Doctors Without Borders

07/23/2025

As the Israeli government’s siege starves the people of Gaza, aid workers are now joining the same food lines, risking being shot just to feed their families. With supplies now totally depleted, humanitarian organizations are witnessing their own colleagues and partners waste away before their eyes.

Exactly two months since the Israeli government-controlled scheme, the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, began operating, more than 100 organizations are sounding the alarm, urging governments to act: open all land crossings; restore the full flow of food, clean water, medical supplies, shelter items and fuel through a principled, UN-led mechanism; end the siege and agree to a ceasefire now.

“Each morning, the same question echoes across Gaza: will I eat today?” says one agency representative.

Massacres at food distribution sites in Gaza are occurring almost daily. As of July 13, the UN confirmed 875 Palestinians were killed while seeking food, 201 on aid routes and the rest at distribution points. Thousands more have been injured. Meanwhile, Israeli forces have forcibly displaced nearly two million exhausted Palestinians with the most recent mass displacement order issued on July 20, confining Palestinians to less than 12 per cent of Gaza.

The World Food Programme warns that current conditions make operations untenable. The starvation of civilians as a method of warfare is a war crime. Every day without a sustained flow of aid means more people dying of preventable illnesses. Children starve while waiting for promises that never arrive.

Just outside Gaza, in warehouses – and even within Gaza itself – tonnes of food, clean water, medical supplies, shelter items and fuel sit untouched, with humanitarian organizations blocked from accessing or delivering them. The Government of Israel’s restrictions, delays and fragmentation under its total siege have created chaos, starvation and death.