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A “worst-case scenario” famine is unfolding in Gaza. Public health
conditions are “catastrophic.” Hospitals are operating far beyond capacity
and some life-saving medicines are totally out of stock.^1
UNICEF reports on the “unimaginable horrors” in Gaza with over 50,000
children killed or injured since the start of Israel’s war on the
Palestinian people.^2 Over 100 children have died of malnutrition — a
number that has risen exponentially in recent weeks.^3
Dr. Ahmed al-Farra, head of the pediatric ward at a hospital in the south
of Gaza told the New York Times, “There is no one in Gaza now outside the
scope of famine, not even myself.”^4
Netanyahu’s regime could not be carrying out what Amnesty International
and Human Rights Watch are calling a genocide in Gaza without billions in
funding and weapons sales directly from the U.S. government.
Demand Progress Action is mounting an unprecedented pressure campaign,
sending tens of thousands of messages and calls to the House and Senate,
taking back-to-back meetings with supportive Members of Congress and their
staffers, and building nationwide grassroots momentum to end Israel’s
atrocities in Gaza. That starts with Trump and Congress ending its sale of
weapons to Netanyahu.
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The stories and images of horror from Gaza are shocking. Toddlers
emaciated from malnutrition. Children crying with empty pots. People
mourning their dying loved ones in the street after an IDF attack.
And when Palestinians line up for desperately needed humanitarian aid,
trying to save their families from starvation, Israel is shooting and
killing them. The IDF has killed hundreds of Palestinians lining up for
humanitarian aid in just the last few months.^5
Israel has blocked nearly all food aid from reaching Gaza. Even as the
United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) has three months worth of
food for every Gazan in warehouses just outside Gaza’s border.^6
As Israel starves the people of Gaza, Netanyahu charges ahead with plans
to expel Palestinians and occupy Gaza.
2 million Palestinians face forced removal from Gaza to dangerous foreign
countries like South Sudan and Libya because of Israel’s displacement
plans.^7
2 million Palestinians face the daily threat of airstrikes as Netanyahu
bombs Gaza and threatens a full military takeover.
Trump and Congress are in full backing of this wholesale suffering in
Gaza. U.S. policy has allowed Israel to put Gaza on the brink of
starvation and full military occupation: Tens of billions of dollars worth
of weapons sales to Israel since the start of Israel’s atrocities and
massive sums of taxpayer dollars flowing from Congress to Netanyahu.
Demand Progress will not stop pushing for an end to this man-made
humanitarian crisis. There is building momentum in Congress and across the
globe for Israel to cease its aid blockade and its murder of the
Palestinian people. We will keep ramping up the mountain of pressure on
our lawmakers to save Gaza. Are you with us?
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including our fight to end U.S. support for Israel’s atrocities in Gaza?
With gratitude,
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Sources:
1. The Guardian, "The mathematics of starvation: how Israel caused a
famine in Gaza," [ [link removed] ]July 31, 2025.
2. UNICEF, "‘Unimaginable horrors’: more than 50,000 children reportedly
killed or injured in the Gaza Strip," [ [link removed] ]May 27, 2025.
3. UN News, "Record starvation and malnutrition in Gaza; more West Bank
displacement," [ [link removed] ]August 12, 2025.
4. The New York Times, "Gazans Are Dying of Starvation," [ [link removed] ]July 24,
2025.
5. NPR, "Israeli forces have killed over 1,000 aid-seekers in Gaza since
May, the U.N. says," [ [link removed] ]July 23, 2025.
6. UNRWA on X, "UNRWA has enough food for the entire population of #Gaza
for over three months stockpiled in warehouses–including this one in Al
Arish, Egypt–awaiting entry..." [ [link removed] ]July 19, 2025.
7. CNN, "Israel says it is in talks with several countries about taking in
displaced Palestinians," [ [link removed] ]August 14, 2025.
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