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🍼 Youssef was just 40 days old
A newborn.
Still learning to breathe.
Still adjusting to the world outside the womb.
His name was Youssef Mohammad Al-Safadi.
He lived in northern Gaza.
And today, he was starved to death.
Because there was no baby formula.
Because there was no food.
Because everything that could’ve saved his life was blocked, banned, or bombed.
His family tried.
But there was nothing left to try.
💢 Let’s be clear: Youssef wasn’t just failed. He was targeted.
A baby doesn’t starve because of war.
A baby starves because someone closed the border.
Because someone bombed the trucks.
Because someone blocked the aid.
That someone is Israel.
And the United States — with all its weapons, money, and vetoes — made this possible.
Youssef didn’t die in an airstrike.
He didn’t die in crossfire.
He died in a cradle of siege.
📜 Starving babies is a war crime
There is no justification — not military, not moral, not strategic — for starving infants.
Under international law, this is a crime:
The Geneva Conventions forbid starvation of civilians as a method of warfare
The Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court makes it a prosecutable war crime
Collective punishment — especially of children — is explicitly banned
What happened to Youssef is not collateral damage.
It’s the inevitable outcome of the blockade.
And the world knows it.
And still — no action.
😡 I am furious
A 40-day-old baby should be wrapped in warmth and comfort — not starvation.
He should be hearing lullabies, not drone strikes.
He should be feeding every few hours, not crying from pain until his tiny body shuts down.
And we are watching this on our phones.
On iPhones.
On Androids.
We are watching babies die.
And the systems of the world — governments, media, institutions — do nothing.
They failed him.
And they are still failing millions more.
🛡️ This is why we say their names
His name is Youssef Mohammad Al-Safadi.
He was 40 days old.
He should be alive.
You won’t see his name in the New York Times. AGAIN ASK YOURSELF WHY?
You won’t hear his story told on CNN.
But here — we carry him.
💬 Say his name. Share his story.
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Youssef mattered.
And we are not going to let the world pretend otherwise.
With heartbreak and fire,
Shaun
