In a rare show of consensus, several European nations and UN officials have denounced Israel’s proposed mechanism for distributing humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip, describing it as both unlawful and deliberately obstructive. As famine tightens its grip on over two million Palestinians, food and medical supplies remain stalled at Gaza’s borders, held hostage by bureaucratic and military restrictions designed to strangle, not support, civilian life.

France's envoy to the United Nations condemned the Israeli plan, calling it a direct violation of international law. Rather than facilitating aid, the envoy said, Israel has erected barriers that prevent food, medicine, and fuel from reaching desperate families. The UK’s representative echoed this position, rejecting any mechanism that uses aid as a political or military tool. “Tons of food are rotting while children starve,” she stated, demanding that Israel cooperate with UN agencies instead of undermining them.

UN humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths went further, calling the siege on Gaza not only inhumane but shameful. He accused Israeli officials of imposing impossible conditions on a starving population — and doing so with open pride. The international community, he warned, must stop treating Gaza as an experiment in suffering.

With Gaza’s bakeries silent for over a month, and water and medicine almost gone, the people of the Strip now face what many describe as a man-made famine. While Israel pushes for control over the flow of humanitarian aid, Palestinians continue to bury their dead — victims not just of bombs, but of engineered starvation.