Twelve children were killed in Gaza since dawn. Not since the start of the conflict. Since dawn — in a single morning’s bombardment. They were among at least 41 people killed that day in Israeli airstrikes across the territory.

Over the same 24 hours, seven more Palestinians — including children — died from Israel’s forced starvation, bringing the total number of people starved to death in Gaza to 420. Of those, 145 are children.

The overall death toll has now surpassed 65,000 people, mostly women and children. A secret Israeli intelligence database — Israel’s own data — shows that at least 83 percent of those killed were civilians, not combatants. Former Israeli Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi has acknowledged that more than 200,000 Palestinians have been killed or injured since the conflict began.

These are not abstract numbers. They are children who woke up that morning. They are families who were already starving. They are a civilian population that has been subjected to one of the most documented campaigns of mass killing in recent history — and the government responsible for it continues to receive weapons, diplomatic cover, and military assistance from the United States.

“The Israeli government’s daily slaughter of Palestinian children is a moral abomination,” United Voices said. “Every new day of silence from the international community is a green light for more children to be bombed, starved, and buried under rubble.”

There is a throughline connecting the 12 children killed in airstrikes and the 145 children starved to death: both are the result of deliberate policy choices made by the Israeli government and enabled by the United States. Bombing civilian areas is a choice. Blocking food from reaching a starving population is a choice. Continuing to arm a government that makes those choices is a choice.

United Voices is calling on the Trump administration and Congress to immediately end all military funding to Israel and take concrete steps to hold Israeli officials accountable for crimes against humanity. The children of Gaza are not collateral damage. They are the target. And the international community’s continued silence is what makes it possible.