Humanitarian agencies, including Doctors Without Borders, Mercy Corps, Save the Children, and the Norwegian Refugee Council, have issued an urgent plea: over 100 aid groups are warning of mass starvation in Gaza as much-needed food, water, and medical supplies pile up just outside the enclave, blocked by an ongoing Israeli siege. Aid workers describe civil servants and their own teams losing weight and strength, with lines stretching for hours at distribution points and tragic reports of people dying while waiting for rations.
These organizations point to total depletion of supplies inside Gaza, citing record rates of acute malnutrition, especially among children. Gaza’s Ministry of Health estimates that at least 111 people, including 80 children, have died from hunger, while over 800 Palestinians have been killed or injured attempting to reach aid—some tragically shot at distribution hubs guarded by armed personnel.
Aid agencies are issuing a set of clear demands:
- Immediate and permanent ceasefire to ensure safe aid flow
- Unrestricted access through all land crossings
- Restoration of UN-led humanitarian corridors to distribute aid fairly and safely
They’ve also criticized alternative, militarized aid channels, calling them dangerous and non-neutral, urging a swift return to impartial UN-managed distribution. The humanitarian catastrophe extends beyond hunger—cholera and diarrheal outbreaks are rising due to contaminated water and weakened immunity. Grains, cooking oil, baby formula, and flour remain scarce, and daily essentials have become unaffordable as food prices skyrocket.
As the blockade continues, community kitchens and bakeries have shut down, crippling emergency response systems. International bodies like the UN Food Security Classification warn that Gaza is verging on full-blown famine, with entire neighborhoods at risk.
In response, global figures including UNICEF, the World Food Programme, and the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights have decried the siege as a form of collective punishment, violating international humanitarian law. Calls for protection of aid routes, lifting restrictions, and halting military-linked aid methods are intensifying.
The situation in Gaza has deteriorated into a humanitarian emergency of the highest order. With nothing left to sustain the population and latest warnings of famine, the world is being urged to act decisively to prevent a descent into irreversible mass starvation.
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