Press Release
August 22, 2025
The European Campaign for Gaza expresses its shock and outrage at the United Nations' official declaration of widespread famine in the Gaza Strip. This statement, based on a joint UN statement issued in Geneva by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), the World Food Programme (WFP), and the World Health Organization (WHO), confirms that more than half a million people in Gaza are trapped in a famine that threatens the lives of civilians, especially children. This is the first time famine has been declared in the Middle East.
This catastrophic declaration leaves no room for doubt that the people of Gaza are being subjected to a systematic policy of starvation, which constitutes a full-fledged war crime, amidst the suffocating blockade, the ongoing bombardment, and the absence of any guarantees for the flow of humanitarian aid.
While holding the occupation fully responsible for this humanitarian tragedy, the European Campaign for Gaza affirms that the international community's silence and inaction amount to complicity, and that statements of condemnation alone are no longer sufficient. Accordingly, the campaign demands the following:
1) An immediate and comprehensive ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, as an indispensable condition for protecting civilians and halting the humanitarian collapse.
2) Ensuring the full and permanent opening of all crossings, allowing the flow of humanitarian aid without any restrictions or conditions.
3) Providing safe passages for international relief organizations to ensure the delivery of food, medicine, water, and fuel to all areas of the Strip.
4) Holding those responsible for using starvation as a weapon of war accountable before competent international courts.
The European Campaign for Gaza emphasizes that the continuation of this catastrophe will lead to more deaths from hunger and malnutrition, making every day of delay in halting the aggression a new crime against humanity.
Saving Gaza is no longer a political option; it is an urgent moral and humanitarian imperative.
The European Campaign for Gaza