Amnesty: Gaza Faces Mass Starvation, Immediate and Permanent Ceasefire Needed
In a statement released Wednesday on its official account on the X platform, Amnesty International accused the Israeli military of deliberately blocking aid from entering Gaza, targeting shelters, and weaponizing essential resources such as food, water, and medicine.
The organization's alarm comes amid growing global concern over the rapidly deteriorating humanitarian conditions in the besieged enclave. Earlier today, more than 100 international humanitarian organizations jointly issued an urgent appeal to open all land crossings into Gaza and to restore the full flow of essential supplies, including food, clean water, medicine, shelter materials, and fuel, through a United Nations-led humanitarian mechanism.
The joint appeal also called on governments worldwide to take decisive action to end the Israeli blockade on Gaza and approve a permanent ceasefire, emphasizing the need to stop what many are describing as a deepening humanitarian catastrophe.
This appeal marks two months since the launch of the 'Gaza Humanitarian Foundation,' a relief framework controlled by the Israeli government, which rights groups say has failed to address the critical needs of the population.
The Gaza Strip is currently enduring one of the worst humanitarian crises in its history, as severe famine coincides with a prolonged and devastating military assault that began on October 7, 2023. Since March 2, the Israeli occupation has imposed a total closure on border crossings, barring the entry of food and medical supplies, which has led to a widespread outbreak of famine and acute malnutrition, particularly among children and the chronically ill.
Human rights groups, including Amnesty, have condemned what they describe as a campaign of genocide. Since the start of the war, more than 201,000 Palestinians have been killed or injured, the majority of them children and women. An additional 9,000 people remain missing, while hundreds of thousands have been forcibly displaced. Famine has already claimed countless lives.
International calls for accountability and an end to the bloodshed are intensifying, as aid agencies warn that without immediate intervention, an entire population faces the risk of total collapse.
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