Twenty-five European and other countries signed an open letter with a very clear message: the war in Gaza must end now.
The foreign ministries of these countries including Australia, Canada and Japan condemned “the drip feeding of aid and the inhumane killing of civilians” seeking food.
The statement comes after the Health Ministry in Gaza said at least 80 people were killed on Sunday as Israeli forces opened fire on a crowd of Palestinians who were attempting to acquire food in northern Gaza
The countries that have signed the appeal are: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the UK.
Not among them are: Greece, Cyprus and Germany
How can these three countries stay indifferent to the brutal killing of at least 100 Palestinians every morning when they try flock to the aid distribution points to get something to feed their families?
"A massive hunt of people, in total impunity."
Philippe Lazzarini, the head of UNRWA, described the aid distribution scheme of Israel and US-backed rival aid group, Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), "sadistic death trap." https://t.co/j8VfsF9tuU pic.twitter.com/CZR98AEJ2H
— DW News (@dwnews) July 22, 2025
How can these three countries close their eyes to the babies, the newborn and the premature die of malnutrition?
Newborns and premature babies in Gaza are particularly suffering due to Israel's blocking the entry of essential supplies into the region, including adequate nutrition and baby formula. pic.twitter.com/l6D4j0AveK
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) July 22, 2025
Zainab Abu Haleeb, a five-month-old Palestinian girl diagnosed with malnutrition, receives treatment at Nasser Hospital in southern Gaza Strip. Amid the ongoing Israeli blockade on humanitarian aid, child hunger has surged across the territory.
📸 Hussam Al-Masri/Reuters pic.twitter.com/AIPh1YvVFq
— Santi Palacios (@SantiPalacios) July 22, 2025
This post broke my heart.
Salam was just a few months old when she reached an @UNRWA clinic, but it was too late. She died from serious acute malnutrition.
This is the story of just one of thousands of malnourished children in Gaza. pic.twitter.com/uun66w0cGH
— Melissa Fleming 🇺🇳 (@MelissaFleming) July 18, 2025
Based on UN, WHO, and Amnesty reports from March-July 2025, Israel imposed a near-total aid blockade on Gaza starting March 2, leading to widespread malnutrition (over 5,000 children affected) and hundreds of hunger-related deaths, including at violent aid points.
The Letter
Stop feeding us lies from the Health Ministry of Hamasland. Who pays you guys? Qatar, Iran or Hamas itself?
you claim the UN & UNICEF say lies, while the israelis tell the truth? israelis have crossed even the sickest fantasy and your allegations are wasted.
Thank you for supporting the truth on your website. Thank you for being courageous enough to say what the others are paid to hide.
I am ashamed to be German
You do know that Greece hosts a drone training center for Elbit systems in Kalamata.
Israel jets perform training in Greek airspace.
Get with it the Greek state is complicit and Greek businesses ate profiting from the war.
Why would the government condemn it.
It is time for Israel to stop the war in Gaza.