UN experts call for ‘immediate dismantling’ of the GHF
Thirty-five independent UN human rights experts have called for the “immediate dismantling” of the GHF, which they said is in “serious breach of international law”.
“The GHF, a nongovernmental organisation created by Israel in February 2025, with US support, to allegedly distribute aid in Gaza, is an utterly disturbing example of how humanitarian relief can be exploited for covert military and geopolitical agendas,” the experts said.
The experts added that “at least 859 people have been killed around GHF sites since the beginning of GHF’s operations in late May 2025.
“Calling it ‘humanitarian’ adds on to Israel’s humanitarian camouflage and is an insult to the humanitarian enterprise and standards,” they added.
In a statement shared by the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the experts urged governments to “impose a full arms embargo on Israel” and “suspend trade and investment agreements that may result in harming the Palestinians and hold corporate entities accountable”.
I join UN experts in calling for the resumption of unimpeded humanitarian relief to avert starvation in Gaza, and to dismantle Israeli's privatised, militarized aid delivery model that has killed Palestinians https://t.co/YkNeFn4Q6x
— Prof Ben Saul - UN SR Human Rights & Counterterror (@profbensaul) August 5, 2025
Gaza doctor recounts death of child with ‘tiny little wound’ due to blood shortage
There has not been a single day since Dr Tarek Loubani, an emergency physician, arrived in Gaza two and a half months ago, when there has not been a near-complete shortage of blood.
“Blood is life, and so … without adequate amounts of blood, we make decisions that endanger patients all the time,” he told Al Jazeera from Khan Younis.
“I cannot get out of my mind one of the cases, in which a one-and-a-half-year-old boy was right in front of us with a tiny little wound that happened to hit an artery. He was bleeding quite a bit, but not so much that he had to die,” he said.
“He was small, obviously malnourished, and all he needed was a little bit of blood; however, it was a tent massacre, and so every single member of his family had died. As a result, they weren’t able to donate blood,” he added.
“By the time we were able to find somebody to go and donate blood and bring it, we could see that even if we gave him blood, we weren’t going to be able to follow it up, and that that blood could be used to save somebody else,” the doctor said.
“We had to sit there watching a little boy who we knew was saveable and treatable, die in front of us,” Loubani said.
Palestinians injured in an Israeli attack lie at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis
Only 84 aid trucks entered Gaza on Tuesday amid aid crisis: Media office
Gaza’s Government Media Office says only 84 aid trucks entered the enclave yesterday, the majority of which were subjected to looting and robbery as a result of the “state of security chaos”.
Its statement said Gaza needed at least 600 aid and fuel trucks daily to support Gaza’s residents amid the “near-total collapse of infrastructure and the ongoing war of genocide waged by the occupation”.
“We strongly condemn the continued systematic starvation crime, the complete closure of crossings, and the denial of humanitarian aid. We hold the “Israeli” occupation and its allies fully responsible for the worsening humanitarian catastrophe,” the statement read.
The media office added an urgent call on Arab, Muslim countries, the UN and the international community to take urgent and effective measures to “permanently open the crossings”.
“Ensure the flow of food and medical aid, especially baby formula and life-saving medicines, and hold the occupation accountable for its repeated crimes against civilians,” the statement added.
Palestinians sift through sand in search of scattered food from aid drops
