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Gazans 'wasting away' as mass starvation spreads, humanitarian groups warn



More than 100 international aid organisations and human rights groups are warning of mass starvation in Gaza and pressing for governments to take action.

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), Save the Children and Oxfam are among the signatories of a joint statement that says their colleagues and the people they serve are "wasting away".
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The UN has reported that hospitals have admitted people in a state of severe exhaustion caused by a lack of food, and that others are collapsing in the streets.

"With supplies now totally depleted, humanitarian organisations are witnessing their own colleagues and partners waste away before their eyes."

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce9xkx7vnmxo

UN warns spectre of famine turning Gaza into ‘horror show’

Soaring malnourishment and the risk of famine is turning the situation in Gaza into a “horror show", UN chief Antonio Guterres said on Tuesday, as France’s foreign minister called for international journalists to be allowed access to the Palestinian enclave to “bear witness”. Read our live blog to see how the day's events unfolded.

Malnourishment is soaring and starvation is knocking on every door in Gaza, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Tuesday, describing the situation in the Palestinian enclave as a “horror show".

Desperation is mounting in the territory of more than 2 million, which experts say is at risk of famine because of Israel's blockade and nearly two-year offensive.
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Among the hungry are journalists, with AFP news agency warning that it was concerned about "the appalling situation of its staff in the Gaza Strip". It said the lives of its freelancers were in danger and urged Israel to allow them and their families to leave the occupied coastal territory.

https://www.france24.com/en/france/20250722-live-french-fm-barrot-urges-press-access-to-gaza-after-famine-warnings-mount

Over 100 aid groups, rights watchdogs urge action in Gaza amid humanitarian crisis

Over 100 aid groups and human rights watchdogs have condemned the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, laying blame on Israel and the Israeli government-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) for the dire situation there.

The Gaza Strip has a population of around 2 million people and faces a critical shortage of food, water, medicine and other essential goods.

"Exactly two months since the Israeli government-controlled scheme, the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, began operating," the aid groups said in a statement. "109 organizations are sounding the alarm, urging governments to act."

Doctors Without Borders (MSF), Save the Children International, Oxfam, the Norwegian Refugee Council and others made a call to "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."

https://p.dw.com/p/4xtGi

Palestinians are starving or being killed by Israeli troops while seeking aid almost daily. How did we get here?

Twenty-one months into Israel’s war in Gaza, the enclave is gripped by escalating scenes of death and hunger, with some killed while trying to reach aid, others dying of starvation and growing condemnation of Israel’s conduct even among many of its closest allies.

Palestinians in Gaza are suffering from man-made “mass starvation” due to the aid blockade on the enclave, the chief of the World Health Organization warned reporters at a briefing on Wednesday.

“Parents tell us their children cry themselves to sleep from hunger,” Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said. “Food distribution sites have become places of violence.”
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All 2.1 million people in Gaza are now food insecure. On Tuesday, Gaza’s health ministry said 900,000 children are going hungry, and 70,000 already show signs of malnutrition.

https://edition.cnn.com/2025/07/23/middleeast/gaza-starving-killed-israel-while-seeking-aid-intl

Israeli forces have killed over 1,000 aid-seekers in Gaza since May, the U.N. says

More than 1,000 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces since May while trying to get food in the Gaza Strip, mostly near aid sites run by an American contractor, the U.N. human rights office said Tuesday.
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Desperation is mounting in the Palestinian territory of more than 2 million, which experts say is at risk of famine because of Israel's blockade and nearly two-year offensive. A breakdown of law and order has led to widespread looting and contributed to chaos and violence around aid deliveries.
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The U.N. World Food Program says Gaza's hunger crisis has reached "new and astonishing levels of desperation." Ross Smith, the agency's director for emergencies, told reporters Monday that nearly 100,000 women and children are suffering from severe acute malnutrition, and a third of Gaza's population is going without food for multiple days in a row.

MedGlobal, a charity working in Gaza, said five children as young as 3 months had died from starvation in the past three days.

https://www.npr.org/2025/07/23/nx-s1-5477365/israel-gaza-aid-casualties