Over 100 aid, rights groups demand Gaza ceasefire, warn of mass starvation

With supplies totally depleted, groups say aid workers are now also wasting away

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JERUSALEM - More than 100 largely aid and rights groups on July 23 called for governments to take action as hunger spreads in Gaza, including by demanding an immediate and permanent ceasefire and the lifting of all restrictions on the flow of humanitarian aid.

In a statement signed by 111 organizations, including Mercy Corps, the Norwegian Refugee Council and Refugees International, the groups warned that mass starvation was spreading across the enclave even as tonnes of food, clean water, medical supplies and other items sit untouched just outside Gaza as humanitarian organizations are blocked from accessing or delivering them.