Refugees International issued on July 23rd, signed by 115 NGOs and humanitarian organizations, the following notification:

https://www.refugeesinternational.org/advocacy-letters/joint-statement-as-mass-starvation-spreads-across-gaza-our-colleagues-and-those-we-serve-are-wasting-away/

https://archive.ph/IIJXD

"Joint Statement: As Mass Starvation Spreads Across Gaza, Our Colleagues and Those We Serve are Wasting Away"

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 organisations are witnessing their own colleagues and partners waste away [die, be murdered — but indirect passive terminology was preferred, for some reason, perhaps so as "not to offend" their largest donors] before their eyes.

Exactly two months since the Israeli government-controlled scheme, the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, began operating, 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?" said one agency representative.

Massacres at food distribution sites in Gaza are occurring near-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. WFP warns that current conditions make operations untenable. The starvation of civilians as a method of warfare is a war crime.

Just outside Gaza, in warehouses – and even within Gaza itself – tons of food, clean water, medical supplies, shelter items and fuel sit untouched with humanitarian organisations 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. An aid worker providing psychosocial support spoke of the devastating impact on children: "Children tell their parents they want to go to heaven, because at least heaven has food."