Karol Balfe: We need to restore our humanity - and end the madness in Gaza

Palestinians walk about buildings destroyed in the Israeli bombardment in the Nusseirat refugee camp in the Gaza Strip. Picture: Hatem Moussa/AP

To Gazans, it must feel like the world has abandoned them. In many ways, it already had.

80% of Gazans were already dependent on humanitarian aid and living under siege before the current hostilities. Poverty was crippling, and the UN had warned that the enclave was headed to inhabitability.