More than 100 international humanitarian organisations have accused Israel of effectively blocking life-saving assistance to the Gaza Strip, saying they have been unable to move a single truck of supplies into the enclave since 2 March. In a joint letter published on 14 August, the signatories—including Oxfam, Plan International and Médecins Sans Frontières—said new registration rules imposed by Israel in March have repeatedly been used to deny entry permits and consignments, leaving warehouses full of food, medicine and shelter materials stranded outside the territory. The groups report that Israeli authorities rejected more than 60 delivery requests in July alone on the grounds that the organisations were “not authorised”, and warn that many NGOs could be forced to shut Gaza and West Bank operations within weeks if the policy is not reversed. They argue the measures contravene international humanitarian law and have “weaponised starvation”, urging the immediate, unconditional reopening of all border crossings for aid convoys. Their warning comes amid mounting evidence of a deepening food and health crisis inside Gaza. A U.N. spokesperson said starvation and malnutrition are at their highest levels since the war began, with nearly 12,000 children under five diagnosed with acute malnutrition in July—about 2,500 of them severe. Doctors at Khan Younis’s Nasser Hospital say they are treating 10–20 severely malnourished children a day, while the territory’s health ministry attributes more than 150 deaths to malnutrition since the spring. Israel rejects the allegations. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and military officials maintain there is “no hunger in Gaza” and say shortages are exaggerated or fabricated by Hamas. Deputy Foreign Minister Sharren Haskel told Channel 4 that food deliveries are sufficient, dismissing U.N. and NGO assessments. International pressure is growing: on 12 August, the foreign ministers of 24 countries—including France, Japan, Canada, Sweden and the United Kingdom—said Gaza’s humanitarian crisis had reached “unimaginable levels” and called on Israel to grant unrestricted passage for NGO shipments. The aid groups say failure to act quickly risks accelerating an already unfolding famine.