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‘Evisceration of life’: Aid groups call for a halt to Israel’s Gaza City attack
Nearly two dozen of the world’s leading aid groups have called for the international community to take stronger action against Israel’s assault on Gaza City, describing the situation across the Strip as an “unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe”.
The statement – co-signed by Save the Children, ActionAid International, Oxfam and Islamic Relief, among others – said governments need to act to “prevent the evisceration of life in the Gaza Strip”.
The demand comes in the wake of a UN inquiry finding evidence of genocide in Gaza. They said the moment is a “test of humanity” that the world is currently failing.
“States must use every available political, economic, and legal tool at their disposal to intervene. Rhetoric and half measures are not enough. This moment demands decisive action,” they said.
“Now, as the Israeli government has ordered the mass displacement of Gaza City – home to nearly one million people – we are on the precipice of an even deadlier period in Gaza’s story if action is not taken. Gaza has been deliberately made uninhabitable.”
Palestinians ‘once again’ displaced from their land, says Pope Leo
Pope Leo XIV says Palestinians are living in “unacceptable conditions” as they’re forcibly expelled from Gaza City, the enclave’s biggest urban centre, during heavy Israeli bombardment.
“I express my deep solidarity with the Palestinian people in Gaza who continue to live in fear and survive in unacceptable conditions, being forcibly displaced once again from their lands,” he said.
“I renew my appeal for a ceasefire, for the release of hostages, for a negotiated diplomatic solution, and for the full respect of international humanitarian law. I invite everyone to join my heartfelt prayer that soon a dawn of peace and justice will rise.”
Israeli forces have attacked residential buildings in Gaza City, rendering hundreds of homes into rubble and forcing Palestinians, with short notice, to flee as they push on with an operation to seize it.
