What are your biggest worries when you look at this little girl? A child from Gaza lost her foot at a very young age, and today she stands amid all this suffering, trying to fetch water for her family. She carries water containers heavier than her own body, pushing herself beyond what she can handle, when her biggest concerns should have been a toy or an ordinary day at school.

The world has no idea what it means to spend the summer inside a tent in Gaza. Don't imagine a camping tent or a temporary shelter. We're talking about nothing more than sheets of nylon and fabric that turn into sealed ovens every morning. The sun beats down on them for more than 12 straight hours, trapping the heat inside until the tent becomes almost impossible to endure. Temperatures inside can approach 50°C (122°F). There is no electricity, no fans, no air conditioning, and not even cold water to offer a moment of relief. When night falls, people are not only fleeing the bombing they are fleeing the tents themselves. Entire families sleep on sidewalks and roadsides because the street has become more merciful than the place that is supposed to shelter them. Imagine a point where the pavement is more bearable than your own "home." Children suffer the most. Their bodies burn from the relentless heat, insect bites cover their skin, sweat never dries, and sleep has become a battle they lose every single night. No human being deserves to live like this least of all a child who has known nothing but war, tents, and hunger. While the rest of the world enjoys summer vacations, beaches, and camping trips, summer in Gaza has become another season of slow suffering. And even now, not a single caravan is allowed in to provide thousands of families with the most basic protection and dignity. How much humiliation must people endure before the world decides that more than two million human beings should not be left to burn inside nylon tents, as if their lives are worth less than everyone else's?