650 Days and Gaza Under the Guillotine of Genocide and the Nakba Being Engineered by Israel Massacres, Siege, Starvation, Thirst, Systematic Destruction, Geographic Division, and Forced Displacement Occur Amidst Shameful International Inaction and Complicity

Date: July 16, 2025

Press Release

650 Days and Gaza Under the Guillotine of Genocide and the Nakba Being Engineered by Israel Massacres, Siege, Starvation, Thirst, Systematic Destruction, Geographic Division, and Forced Displacement Occur Amidst Shameful International Inaction and Complicity

The International Commission to Support Palestinian People’s Rights (ICSPR) expresses its deep concern and strong condemnation of the continued escalation by Israeli occupation forces in committing massacres against civilians, carrying out family annihilations, destroying cities, residential neighborhoods, infrastructure, water and food sources, and the repeated forced displacement of the population through evacuation orders and bombings, causing them to crowd into an area less than 15% of the total area of the Gaza Strip. This is accompanied by a comprehensive siege and collective punishment on the Strip, most dangerously through the use of starvation and thirst as weapons—deliberate war crimes within the ongoing genocide that has now lasted 650 days.

In the past three days alone, Israeli occupation forces have intensified their aerial and artillery attacks across all areas of the Gaza Strip, targeting homes, tents of displaced persons, shelters, and gatherings of civilians, especially in Al-Shati Camp in Gaza City. They have issued new wide-scale evacuation orders for residents of Gaza City, Khan Younis, and northern Gaza. According to the Ministry of Health, 307 people were martyred and more than 728 injured in the past three days—most of them women and children—including the complete extermination of entire families. This brings the total toll since October 7, 2023, to 58,573 martyrs and 139,607 injuries received at hospitals, over 70% of whom are children, women, and the elderly, while thousands remain missing under the rubble.

The ICSPR reports a dangerous development in the announcement by occupation forces of establishing a new military axis named “Magen Oz,” dividing Khan Younis into western and eastern sectors. This reflects the systematic Israeli attempt to destroy what remains of buildings and civilian structures in the Gaza Strip and to completely erase and depopulate it—similar to what was done in Rafah, which has been entirely destroyed. The Israeli forces continue their comprehensive destructive approach in Khan Younis, northern Gaza, and eastern Gaza, where numerous bombings and demolitions occur without any military necessity, indicating a clear intent to destroy, remain inside the Strip, refuse withdrawal, and eliminate current and future opportunities for life.

ICSPR warns of Israel’s continued efforts to implement its criminal plans to establish a detention and displacement camp in Rafah under the guise of a so-called “humanitarian tent city,” aimed at gathering Gaza residents and detaining them in a closed area under full Israeli military control. Entry into this area would require security screening, and residents would later be barred from leaving. Humanitarian aid would be directed exclusively to this “city” via the Israeli-American company “Gaza Relief Foundation,” forcing people to relocate there under duress—effectively using starvation as a tool of coercion, in blatant violation of international humanitarian law.

ICSPR condemns the horrific crime committed this morning by Israeli occupation forces in front of the American-Israeli aid distribution points northwest of Rafah City, which resulted in the killing of 21 civilians and the injury of dozens while they were waiting for food aid. This crime is part of a systematic pattern of deliberate killings at so-called “aid distribution centers” run by the Gaza Relief Foundation, guarded by a private American security company, and protected by occupation forces. These crimes are directly overseen by military units using drones, snipers, heavy machine guns, and live fire to violently disperse starving civilians. Since these centers began operating on May 27, 2025, at least 875 people have been killed and over 5,700 injured, including many women, children, and the elderly.

ICSPR affirms that Israeli authorities are deliberately continuing thirst-related war crimes against civilians by targeting people queuing at water stations, in displaced persons’ tents, and near water distribution vehicles. Since the start of the genocide, Israeli forces have carried out around 115 massacres targeting civilians while collecting water from wells, desalination stations, or water trucks—killing more than 700 people, mostly children. The most recent incident was the “New Camp” massacre near Al-Nuseirat, which claimed the lives of 12 martyrs, including 8 children, as they tried to get drinking water.

The Commission also documented the deliberate Israeli cutting of electricity and water supplied by the Israeli company “Mekorot,” destruction of water pipelines, prevention of repairs, halting electricity supply to the Deir Al-Balah desalination plant, and destruction of 720 water wells. Israel has also blocked the entry of 12 million liters of fuel per month—essential for desalination, sewage, and water infrastructure operations. These actions have led to the loss of 95% of water sources, the near-total collapse of water and health infrastructure, failure to meet even the minimum water needs, and a surge in diseases and epidemics, especially among children.

ICSPR states that children and women form the overwhelming majority of victims in the genocide waged by Israel for over 21 months, during which more than 18,000 children and 13,000 women have been killed, and around 90,000 injured. Children and women endure horrific conditions due to repeated forced displacements, psychological trauma, thirst, and acute starvation. Over 77,000 children suffer from malnutrition-related diseases, and 67 children have died from malnutrition so far. Over 650,000 children under five are at imminent risk of severe acute malnutrition in the coming weeks out of a total of 1.1 million children in Gaza.

Additionally, the Ministry of Health reported 17,000 births during the first half of 2025—a significant drop compared to pre-genocide years, where births exceeded 20,000. Among these births, 2,600 fetuses and newborns died (15.3%), including 220 stillbirths, 21 who died on their first day, 67 with congenital defects (0.39%), 2,535 who required neonatal intensive care (14.91%), 1,600 born underweight (9.41%), and 1,460 premature births (8.59%). These indicators confirm the catastrophic impact of genocide on children’s and women’s health and survival.

ICSPR asserts that recent European declarations about reaching an agreement with Israel to facilitate humanitarian aid remain false and misleading promises that do not reflect the on-ground reality. For the fourth consecutive month, Israeli forces continue to enforce a tight siege on Gaza and systematically block regular and sufficient entry of food, medicine, and fuel. The limited number of trucks entering does not meet even the basic humanitarian needs. Around 96% of Gaza’s population suffers from acute food insecurity, including over one million children—an unprecedented humanitarian disaster intentionally exacerbated by Israeli starvation tactics.

Claims about easing the blockade or opening crossings are baseless. On the contrary, Israel uses stalling tactics to deceive the international community into believing in a false humanitarian breakthrough, thereby avoiding more European sanctions. The EU, complicitly silent, has limited its response to merely monitoring Israel’s compliance with a recent agreement to improve aid access—reinforcing a clear case of double standards and selective enforcement of international law.

ICSPR warns that Gaza’s medical sector faces total collapse due to siege, closure, and continuous targeting. Hospitals suffer from severe shortages of medical supplies, drugs, and fuel, which led to the shutdown of the Public Services Hospital in Gaza and the field hospital in Al-Mawasi, with other hospitals also at risk of closure. Ambulance and civil defense services have ceased, posing an imminent health disaster threatening the lives of patients and the injured.

Meanwhile, Israeli forces continue targeting medical teams and civil defense personnel, blocking coordination efforts to rescue people under rubble, evacuate the wounded, and retrieve martyrs’ bodies. In the past three days, three doctors, a nurse and his family, and a civil defense worker have been killed, raising the death toll among medical staff to 11,583 and 118 from civil defense. Israel continues to detain 360 medical personnel since the start of the war, including highly skilled and specialized doctors.

Prisoner institutions confirm that detainees face extreme conditions and are denied healthcare and their rights under the Geneva Conventions. Lawyer of Dr. Hussam Abu Safiyeh, Director of Kamal Adwan Hospital (detained since December 27, 2024), confirmed he is being tortured, has lost 40 kg in weight, suffers from heart muscle weakness and high blood pressure, and is denied treatment—clear violations of the Fourth Geneva Convention and its First Additional Protocol.

ICSPR reiterates that the mass killings, siege, destruction, starvation, thirst, evacuations, and forced displacements are part of a systematic plan to turn Gaza into a devastated, uninhabitable zone emptied of its population—a project of demographic cleansing and geographic alteration to enable Israeli control and create a new Nakba for the Palestinian people.

ICSPR holds Israel, the United States, and all involved states and companies fully responsible for the continuation of these unprecedented and horrific international crimes. It warns of the dangers of continued international failure and inaction, despite the obligations of international humanitarian law and moral and legal responsibilities to stop the genocide. These escalating crimes are taking place amid negotiations aimed at reaching a new ceasefire, which Israel exploits as a cover to prolong the genocide.

Israel uses mass killing, starvation, thirst, neighborhood destruction, and collective punishment as tools of blackmail to gain illegal bargaining advantages.

The International Commission to Support Palestinian People’s Rights (ICSPR) urges the international community, the United Nations, third-party states, and all people of conscience to continue exerting pressure on Israel to:

• Stop the genocide and aggression.

• Lift the siege on Gaza.

• Open humanitarian corridors for the flow of aid, medical supplies, and fuel.

• Guarantee the freedom of international humanitarian organizations to operate and distribute aid fairly and with dignity.

• Prevent further killings and humiliation of starving civilians at U.S.-Israeli aid points.

• Halt forced displacement plans and the depopulation of the Gaza Strip.

ICSPR also calls for serious action to provide international protection for civilians in Gaza through a “Uniting for Peace” resolution at the General Assembly and the deployment of international protection forces within a framework to end the occupation, in line with relevant UN and International Court of Justice resolutions. Furthermore, ICSPR calls for activating accountability mechanisms for Israeli leaders and imposing sanctions to end the impunity fueled by double standards, international complicity, U.S. partnership, and the ongoing lack of political will to stop genocide, enable humanitarian intervention, and achieve justice.