Annie Comes Home: The “deadliest day yet” for people seeking aid

Tuesday, July 22, 2025

The “deadliest day yet” for people seeking aid

Pamela:

Sunday marked the "deadliest day yet" for starving people seeking aid in Gaza, as the Israeli military opened fire on yet another crowd of people, killing at least 85.[1] This comes just days after 20 people died in a crush at a Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) aid distribution center in Khan Younis.[2]

These devastating events are far from one-offs: Last month, Israeli forces killed at least 410 starving people desperately trying to access food at Israeli government-run aid sites across Gaza.[3]

Since the last ceasefire ended, the Israeli government's already-relentless strikes on Gaza only appear to have increased. Tens of thousands of people have died. Meanwhile, Hamas is still holding dozens of people hostage. They've languished for more than 650 days.

The suffering and loss of life are incalculable. But our team is surging amidst reports another ceasefire may be within reach.

Our policy and legislative teams remain deeply engaged with House and Senate staffers on multiple legislative and oversight efforts that could finally force the U.S. government to do more to end the bombing, bring the hostages home, and save lives.

Momentum is growing, and our work is nowhere near done. That's why our team is working 24/7 to ensure Congress acts: Taking back-to-back advocacy meetings, employing attention-grabbing tactics, uplifting stories from civil society groups in the region, and mobilizing the grassroots like never before. But it all takes incredible resources.

One thing is clear: We're entering a crucial stage of this fight. This is our moment to push harder than ever before to shift the tide and force Congress to act, but we don't work alone, Pamela. Your support is urgently needed. Can you chip in $12, or anything you can give today, to help us finally break the unbearable status quo?

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Make no mistake, it wasn't bombs and bullets that paused the violence for 42 days earlier this spring. The recent ceasefire saved lives. Hostages returned to their families. Hundreds of trucks were able to bring crucially needed aid into Gaza. Violence across the region slowed dramatically.

Without a ceasefire in place, people in Gaza and the dozens of hostages still held captive are living in hell — and the U.S. government is directly culpable for their suffering. Today, hundreds of thousands of people in Gaza are slowly starving as relentless Israeli military bombings, including with U.S.-made weapons, continue to destroy hospitals, homes filled with families, and schools sheltering displaced people.

More bombs and bullets will not build peace. The Netanyahu government's strategy has done little to bring the remaining hostages back to their families. It's why we refuse to let this work fail. Luckily, we're far from alone: Recent polls prove that a majority — nearly 60% — of people across the country are with us. That includes a growing number of U.S. voters who say the United States is too supportive of the Israeli government.[4]

We got here in no small part because of an inspiring, passionate global outcry against further violence, but it's time to go further and translate that momentum into action.

Right now, multiple efforts are moving in Congress that would use U.S. leverage for good — increase humanitarian aid, investigate the GHF's use of private funding and contractors, stop the transfer of U.S. bombs to the Israeli military, and more.

With lives on the line, our small team has just the narrowest window to drown out the hawks and the war lobby by rallying our anti-war champions in Congress to push back on a destructive status quo that prioritizes war and profit over peace and people. We're mobilizing tens of thousands of grassroots activists like you who refuse to accept more violence as the only way forward, and we need you with us, Pamela. Will you donate?

It's not just the bombs that we're worried about — we're afraid despair and complacency will allow the violence to become our new normal.

That's why our community gives us so much hope. You are the people who refuse to look away. You are the ones who will help build the world we all want and deserve: One where we all live and thrive without the threat of violence.

Nothing can happen without resources. With your help, we'll be ready to meet this moment and all the ones ahead, to work to get people in Palestine, Israel, and beyond the peaceful solutions they need.

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

1. The Associated Press, "Officials say 85 Palestinians seeking aid are killed in Gaza as Israel widens evacuation orders"
2. CNN, "20 killed in crush at Israeli and US-backed aid site in Gaza, group says"
3. The Intercept, "Israeli Soldiers Killed at Least 410 People at Food Aid Sites in Gaza This Month"
4. Quinnipiac University Poll, "63% Of Voters Disapprove Of The Trump Administration's Handling Of The Jeffrey Epstein Files, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; Nearly Half Of Voters Would Consider Joining A Third Party, Just Not One Created By Elon Musk"