Major international humanitarian groups have called on world leaders to intensify efforts to end Israel's war on Gaza ahead of next week’s U.N. General Assembly, warning that further inaction would lead to more loss of life.
"States must use every available political, economic, and legal tool at their disposal to intervene," the groups said in a statement Wednesday, released by Save the Children on behalf of over 20 major aid agencies working in Gaza.
"World leaders fail to act. Facts are ignored. Testimony is cast aside. And more people are killed as a direct consequence," the statement added, citing daily Israeli strikes on Gaza City.
The organizations said U.N. member states were treating their obligations under international law as optional, creating a dangerous precedent.
"History will undoubtedly judge this moment as a test of humanity. And we are failing. Failing the people of Gaza, failing the hostages, and failing our own collective moral imperative," the statement read.
