'Gaza Is Starving': A Cry for Help the World Can No Longer Ignore
What's unfolding is not just a conflict—it's a humanitarian catastrophe. Over 58,573 Palestinians are dead, including nearly 18,000 children. More than 139,000 are wounded. Entire neighborhoods have vanished, families sleep on streets, and famine is sweeping through the land.
Yet, the world scrolls on.
This blog isn't just an update—it's a call to action.
Since hostilities began in October 2023, at least 58,573 Palestinians have been killed and 139,607 injured, as reported by Gaza's Ministry of Health apnews.com+5UNRWA+5ochaopt.org+5. Among them, approximately 17,921 were children, 9,497 women, 26,655 men, and 4,307 elderly individuals ochaopt.org+1unocha.org+1.
From March to mid-July 2025, over 737,000 Palestinians were forced to flee their homes following Israeli-issued displacement orders covering 81% of the Gaza Strip UNRWA+3ochaopt.org+3ochaopt.org+3. Many now live in makeshift shelters, overcrowded schools, or on open streets—often with no protection against the elements ochaopt.orgunocha.org. According to IPC and U.N. assessments, famine conditions are now unfolding in significant areas of Gaza, with 100% of the population facing acute food insecurity and over half a million people at risk of death TIME+3vox.com+3theguardian.com+3.
in significant areas of Gaza, with and over TIME+3vox.com+3theguardian.com+3. Up to 39% of Gazans now go days without eating , and most families survive on just one low-quality meal per day devdiscourse.com+1UNRWA+1.
, and most families survive on just one low-quality meal per day devdiscourse.com+1UNRWA+1. Among screened children under five, acute malnutrition rose from 2.4% in February to 8.8% in July, and severe acute malnutrition increased from 1% to 1.5% ochaopt.org.
'One in three people in Gaza hasn't eaten for days.' Tom Fletcher, UN Emergency Relief Coordinator, July 2025 Outbreaks of meningitis , bloody diarrhea , and jaundice syndrome surged in June at crowded displacement sites ochaopt.org.
, , and surged in June at crowded displacement sites ochaopt.org. Hospitals like Nasser Hospital in the south risk collapse due to power and resource shortages gisha.org+1unocha.org+1.
in the south risk collapse due to power and resource shortages gisha.org+1unocha.org+1. Gender-based violence is rising, driven by displacement, lack of resources, and the breakdown of protective community structures ochaopt.org. UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Tom Fletcher proclaimed: 'One in three people in Gaza hasn't eaten for days'—a 'devastating' humanitarian reality unocha.org.
proclaimed: 'One in three people in Gaza hasn't eaten for days'—a 'devastating' humanitarian reality unocha.org. The UK government and leading international agencies have demanded an immediate ceasefire, open aid access, and a plan to end the suffering, including recognition of Palestinian statehood if conditions don't improve gov.uk+1news.sky.com+1. UNRWA : Provides food, shelter, education, and medical care.
: Provides food, shelter, education, and medical care. International Rescue Committee (IRC) : Delivers hygiene kits, nutrition, cash support, and sanitation services rescue.org.
: Delivers hygiene kits, nutrition, cash support, and sanitation services rescue.org. Save the Children, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), and local NGOs also offer critical support.
Voices worldwide are calling for an immediate ceasefire, unrestricted humanitarian access, and increased pressure on governments to force systemic change and open borders.
Distribute verified updates across social media, use hashtags like #StandWithGaza or #SaveGaza, and promote petitions or campaigns urging global leaders and the U.N. to take action.
Even small donations help—food, fuel, medical kits, and clean water save lives. Funding is currently covering only a fraction of needs with 88% dedicated to Gaza needs and persistent gaps remain unocha.orgochaopt.org. Crisis Aspect Key Data & Facts Casualties ~58,600 killed, ~139,600 injured Displacement 737,000+ newly displaced Malnutrition Severe across age groups; child malnutrition up to 8.8% Food Crisis Nearly half a million at risk; famine unfolding Aid Access Under 200 trucks/day entering Gaza Fuel Shortages WASH and hospitals crippled, public health failing
Q1: How many people are displaced in Gaza right now?
A1: Over 737,000 Palestinians have been newly displaced since March 2025, according to OCHA unocha.orgtheguardian.com+1unocha.org+1unocha.org.
Q2: Is famine officially declared?
A2: While no formal famine has been declared due to data constraints, famine thresholds have been met in large parts of Gaza according to IPC and UN reporting TIME.
Q3: What is causing so many deaths at aid sites?
A3: Violent crowding, militarized aid distribution, and interceptions at crossings have caused over 1,000 deaths among those seeking food since May apnews.comochaopt.orgunocha.org.
Q4: How many children are malnourished?
A4: Among children screened, 16% in Gaza City suffered acute malnutrition in July, with severe acute malnutrition rates rising sharply ochaopt.org.
Q5: Are aid deliveries increasing?
A5: Aid deliveries rose to around 70–220 trucks per day, but still fall far short of the 500–600 trucks UN estimates are necessary for basic needs theguardian.com.
Q6: How can people best help now?
A6: Support trusted humanitarian agencies, advocate publicly and politically, raise awareness, and donate funds to ensure food, water, shelter, and medical care reach those in immediate need.
The people of Gaza are enduring a crisis of catastrophic proportions. Families lack food, shelter, clean water, and healthcare. Children are starving, hospitals are collapsing, and no safe place exists. The international community must act now: Demand an immediate ceasefire
Open humanitarian access across all crossings
across all crossings Increase funding and aid delivery
Support reliable NGOs and U.N. organizations
Please consider donating, sharing verified information, and urging your government and international bodies to put pressure on all parties for lasting relief and justice. Every voice and action matters.
Together, we can help hold the world accountable—and bring urgently needed aid to the people of Gaza. https://time.com/7306189/gaza-famine-level-ipc-israel-aid/ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jul/30/wednesday-briefing-facing-the-reality-of-gazas-unfolding-famine? https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/07/27/gaza-hunger-aid-trucks
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Gaza aid distribution site photos are staged for emotional effect, German media claims
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The Race to Upcycle Africa's Fast Fashion Dumping Ground
People offload bales of secondhand clothes from a truck at the Kantamanto market in Accra, Ghana, on November 16, 2023. Credit - Nipah Dennis—AFP/Getty Images We've all done it: dropped a bag of torn tees and threadbare shorts in the neighborhood recycling bin—or left it beside, as the container is typically overflowing—and walked away with a quiet satisfaction. Maybe even hit the shops afterward to restock your now depleted wardrobe. Our honest presumption is that these cast-offs will now go to help someone less fortunate—either sold by a charity shop, gifted to a homeless person, or sent overseas to clothe a refugee family. Sadly, this is often just fantasy. Much of today's used clothing—donated with good intentions—will likely end up in a landfill halfway across the globe, quite possibly off the West African nation of Ghana. In 2021, Ghana imported $214 million of used clothing, the most in the world, and it remains among the top destinations for discarded fast fashion today. In Accra, Ghana's sprawling capital, Kantamanto spans 42 acres and is purported to be the world's largest secondhand textile market. Each week, it receives 15 million pieces of used clothing, amounting to some 225,000 tons a year. If you can think of it, you can find it within Kantamanto's labyrinthine alleyways, which are piled high with used sneakers, bras, blouses, ties, belts, leather jackets, shoes, bags, and suit trousers. Clothes are predominantly sourced from Western charities, which sell donations in bulk to third are then shipped to Ghana from the U.K., U.S., and Europe—hence the local nickname of obroni wawu, or 'dead white man's clothes.' Globally, consumers buy over 80 billion new apparel items annually—a four-fold increase from just two decades ago. It's estimated that some 57% of used clothing goes to landfills while a quarter is incinerated. 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Agbofah's aim is to recruit his new staff from those same migrant women carrying 120-pound bales on their heads. 'We're bringing them on board and training them so they don't have to do this abusive work, which leads to a lot of spinal issues,' says Agbofah. Aside from simply providing employment, upcycling is also stimulating work, where individual tailors have the creative freedom to figure out what items might blend best together. 'We're trying to provide more dignified work that is better for their health.' It's not just Kantamanto workers who are suffering. Today, much of Ghana feels like it is drowning in other people's waste. According to Lancet Commission data, in 2015 pollution in the air, water and soil was responsible for 15.2% of all deaths in Ghana—double that of alcohol, drugs, and tobacco combined. Studies suggest the situation has only worsened since. 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Terrible thirst hits Gaza with polluted aquifers and broken pipelines
GAZA/CAIRO, Aug 6 (Reuters) - Weakened by hunger, many Gazans trek across a ruined landscape each day to haul all their drinking and washing water - a painful load that is still far below the levels needed to keep people healthy. Even as global attention has turned to starvation in Gaza, where after 22 months of a devastating Israeli military campaign a global hunger monitor says a famine scenario is unfolding, the water crisis is just as severe according to aid groups. Though some water comes from small desalination units run by aid agencies, most is drawn from wells in a brackish aquifer that has been further polluted by sewage and chemicals seeping through the rubble, spreading diarrhoea and hepatitis. More: Netanyahu meets security officials as Israel considers full Gaza takeover COGAT, the Israeli military agency responsible for coordinating aid in the Israeli-occupied Palestinian territories, says it operates two water pipelines into the Gaza Strip providing millions of litres of water a day. Palestinian water officials say these have not been working recently. Israel stopped all water and electricity supply to Gaza early in the war but resumed some supply later though the pipeline network in the territory has been badly damaged. Most water and sanitation infrastructure has been destroyed and pumps from the aquifer often rely on electricity from small generators - for which fuel is rarely available. COGAT said the Israeli military has allowed coordination with aid organisations to bring in equipment to maintain water infrastructure throughout the conflict. 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