commander.

The documentary thus, traces such investigations along with individual accounts to provide viewers a rough image of the scale of dissemination of Palestinian lives. The Palestinians were faced with large-scale displacement, continuous bombing, field executions, airstrikes and a complete cutdown of humanitarian assistance–with no food, no electricity, no water, nothing but despair and death. One of the many heart-wrenching stories recorded by the documentary is perhaps that of Hind Rajab, a 6-year-old girl who was shot in a car with all her family members. The little girl clung on to a phone call requesting aid for three hours. However, the ambulance dispatched was bombed and Hind eventually died due to lack of assistance. This is sadly not an exception but one of the millions of cases many of which remain unrecorded. The Israeli authorities have denied involvement in such cases, even though satellite images and several evidences prove otherwise.

The United States of America, a global super-power and an unwavering supporter of Israel has overlooked all allegations of war crimes and continues supplying military assistance claiming that Israel was defending herself. The leniency of the USA towards Israel is said to have upended the system of international laws that had so far bound the international community. Even though there was evidence of US weapons being used for humanitarian violations, the denial of accountability by the White House has led the world to the verge of probable ruination.

The bombing of designated safe zones, the obliteration of Palestinian life, indiscriminate killing of paramedics, journalists, civilians, and children, all have led the Palestinians to believe that there is no hope. It has transformed the nation into a huge graveyard where even memory of better times remains constricted to old photographs, blood-stained walls and the surrounding ash and rubble that was once a home. The documentary through its haunting images of reality showcases that the night of fear experienced in Gaza grows darker where hope dwindles with every passing day.

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Vol 57, No. 4, Jul 21 - 27, 2024