More than 100 international organizations, including Oxfam (Oxford Committee for Famine Relief) and MSF (Médecins Sans Frontières, or Doctors Without Borders), have signed a joint letter calling on Israel to halt what they describe as the “weaponization of aid” into Gaza, as starvation deepens.

The groups said they are increasingly being told they are “not authorized” to deliver humanitarian assistance unless they comply with stricter Israeli regulations.

Turkish Red Crescent aid truck loaded with pallets of humanitarian supplies arrives at the Rafah Border Crossing as part of a 165-truck convoy carrying approximately 3,000 tons of food aid for famine-stricken Gazans at Rafah Border, Egypt on Aug. 4, 2025. (AA Photo)
Turkish Red Crescent aid truck loaded with pallets of humanitarian supplies arrives at the Rafah Border Crossing as part of a 165-truck convoy carrying approximately 3,000 tons of food aid for famine-stricken Gazans at Rafah Border, Egypt on Aug. 4, 2025. (AA Photo)

There is no access to Gaza for aid

Despite Israeli authorities claiming there is no limit on humanitarian aid entering Gaza, most major international nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) have been unable to deliver a single truck of lifesaving supplies since March 2.

Requests from dozens of NGOs to bring in food, medicine, water, and shelter materials were rejected in July alone, citing the organizations were “not authorized to deliver aid.”

“Anera (American Near East Refugee Aid) has over $7 million worth of lifesaving supplies ready to enter Gaza—including 744 tons of rice, enough for six million meals, blocked in Ashdod just kilometers away,” said Sean Carroll, president and CEO of Anera.

2-year-old Palestinian Yezen Abu Ful, whose health has deteriorated due to lack of access to food and nutritional supplements, is seen with his mother in the Al-Shati Refugee Camp in Gaza Strip, July 24, 2025. (AA Photo)

 
2-year-old Palestinian Yezen Abu Ful, whose health has deteriorated due to lack of access to food and nutritional supplements, is seen with his mother in the Al-Shati Refugee Camp in Gaza Strip, July 24, 2025. (AA Photo)

Civilians suffer from malnutrition and hunger

The obstruction has left hospitals without basic supplies, and many children, older people, and individuals with disabilities are dying from hunger and preventable illnesses. NGOs report that aid workers themselves are going to work hungry.

Many of the excluded NGOs have decades of experience in Gaza and are trusted by local communities. Their exclusion stems from new International Non-Governmental Organization (INGO) registration rules introduced in March. Under these rules, registration can be denied based on vague and politicized criteria, such as alleged “delegitimization” of the state of Israel.

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