Annie Comes Home: Reporting reveals Israeli soldiers have been firing on crowds of hungry people

Tuesday, July 1, 2025

Reporting reveals Israeli soldiers have been firing on crowds of hungry people

Pamela: A horrific report reveals that Israeli soldiers have been firing on crowds of hungry people at aid sites in Gaza, where one in five people face starvation.[1]

This investigation comes as opioid pills were reportedly found in flour bags distributed by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation — a new and controversial U.S. government-backed aid program that's been compared to Blackwater and drawn condemnation for its potential complicity in war crimes.[2] The Trump administration called it a "bold" and "out-of-the-box" effort, but reports from the ground unveiled the grim reality: Scarcely stocked aid distribution sites, chaos, torn-down fences, gunfire, and now more than 500 people killed since it launched.

It's clear the U.S. government will continue to play a key role in whatever happens next — and exacerbating the hunger crisis in Gaza won't help unite the remaining hostages taken by Hamas with their families, end the Israeli government's war in Gaza, or find a pathway to a sustainable peace in Israel, Palestine, and beyond.

If we want to save lives, we need to see more aid distributed rapidly and widely immediately. That's why we're rallying support for a resolution introduced by Rep. Pramila Jayapal calling for the immediate delivery of aid and pushing the U.S. government to ease the hunger crisis in Gaza.

Can you join in to add your support? Tell your Representative: Sponsor and help pass H.Res.473 calling for the urgent expanded delivery of humanitarian aid to ease the suffering in Gaza.

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"We're not asking for miracles. We're asking for food, for medicine," said one doctor in Gaza, where UN-backed food security experts report nearly 500,000 people are facing catastrophic hunger.[3]

An 11-week Israeli military blockade led to the closure of every UN World Food Programme (WFP)-supported bakery in Gaza, after flour and fuel ran out and food and medicine rations were exhausted. WFP Executive Director Cindy McCain has warned that the amount of aid the Israeli government is now allowing to enter Gaza is merely a "drop in the bucket" of what's needed.[4]

The results of this slow drip of humanitarian aid are devastating and an entire generation is at immediate risk. UN food security experts estimate that within the next year, as many as 71,000 children under the age of five, as well as 17,000 pregnant and breastfeeding women, are expected to be acutely malnourished.[5]

Every day of inaction is a failure to save lives in the face of a Netanyahu government-created crisis backed by U.S. support. But here's the thing, {{ user.first_name|default:"Friend"|title }: If a government can create a crisis, it can also rebuild and repair. That's why we REFUSE to stop piling on the pressure to demand the U.S. government do more to ease the suffering, bring the hostages home, and save lives.

The need for increased and sustained distribution of humanitarian aid — lifesaving food, water, medicine — is clear. What's less clear is whether we can break through the noise to ensure decisionmakers in DC do something about it. That's where you come in. Can you send a message to your lawmaker demanding they take urgent action to put pressure on the White House and State Department to ease the suffering in Gaza?

Congress needs to hear from you: Sign on to tell your Rep to pass H.Res.473 and use every lever possible to ensure desperately-needed aid reaches people in Gaza.

Thank you for working for peace,
The Win Without War team

1. The Times of Israel, "'A killing field': IDF said probing troops' near-daily shooting of Gazans near aid sites as potential war crimes"
2. The Washington Post, "U.N. condemns U.S. aid system in Gaza after Israel opens fire on crowd"
3. ABC News, "Doctor details Gaza famine: 'We're not asking for miracles. We're asking for food'"
4. CBS News, "Aid trucks going into Gaza are a "drop in the bucket as to what's needed," WFP director says"
5. The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, "Gaza Strip: Acute Malnutrition Situation for April 2025 - March 2026"