Starvation as a weapon

“Despite warnings in July that famine was imminent, Israel has continued to starve Palestinians."

Today, INGOs’ fears have proven true: Israel's registration system is now being used to further block aid and deny food and medicine.

Water-borne diseases that are both preventable and readily treatable have increased by almost 150% inside Gaza over the past three months.

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.

Oxfam and 240 organisations call for immediate action to end the deadly Israeli distribution scheme (including the so-called Gaza Humanitarian Foundation) in Gaza, revert to the existing UN-led coordination mechanisms, and lift the Israeli government’s blockade on aid and commercial supplies.