“A Death Sentence” – Aid Agencies Warn of Israel's Assault on Gaza City
Published: Sep 12, 2025 Reading time: 2 minutes Share: Share an article[Gaza City, 12 September 2025] — 45 Humanitarian and civil society organizations warn that Israel’s assault on Gaza City amounts to a death sentence.
Intensified Israeli military attacks on Gaza City and forced displacement orders for the entire city are leaving families with an impossible dilemma: flee and risk death on the road and in overcrowded displacement areas, or stay and face relentless bombardment in their shelters. Starvation and siege await them regardless.
“Our only demand is life,” said Ayman (name changed), a father sheltering with his family in Gaza City. “We are humans just like you. We want to live with dignity and safety, not to die from hunger or bombs.”
Nearly one million Palestinians, starved, grieving, and displaced many times over, remain in Gaza City. If Israel’s operation in Gaza City continues, hospitals will be cut off and attacked, shelters and schools bombed, aid convoys blocked, and those too weak, old, or sick to flee will be left to die.
“We are tired of running from one place to another,” said Abeer (name changed), a humanitarian worker.
At the same time, Israel is deliberately obstructing humanitarian operations. Aid trucks continue to be denied, and international NGOs are left in limbo by an opaque registration regime, even as famine deepens.
The International Court of Justice has recognized that Palestinians in Gaza have a right to be protected from genocide. Each act of forced displacement and each surge of hunger makes that danger more certain, and the world cannot claim it did not see this coming.
Let our goods enter. Let us work. Stop this assault.
Signed by 45 Humanitarian and Civil Society Organisations
1. ActionAid
2. Action For Humanity
3. American Friends Service Committee
4. Anera
5. Asamblea de Cooperación por la Paz
6. A New Policy
7. Caritas Internationalis
8. Caritas Jerusalem
9. Christian Aid
10. Churches for Middle East Peace
11. CISS - Cooperazione Internazionale Sud Sud
12. Danish Refugee Council
13. Danske Hus i Palæstina
14. Embrace the Middle East
15. Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
16. HelpAge International
17. Humanity & Inclusion - Handicap International
18. Humanity First UK
19. Insecurity Insight
20. INSO
21. Islamic Relief
22. Japan International Volunteer Center (JVC)
23. Médecins Du Monde France (MdM France )
24. Médecins du Monde Switzerland (MdM Switzerland)
25. MedGlobal
26. Medico International
27. Médicos del Mundo (Spain)
28. Mennonite Central Committee
29. National Justice and Peace Network England and Wales
30. Norwegian People’s Aid
31. Oxfam
32. Pax Christi Flanders
33. Pax Christi München
34. Pax Christi Scotland
35. People in Need
36. Plan International
37. Premiere Urgence Internationale
38. Rebuilding Alliance
39. Saferworld
40. Secours Islamique France
41. Solidarités International
42. Terre des Hommes Italy
43. The Middle East Children's Alliance (MECA)
44. Vento di Terra
45. War Child Alliance
