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I am deeply concerned about the impacts of Israel's blockade of humanitarian aid into Gaza and am urging you to take immediate action to pressure Israel to end the siege.
People are starving across Gaza. New estimates suggest that nearly 1 in 3 people are not eating for days. In the month of June alone, 6,000 children were found to be acutely malnourished. There is now a critical risk that famine will occur without a permanent ceasefire and surge in access to lifesaving aid for civilians.
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 organizations blocked from accessing or delivering them. The Israeli government’s restrictions, delays, and fragmentation under its total siege have created chaos, starvation, and death.
What’s more, water-borne diseases that are both preventable and readily treatable have increased by almost 150% inside Gaza over the past three months as Israel continues to deliberately block aid. This surge of disease can quickly turn deadly, especially as Palestinians living in Gaza have been deprived of enough food, water, shelter, and adequate healthcare for over 21 months. Their community and family networks have been shattered, and people made more vulnerable by repeated forced mass displacements and continuing violence.
Please increase pressure on Israel to release its stranglehold on aid delivery in Gaza, which is starving the population and making access to clean water and sanitation impossible. I also urge you to push for a permanent ceasefire to save lives.