Why it matters:
Mansour’s speech captured the rising anguish across the Palestinian diaspora and added urgent moral pressure on the U.N. to act. With more than 1,300 Palestinian children killed since the breakdown of the ceasefire by Israel, the emotional plea is resonating well beyond diplomatic chambers.
The big picture:
The speech followed reports that dozens of children in Gaza are now dying from starvation, alongside those killed in airstrikes.
Since March, when the Israeli regime resumed its genocide, Palestinian officials report over 1,300 children killed and some 4,000 injured.
Mansour called the devastation not just as a humanitarian catastrophe but as a moral indictment of international inaction.
What he’s saying:
“If we stop this genocide before she is killed too…” Mansour said, his voice cracking as he recounted the story of Dr. Alaa al-Najjar, who arrived at the hospital only to find nine of her ten children already dead — their bodies burned beyond recognition.
"A horror and trauma the mind cannot comprehend, the heart cannot withstand.”
“To see this situation over the Palestinians without us having hearts to do something is beyond the ability of any normal human being to tolerate.”
“Flames and hunger are devouring Palestinian children… and those doing it claim they are fighting ‘barbarism.’ Children! Dozens are dying of starvation.”
“This is why we are outraged — all 14 million of us, in the occupied territories, in refugee camps, and across the diaspora from Gaza to California. We love our children. We love our people.”
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