Twenty -five countries have launched a joint declaration Asking for the immediate end of the war in Gaza and accusing Israel of not allowing enough help, demanding that it must do so to comply with international humanitarian law.
“We, the signatories listed below, join a simple and urgent message: the war in Gaza must end now,” the statement began. “The suffering of civilians in Gaza has reached new depths. The help delivery model of the Israeli government is dangerous, it feeds instability and deprives the gazanes of human dignity.”
“The denial of the Israeli government of essential humanitarian assistance to the civilian population is unacceptable. Israel must comply with its obligations under international humanitarian law,” said the statement.
Throughout the conflict, Israel has argued that they are sending enough help to Gaza, but international aid organizations have repeatedly said there is not enough help and the United Nations He has reported malnutrition conditions within Gaza.
The statement is signed by the Foreign Ministers of Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Polend and the United Kingdom and the United Kingdom, the United Kingdom, the United Kingdom, Norway, Polanda, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom and the United Kingdom, the United Kingdom, the United Kingdom, Norway, Polanda, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom and the United Kingdom.
The Palestinian mother Alaa Al-Najjar cries her three-month-old baby Yehia, who died due to malnutrition in the midst of a hunger crisis, according to Medics, at the Nasser hospital in Khan Younis, in the South Gaza Strip on July 20, 2025.
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The call to action was launched on Monday after an incident on Sunday in which at least 81 Palestinians were killed and another 150 were injured while trying to access food, according to the Ministry of Health of Gaza, led by Hamas, who said that most of those killed gathered near the border with Zikim between Gaza and Israel.
Israel’s defense forces said Sunday that their troops fired near the crowds “to eliminate an immediate threat that represented them,” although it was not specific. A review is ongoing, but “the preliminary review indicates that the number of informed casualties is not aligned with the existing information,” according to the IDF.
Oren Marmorstein, spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Israel, said in a Declaration in x On Monday that the country “rejects” the joint declaration of 25 nations “, since it is disconnected from reality and sends the wrong message to Hamas.”
“All statements and all claims must be addressed to the only part responsible for the lack of an agreement for the release of hostages and a high fire: Hamas, which began this war and is prolonging it,” said Marorstein’s statement.
The statement also said that while there is a “concrete proposal for a high fire agreement,” Hamas “refuses stubbornly to accept it.”
“The statement does not focus the pressure on Hamas and does not recognize Hamas’ role and responsibility for the situation.” Marorstein said. “Hamas is the only party responsible for the continuation of war and suffering on both sides.”
“At this sensitive moments in the ongoing negotiations, it is better to avoid statements of this type,” concluded Marorstein’s statement.
The Palestinians gather while they carry help supplies that entered Gaza through Israel, in the midst of a hunger crisis, in Beit Lahia in the strip of northern Gaza on July 20, 2025.
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The United States ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee described the joint declaration of “disgusting” in a Publish in x. “25 nations exert pressure on @israel instead of savages of Hamas! Gaza suffers for 1 reason: Hamas rejects each proposal. To blame Israel is irrational,” said the post.
According to at least 875 people in Gaza while trying to receive food help in recent weeks United Nations.
“It is horrible that more than 800 Palestinians have been killed while looking for help,” said the joint statement. He also condemned Hamas for refusing to free the remaining Israeli hostages.
“The hostages maintained cruelly captive for Hamas since October 7, 2023 continue to suffer terribly. We condemn their continuous detention and ask for their immediate and unconditional release,” the statement said. “A high negotiated fire offers the best hope of taking them home and ending the agony of their families.”
The mourners react during the funeral of Palestinians killed in Israeli attacks during the night, according to doctors, at the Al-Shifa hospital in the city of Gaza, on July 21, 2025.
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The United Nations Secretary General, António Guterres, said in a statement On Monday that is “horrified by the accelerated breakdown of humanitarian conditions in Gaza.”
The “last lines of life that keep people alive are collapsing,” Guterres said in part, adding that “condemns continuous violence, including shooting, murder and wounds of people trying to obtain food for their families.”
“Civilians must be protected and respected, and should never be attacked. The population in Gaza remains seriously underlined with the basic needs of life,” said the declaration of Guterres.
The 25 signatory countries also asked the Israeli government to “immediately raise the restrictions on the flow of aid and that urgently allow the UN and the Humanitarian NGOs to do their work Savior of life safely and effectively” and “all parties protect civilians and maintain the obligations of international humanitarian law.”
“We urge the international community to join in a common effort to end this terrible conflict, through a high immediate, unconditional and permanent fire,” the statement continued. “Blood spill has no purpose. We reaffirm our complete support for the efforts of the United States, Qatar and Egypt to achieve this.”
“We are prepared to take more measures to support a high immediate fire and a political path towards security and peace for Israelis, the Palestinians and the entire region,” the statement concluded.
The smoke and the flames rise from a residential building hit by an Israeli strike, in the city of Gaza on July 21, 2025.
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On Sunday, Pope Leo XIV also renewed the calls to a high immediate fire in Gaza.
“Once again I ask for an immediate ending of the barbarism of this war and a peaceful resolution to the conflict,” said the Pope during the prayer of Sunday Angelus of his summer retirement in Castel Gandolfo, according to The Associated Press.
