More than a month after a ceasefire was announced and all living Israeli hostages were released, Israeli authorities are still committing genocide against Palestinians in the occupied Gaza Strip. At least 327 people, including 136 children, have been killed in Israeli attacks since the ceasefire was announced on October 9. Israel continues to restrict access to critical aid and relief supplies, including medical supplies and equipment necessary to repair life-sustaining infrastructure.
President Trump and Members of Congress:
You can stop this.
Amnesty International remains deeply alarmed at Israel’s ongoing genocide against Palestinians in the occupied Gaza Strip. In July, President Trump acknowledged that the starvation of Palestinians is real, but today, despite a reduction in the scale of attacks and some limited improvements, there has been no meaningful change in the conditions Israel is inflicting on Palestinians in Gaza. This must be met with meaningful change in U.S. foreign policy to protect civilians and address the urgent humanitarian needs on the ground in Gaza.
The impact on civilians, particularly on children, people with disabilities, those with chronic illnesses, older people, and pregnant and breastfeeding women, is catastrophic. Palestinians in Gaza continue to lack access to proper food, water, shelter, clothing, and sanitation, as much of Gaza has been turned to rubble. Simply increasing the number of trucks entering Gaza is not enough.
Amnesty International is calling on you to put pressure on Israel to allow unfettered access to humanitarian aid, lift its unlawful blockade, and end its ongoing genocide.
While there has been some limited improvement, Israel continues to limit the distribution of aid, including by restricting which organizations are allowed to deliver relief within the Gaza Strip. Israel also continues to severely restrict the entry of supplies and the restoration of services essential to the survival of the civilian population, including by blocking the entry of equipment and material necessary to repair life-sustaining infrastructure and required to remove unexploded ordnance, contaminated rubble and sewage, all of which pose serious and potentially irreversible public health and environmental risks.
The objective probability that the current conditions would lead to the destruction of Palestinians in Gaza persists, particularly considering the enhanced vulnerability of the population to sickness and spread of disease following months of famine caused by years of unlawful blockade and months of total siege by Israel earlier this year. This has created circumstances that would lead to a slow death of Palestinians resulting from the lack of proper food, water, shelter, clothing and sanitation.
President Trump and members of Congress, YOU MUST URGENTLY CHANGE COURSE and take concrete action to uphold the United States’ moral and legal obligations:
- Immediately suspend all arms sales and transfers to Israel.
- Pressure Israel to immediately and unconditionally lift the illegal blockade and allow unfettered humanitarian access throughout Gaza.
- Demand that Israel end its genocide against Palestinians in Gaza.