Aid groups call for stronger pressure on Israel to stop Gaza City push

By AP 17 September 2025, 12:14 pm

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Displaced Palestinians flee Gaza City on foot and in vehicles, carrying their belongings along the coastal road toward southern Gaza, September 17, 2025. (AP/Abdel Kareem Hana)

A coalition of leading aid groups is urging the international community to take stronger measures to stop Israel’s offensive on Gaza City, after a commission of UN experts found Israel was committing genocide in Gaza.

“What we are witnessing in Gaza is not only an unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe, but what the U.N. Commission of Inquiry has now concluded is a genocide,” reads the statement from the aid groups. “States must use every available political, economic, and legal tool at their disposal to intervene. Rhetoric and half measures are not enough. This moment demands decisive action.”

The message is signed by leaders of over 20 aid organizations operating in Gaza, including the Norwegian Refugee Council, Anera and Save the Children.