Among them,  (ICSPR) leads a coalition of 120 human rights networks and organizations demanding an immediate halt to the starvation massacre in the Palestinian Gaza Strip

Date: July 30, 2025

Joint Statement
Among them,  (ICSPR) leads a coalition of 120 human rights networks and organizations demanding an immediate halt to the starvation massacre in the Palestinian Gaza Strip.

The undersigned human rights organizations, unions, institutions, and associations warn of the worsening humanitarian catastrophe in the Gaza Strip, where famine is ravaging children, pregnant women, the elderly, and the sick due to the continuous Israeli occupation forces’ blockade preventing the entry of humanitarian and relief aid since March 2, 2025. This siege signals an imminent mass death in the Strip.

In a double crime, the Israeli occupation army committed a massacre against starving civilians on Sunday, July 20, 2025, by opening fire on civilians as they approached the road of aid trucks north of Gaza City. The attack resulted in the killing of 105 civilians and the injury of dozens. Thousands of civilians, driven by extreme hunger and the exhaustion of flour and food supplies, had headed to the “Al-Waha” area northwest of Gaza after receiving information about the presence of food aid to secure minimal sustenance for their families.

It is noteworthy that Israeli occupation forces have killed 1,015 civilians waiting for aid at distribution points near the so-called “Gaza Humanitarian Foundation” and the aid truck entry areas. Additionally, 6,200 civilians—including women and children—have been injured, and 72 civilians have gone missing or been forcibly disappeared since the opening of aid distribution centers on May 27, 2025.

This crime and other acts of genocide, forced displacement, and deliberate killings reflect the extent of famine in Gaza. According to data, the entire population is affected. There are 50,000 infants whose mothers cannot breastfeed due to malnutrition. More than 70,000 children suffer from acute malnutrition, and around 60,000 pregnant women are experiencing hunger and dehydration—11,000 of whom are in critical condition facing imminent life-threatening danger.

The daily per capita water supply has dropped by 100%, and 99% of the population faces high levels of acute food insecurity. Around 100 Palestinians, including 42 children, have died due to severe malnutrition.

According to independent human rights organizations documenting 67,920 deaths—including those believed dead under the rubble—the Ministry of Health records show: 20,170 children and 14,355 women were killed, meaning 31% of victims were children and 20% were women. Additionally, 42,620 children have been orphaned. Analysis of deaths, injuries, and disappearances indicates that approximately 10% of the population has either been killed, wounded, disappeared, or arrested. There are 4,700 detainees and victims of enforced disappearance. Among the killed are 229 journalists, 115 civil defense workers, 157 doctors, 366 nurses, and 2,140 injured medical staff.

Accordingly, the undersigned organizations demand the following:

• Immediate and urgent action to halt the risk of mass famine in Gaza, as this is a legal and humanitarian obligation that cannot be delayed.

• Calling on the international community, the United Nations, and all State Parties to the Geneva Conventions to fulfill their legal and moral responsibilities and to act immediately to:

  • Stop acts of genocide and grave violations against civilians.

  • Permanently and unconditionally open all crossings to allow humanitarian aid.

  • Ensure the freedom and safety of UN agencies and international and local humanitarian organizations, and provide full protection for humanitarian workers.

  • Cease all military and logistical support that contributes to the continuation of crimes, including reviewing the joint aid coordination mechanism between the United States and Israel, which has proven to be used in repressive and destructive practices.

• Refer the crimes committed in Gaza to the International Criminal Court without delay and activate the principle of universal jurisdiction to prosecute those responsible.

• Establish an independent and credible international fact-finding commission under the mandate of the Human Rights Council to investigate crimes and violations and ensure accountability and an end to impunity.

• Impose immediate and effective international sanctions on the Israeli occupation government, including an arms embargo, the suspension of cooperation agreements, and holding accountable the states providing material or political support for these crimes.

• Act to protect civilians in Gaza under Chapter VII of the UN Charter, including taking deterrent measures to stop the aggression and ensure the safe and dignified return of displaced persons.

We remind the international community that silence or failure to act in the face of these crimes is not only a moral failure but implicit complicity in their continuation—particularly by states that use the veto to shield the occupying and apartheid regime from condemnation and accountability.

Signatories include:

• The International Movement for Human Rights and Peoples (includes 23 organizations from 17 countries)

• Union of Women’s Work – Morocco

• The International Commission to Support Palestinian People’s Rights (ICSPR)

• Egyptian Union for Development Policy and Social Protection (includes 48 associations and NGOs)

• Jordanian Federation of Independent Trade Unions

• National Union for Mental Disability – Lebanon

• Geneva Academy for International Law and Diplomatic Relations – Geneva, Switzerland

• Syrian Institute for Public Opinion Research – Damascus

• International Refugee Commission – Geneva, Switzerland

• Civic Coalition for Human Rights in Jerusalem

• Global Coalition for Solidarity and Defense of Palestinian Prisoners

• Egyptian Coalition for Children’s Rights

• Moroccan Coalition of Human Rights Organizations (includes 23 bodies)

• Civil Society Forces Coalition in Syrian Kurdistan

• Academic Gathering in Lebanon to Support Palestine

• Cultural Gathering for Democracy – Iraq

• Professors’ Alliance of Mauritania

• Transparency Morocco

• Maghreb Coordination of Human Rights Organizations (includes 26 organizations from Morocco, Mauritania, Algeria, Tunisia, and Libya)

• Moroccan Front for Supporting Palestine and Resisting Normalization

• Jordanian Women’s Union

• Union of Associations for the Disabled – Lebanon

• Friends of the Disabled Association – Lebanon

• Jordanian Human Rights Association

• Third Millennium Association – Errachidia, Morocco

• Bahraini Transparency Society

• Al-Baraem Association for Charity and Social Work – Lebanon

• Mediterranean Civil Solidarity Association – Tunisia

• Women’s Solidarity Association – Morocco

• Tunisian Association for the Defense of Individual Liberties

• Tunisian Association of Democratic Women

• Tunisian Association for Minority Support

• Al-Sayida Al-Hurra Association for Citizenship and Equal Opportunities – Morocco

• Arab Association for Political Science

• Lebanese Association of Democratic Jurists

• Palestinian Working Women Society for Development

• Moroccan Association for Human Rights

• Moroccan Association of Progressive Women

• Economic and Social Forum for Women – Jordan

• Mauritanian Association for Human Rights

• Free Hands Association – Morocco

• Aspirations for Women Association – Morocco

• Bridges of Citizenship Association – Tunisia

• Jose Marti Association for Arab–Latin American Solidarity

• Rachel Corrie Association for People’s Solidarity

• Women’s Visions Association – Jordan

• Women’s Support Network – Jordan

• “Shaml” Association for Family and Women – Morocco

• “Shumou” for Equality – Morocco

• Iraqi Human Rights Watch Association

• Applied Research Institute – Jerusalem (ARIJ)

• Sisterhood Is Global Institute – Jordan

• Naama Association for Development – Morocco

• Defenders of Human Rights in the Arab World – France

• Tunisian League for the Defense of Human Rights

• Algerian League for the Defense of Human Rights

• International Association of Democratic Lawyers

• Association of Women Heads of Households – Mauritania

• Iraqi Human Rights Trainers League

• Jordanian Human Rights Network (includes 11 organizations)

• International Network for Human Rights and Development – France

• Moroccan Democratic Network for Solidarity with Peoples

• Global Network for the Defense of the Palestinian People

• Women for Peace and Security Network – Yemen

• Arab Human Rights Committee

• Palestinian-American Organizations Network

• Committees for the Defense of Human Rights and Democracy in Syria

• Moroccan League for the Defense of Human Rights

• Syrian Medical Committee – Paris

• Vigilance Committee for Democracy in Tunisia – Belgium

• Syrian Human Rights Committee (MAF)

• International Council for Fair Trials and Human Rights

• Global Council for Rights and Freedoms – Yemen

• Arab World Observatory for Democracy and Elections

• French Observatory for Human Rights – Paris

• National Observatory for the Defense of Civil State – Tunisia

• Freedoms Observatory – Morocco

• Human Rights and Democracy Media Center “Shams” – Palestine

• Africa Center for Studies and Media Services

• Al-Khiam Center for the Rehabilitation of Torture Victims – Lebanon

• Women’s Studies Center – Palestine

• Iraqi Center for Negotiation and Conflict Resolution Skills

• Palestinian Center for the Independence of the Judiciary and Legal Profession

• Moroccan Center for Parallel Diplomacy

• Tunis Center for Press Freedom

• Center for the Protection and Freedom of Journalists – Jordan

• Damascus Center for Theoretical and Civil Rights Studies

• Sûbartu Center for Peace and Anti-Violence Support – Iraq

• Amman Center for Human Rights Studies – Jordan

• Scandinavian Institute for Human Rights – Geneva

• Gulf Institute for Democracy and Human Rights

• International Institute for Peace, Justice, and Human Rights – Geneva

• Houran Forum for Citizenship – Syria

• Safi Forum for Development, Environment, and Society – Morocco

• Bahrain Forum for Human Rights

• Forum for Democratic Renewal – Tunisia

• Civil National Forum in Sudan (includes 54 civil society organizations)

• Libyan Academic Organization

• Tunisian Organization Against Torture

• Organization for the Defense of Violence Victims – Geneva

• Arab Organization for Human Rights – Libya

• Arab Organization for Human Rights – Syria

• Insan Organization for Rights and Freedoms – Yemen

• House of Freedom Organization – Mauritania

• Media and Expression Freedoms Organization “HATEM” – Morocco

• Human Rights Organization in Syria – MAF

• SAWA Organization for Human Rights – Iraq

• Salam Organization for Democracy and Human Rights

• Sahara Youth Organization for Development and Human Rights – Libya

• Mercy Corps International

• Yemen Organization for the Defense of Rights and Democratic Freedoms – Yemen

• Al-Dameer Foundation for Human Rights – Gaza – Palestine

• Egyptian Foundation for the Advancement of Childhood Conditions

• Tamer Institute for Community Education – Palestine

• Mada Foundation for Human Rights – Iraq

• Nabad for Human Solutions – Geneva – Switzerland

• Tunisian National Union of Journalists

• Civil Commission for the Independence of the Judiciary – Palestine

• Sahel Commission for the Defense of Human Rights and Support for Education and Social Peace – Mauritania