More than 100 humanitarian groups have called for an end to Israeli “restrictions, delays and fragmentation” for food aid in Gaza.
The statement signed by 115 organisations, including Save the Children, Christian Aid, and Refugees International, said mass starvation was spreading across the enclave while tonnes of food, water and medical supplies were sitting untouched on the border, which aid groups were blocked from delivering.
Muhammad Zakariya Ayyoub al-Matouq, a 1.5-year-old child in Gaza City, faces life-threatening malnutrition, having dropped from nine to six kilograms, he struggles to survive in a tent. Milk, food, and other basic necessities are lacking (Photo: Ahmed Jihad Ibrahim Al-arini/Anadolu via Getty Images)“With supplies now totally depleted, humanitarian organisations are witnessing their own colleagues and partners waste away before their eyes.”
Zainab Abu Haleeb, a five-month-old Palestinian girl diagnosed with malnutrition, lies on a bed as she receives treatment at Nasser hospital in Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip on 15 July (Photo: Hussam Al-Masri/ Reuters)
“States must pursue concrete measures to end the siege, such as halting the transfer of weapons and ammunition,” the statement read.
Palestinians gather to receive food from a charity kitchen in Gaza City today (Photo: Mahmoud Issa/ Reuters)
Israel, which controls all supplies entering Gaza, denies it is responsible for shortages of food. The government says that it has allowed the entry of thousands of trucks since May and blames aid groups for not consistently delivering goods.
Scenes at the Shifa Hospital after an Israeli airstrike claimed Palestinian lives in Gaza Strip (Photo: Ali Jadallah/Anadolu via Getty)
The UN denies that Hamas theft of aid is a significant factor, but has called for Israel to provide security for aid convoys that have been attacked by desperate civilians and bandit groups.
Palestinians wait to receive food from a charity kitchen amid a hunger crisis, in Gaza City on Wednesday (Photo: Mahmoud Issa/ Reuters)
Israeli forces have killed nearly 60,000 Palestinians in airstrikes, shelling and shooting since launching their assault on Gaza in response to attacks on Israel by Hamas that killed 1,200 people and captured 251 hostages in October 2023, according to the Gaza Health Ministry.
Gaza has seen its food stocks run out since Israel cut off all supplies to the territory in March and then lifted that blockade in May with new measures it says are needed to prevent aid from being diverted to militant groups.
Palestinian children wait for a meal at a charity kitchen in the Mawasi area of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip (Photo: AFP via Getty Images)The warnings over mass starvation come as Israeli strikes continued overnight, killing at least 21 people in Gaza. More than half of those killed were women and children, health authorities said.
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Another strike hit an apartment in the Tal al-Hawa area in northern Gaza, killing at least six people. Among the dead were three children and two women, including one who was pregnant. Eight others were wounded, the ministry said.
The Israeli military, which does not usually comment on such military action, blames Hamas for civilian casualties because the militants operate from populated areas.
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