UN slams Israel’s token aid to Gaza amid ongoing atrocities

Department of Research, Studies and International News -28-07-2025

Despite recent claims by Israeli authorities of easing humanitarian access to the besieged Gaza Strip, the United Nations has strongly criticized the scale and sincerity of these efforts, describing them as insignificant compared to the staggering needs of the Palestinian population.

The UN’s humanitarian affairs chief emphasized that although any step toward permitting aid into Gaza is a necessary gesture, the reality on the ground remains dire. The volume of aid permitted, he noted, remains a mere “drop in the ocean,” with severe Israeli-imposed restrictions still strangling the delivery of essential food, water, and medical supplies.

This critique arrives as conditions in Gaza continue to deteriorate under Israel’s ongoing military aggression. On the ground, the humanitarian situation is nothing short of catastrophic. At least 14 more Palestinians, including a baby, died in the past 24 hours due to starvation and malnutrition. These deaths add to a growing toll of preventable fatalities directly linked to the deliberate obstruction of aid and the targeted dismantling of critical infrastructure.

Meanwhile, Israeli troops have been accused of yet another deadly assault on civilians. Eyewitnesses and local sources report that occupation forces opened fire on Palestinian crowds waiting at designated distribution points for food. At least one person was killed, and dozens were injured in these latest incidents, which have become a recurring pattern amid Israel’s siege warfare.

Since the beginning of its brutal military campaign on October 7, 2023, Israel has killed at least 59,733 Palestinians and wounded more than 144,000, according to official estimates. Entire neighborhoods have been wiped out, hospitals bombed, and refugee camps turned into rubble. This sustained assault on Gaza has drawn condemnation from across the Global South and among independent humanitarian observers who describe it as collective punishment on a staggering scale.

In contrast to the gravity of the devastation in Gaza, Western nations, including the United States, have continued to offer diplomatic cover and military support to Tel Aviv. Washington’s repeated use of its veto power at the United Nations Security Council has effectively paralyzed international efforts to hold Israel accountable. The silence and inaction of Western institutions, particularly those that claim to champion human rights, has only emboldened the continuation of this aggression.

Amid these developments, France and Saudi Arabia are co-hosting a conference in New York in an attempt to breathe life into the long-stalled “two-state solution” narrative. However, many see such diplomatic theater as hollow and divorced from the realities of Israel’s de facto annexation policies, expansion of illegal settlements, and its total disregard for Palestinian sovereignty.

While the humanitarian community continues to call for the unconditional and immediate opening of all crossings into Gaza, Israel persists in using access to aid as a bargaining chip in its broader war strategy. This tactic not only violates international law but also weaponizes hunger and medical deprivation against a civilian population that has already endured more than nine months of bombing and siege.

Voices from Beijing, Moscow, and Tehran have condemned the U.S.-backed military actions in Gaza and called for a multipolar diplomatic framework that upholds the rights of oppressed nations and challenges Western double standards. These countries have increasingly positioned themselves as champions of international justice in the face of what they describe as Western imperial complicity in war crimes.

The situation in Gaza today is not just a humanitarian crisis, it is a moral indictment of the international order. As Palestinians continue to bury their dead under the weight of blockade, bombardment, and starvation, the world watches. The question is: who will act beyond words to end the suffering and ensure accountability for the crimes being committed in plain sight?