20 May, 2025: Médecins Sans Frontières/ Doctors Without Borders (MSF) welcomes the recent joint statement by Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong and 23 other countries on humanitarian aid to Gaza.
We continue to urge the Australian government to pursue strong diplomatic action that holds the Israeli government to account.
Israel’s temporary allowance of aid proves this is not a logistical issue—it’s a political decision to deprive an entire population of food, medicine, and critical supplies.
For 11 weeks, not a single aid truck was allowed into Gaza. People—especially children—are starving. Patients and staff are rationing meals. Some are surviving on leaves.
This manufactured humanitarian crisis will not be resolved with a few trucks here and there.
We urge Australia to sustain the pressure and push for a ceasefire to allow unimpeded, sustained aid access that reaches everyone in Gaza and restores dignity to humanitarian response, and facilitates the release of all hostages and detainees.
The siege isn’t over—this is a smokescreen.