Medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is sounding the alarm as mass hunger worsens in Gaza. Two months after the Israeli government expanded its blockade, MSF staff and patients now stand in the same aid lines as everyone else—often risking their lives just to find food, according to MSF’s latest update.
More than 100 aid groups are pushing governments to open all land crossings and let food, water, medicine, and fuel flow freely under a UN-led system. They warn the situation is desperate: children go days without food, health facilities are out of supplies, and families face deadly violence just to collect rations. As of mid-July, the UN confirmed 875 Palestinians killed while seeking food, and almost two million have been forced into ever-smaller spaces with little hope of help.
Workers on the ground say aid convoys and warehouses sit full—but Israeli restrictions mean most cannot be delivered. One aid worker described children asking to go to heaven, just for the promise of a meal. Markets are empty, trash piles up, and disease is spreading in crowded shelters as malnutrition claims more children and older people.
MSF and others stress the humanitarian system is not failing but is being blocked from operating. Promises of better access or new arrangements mean little without real action, they argue, as daily truck deliveries fall far short and the cycle of hope and heartbreak continues.
MSF, along with dozens of organizations, calls for an immediate ceasefire, open borders, and full access for humanitarian groups. They say piecemeal fixes and delayed promises aren’t enough—governments must use every tool to protect civilians and stop the catastrophe unfolding in Gaza.
