"A new acronym emerged a couple of months into Israel's bombardment of Gaza: WCNSF. Wounded child, no surviving family. That acronym is unique to Gaza, experts like paediatrician Dr Tanya Haj-Hasan with Medecins Sans Frontieres have said. Normally it's rare for doctors to treat a child who has lost their entire family. But there has been nothing normal about the genocide in Gaza, where whole bloodlines have been wiped out and there are more child amputees than anywhere else in the world."
"Despite a supposed ceasefire being in place, Gaza remains hell on earth. Essential medical supplies are not getting in and Amnesty International has said Israel is still committing genocide. (Israel has denied this, of course, just as it denies everything it is accused of.) But while traumatised orphans are now freezing in makeshift tent camps, there is a little heartwarming news: nothing is going to stop the Eurovision song contest from continuing with its mission of unity and cultural exchange."
A new acronym, WCNSF, stands for 'Wounded child, no surviving family' and is said to be unique to Gaza. Doctors report that many children have lost entire families, whole bloodlines have been wiped out, and Gaza has more child amputees than anywhere else. Medical personnel describe cases of children allegedly being deliberately targeted by snipers and returning from landscapes of rubble. A supposed ceasefire has not stopped civilian suffering; essential medical supplies are blocked and orphaned children are freezing in makeshift tent camps. Amnesty International has declared that Israel is committing genocide, while Israel denies those allegations. Eurovision continues to include Israel despite several European countries withdrawing in protest and accusations of politicisation amid reported civilian deaths and restrictions on journalists.
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