In June 2025, as hunger spread in the Gaza Strip, 5-year-old Abdullah Abu Zarqa was filmed crying, "I'm hungry." His malnutrition might very well have caused his rickets as well; his mother said he was too weak to hold a glass of water, and he asked why he couldn't walk like the other kids. His story quickly went viral, and under international pressure, he was evacuated to a hospital in Turkey. But it was too late – Abdullah died that August. In recent months, it has often be