
Gaza Hunger: 73 killed as US-backed Foundation faces scrutiny
73 Palestinians died on Sunday while waiting for aid trucks in Gaza, according to the Health Ministry, as calls intensified to lift Israel's blockade and reassess the role of the US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation.
The ministry confirmed over 150 injuries—many critical—during the rush for food, with 18 starvation deaths in the past 24 hours, bringing the total to 86 since the war began, including 76 children. It placed the overall toll from Israeli attacks at 58,895 killed and 140,980 wounded.
#فيديو | مشاهد مؤلمة تتوالى من غزة.. السكان يسقطون أرضاً من شدة الجوع وسط حصار خانق وعدوان مستمر من قوات الاحتلال. #غزه_تموت_جوعاً pic.twitter.com/SxOxUdUKu0
— المركز الفلسطيني للإعلام (@PalinfoAr) July 20, 2025
Footage aired by local media showed emaciated residents collapsing near aid trucks and bodies being transported instead of food. 'They went out hungry and died hungry,' one resident told reporters.
#شاهد | مسن فلسطيني يسقط من شدة الجوع أثناء انتظاره للحصول على وجبة طعام في غزة . pic.twitter.com/kulERyPYXP
— المركز الفلسطيني للإعلام (@PalinfoAr) July 20, 2025
The growing number of starvation deaths has drawn mounting condemnation and urgent appeals to end the siege. In a joint statement, Palestinian factions accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government of waging a 'deliberate war of starvation' aimed at forcing mass displacement. 'This is a systematic campaign of extermination,' the statement charged, describing the siege as a violation of international humanitarian law and the Geneva Conventions.
#شاهد | رجل في غزة يبحث مع أطفاله في حاوية قمامة عن طعام يسد جوعهم.. #غزه_تموت_جوعاً pic.twitter.com/uhH78IUj2o
— المركز الفلسطيني للإعلام (@PalinfoAr) July 20, 2025
The factions also pointed to the role of the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, which took over aid coordination in May. Since then, multiple aid distribution sites have come under fire, with nearly 1,000 Palestinians reportedly killed while trying to access food. Critics argue that aid is no longer being delivered safely and that its control has become part of the crisis, not the solution.
Meanwhile, the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor documented 42 cases of severe malnutrition within just six hours, mostly involving children, elderly, and pregnant women. The group described the situation as 'suffocating starvation policy against over 2 million Palestinians,' calling on the organization to halt its operations over its 'role in killing.'
New attack reaffirms Gaza Humanitarian Foundation's role in killing and starvation, underscores need to stop its operations https://t.co/9b3BvhA70T
— Euro-Med Monitor (@EuroMedHR) July 20, 2025
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) warned of a worsening humanitarian crisis, referring to the conditions as a 'manmade' famine. The agency confirmed it has been banned from delivering food into Gaza for over four months, despite having the capacity to distribute aid safely and at scale. 'People are going without meals for days. Prices have soared more than 4,000 percent. One million children are among those starving,' the agency warned.
In #Gaza, people are being starved.Families can't find flour.People are going without meals for days.Prices have increased by over 4,000 %.The Israeli Authorities have banned 🛑UNRWA from bringing food into Gaza for over 4 months.This is a manmade and politically… pic.twitter.com/HkV7xEWAnJ
— UNRWA (@UNRWA) July 20, 2025
While demanding that Israel lift the siege and allow full humanitarian access, it dismissed the Israeli-American aid distribution effort as ineffective. 'The current distribution of food by the Israeli-American so-called 'Gaza Humanitarian Fund' does not work,' the agency stated.
People can't find food in #Gaza to feed their families.The current distribution of food by the Israeli-American so-called 'Gaza Humanitarian Fund' does not work.During the ceasefire, the UN including UNRWA proved it can provide food safely and at scale across the Gaza Strip.… pic.twitter.com/D3uki93YVQ
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