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Over 100 NGOs Demand End to Gaza Siege, Warning of Mass Starvation

HeadlineJul 23, 2025

More than 100 humanitarian organizations are demanding action to end Israel’s siege of Gaza, warning mass starvation is spreading across the Palestinian territory. The NGOs, including Amnesty International, Oxfam and Doctors Without Borders, warn, “Illnesses like acute watery diarrhea are spreading, markets are empty, waste is piling up, and adults are collapsing on the streets from hunger and dehydration.” Their warning came as the Palestinian Ministry of Health said the number of starvation-related deaths in Gaza has climbed to at least 111 people. This is Ghada al-Fayoumi, a displaced Palestinian mother of seven in Gaza City.

Ghada al-Fayoumi: “My children wake up sick every day. What do I do? I get saline solution for them. What can I do? There’s no food, no bread, no drinks, no rice, no sugar, no cooking oil, no bulgur, nothing. There is no kind of any food available to us at all.”

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