Aid Workers and Journalists in Gaza Risk Starvation Alongside Civilians
111 international humanitarian organizations urge Israel to end its blockade on Gaza and restore aid flow.
Dozens of international humanitarian organizations have warned that the Israeli blockade of aid into Gaza is putting the lives of doctors and aid workers at risk, alongside civilians.
In a joint statement signed by 111 humanitarian organizations, they called on Israel to cease its blockade, restore the full supply of food, clean water, and medical supplies to Gaza, and agree to a ceasefire.
The coalition warned that supplies in the enclave are now 'totally depleted' and that humanitarian groups are witnessing their colleagues and partners 'waste away before their eyes.'
According to a statement from Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), Amnesty International, and the Norwegian Refugee Council, aid workers in Gaza are now joining food lines, risking being shot just to feed their families.
They added that cases of malnutrition and starvation are arriving at hospitals in Gaza every moment.
The situation has become 'untenable' for journalists in Gaza as well.
Al Jazeera, which operates news channels in English and Arabic, said that it is now trying to evacuate its remaining freelance journalists.
The SDJ warned that some of the last reporters in Gaza are starving and too weak to work.
They called on Israeli authorities to authorize their immediate evacuation with their families.
The Israeli military has acknowledged firing warning shots toward crowds in some instances but denied responsibility for other incidents.
Since the war began, at least 186 journalists and media workers have been killed and 89 imprisoned.
The organizations criticized the controversial Israeli-and-US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), saying that shootings occur almost daily at food distribution sites.
The European Union’s top diplomat has condemned the killing of civilians seeking aid in Gaza as 'indefensible.' The situation in Gaza has been described as 'inhumane' by French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot, who said that France hopes to evacuate some journalists' colleagues in the coming weeks.