Over 760 Global NGOs Demand Egypt Facilitate Humanitarian Diplomatic Convoy to Gaza

Watan-The Refugee Platform in Egypt has called on the Egyptian government to facilitate procedures for a global humanitarian diplomatic convoy supported by over 760 human rights organizations. This includes easing entry into Egypt, securing the convoy’s movement inside Egyptian territory, and permitting its passage through the Rafah crossing into Gaza.

In a statement, the platform described Israel’s war on Gaza—ongoing for 600 days—as a “brutal and bloody” assault that has grossly violated legal and humanitarian norms, targeting civilians extensively. Of approximately 54,000 Palestinian martyrs, over 18,000 were children and more than 12,500 women, with children, women, and the elderly making up over 60% of casualties.

The statement also revealed that 2,200 Palestinian families were completely wiped out, with entire households martyred, totaling over 6,350 victims. An additional 5,120 families lost all but one member, following the deaths of more than 9,351 people. The number of injuries has reached around 123,000, indicating the deliberate, unrestricted targeting in Israel’s “genocidal war.”

The platform highlighted Israel’s escalation in civilian suffering by blocking aid trucks since March 2—including food, medicine, and fuel for hospitals and power stations. As a result:

• 58 people died from malnutrition

• 242 from lack of food and medicine, mostly elderly

• 26 kidney patients died due to the collapse of medical care

• Over 300 miscarriages occurred due to malnutrition

Reports describe surgeries conducted without anesthesia, with doctors forced to choose which patients to treat and which to leave to die.

The platform emphasized that completely blocking aid is a war crime, especially with over 5,000 life-saving aid trucks ready for dispatch, as confirmed by Juliette Touma, spokesperson for UNRWA.

According to the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) initiative, around 470,000 people in Gaza face catastrophic hunger (Phase 5), while the entire population suffers from severe food insecurity. It is estimated that 71,000 children and over 17,000 mothers urgently need treatment for acute malnutrition. UNICEF and WFP earlier estimated 60,000 children require immediate medical intervention.

The platform called on the Egyptian government and others to publicly commit to joining the convoy by sending official diplomatic missions to accompany aid trucks through Rafah into Gaza.

It also rejected any attempts to politicize aid, particularly Israeli proposals to militarize its distribution and bypass UN and humanitarian organizations.

Governments are urged to coordinate with the UN and Egypt to ensure the convoy’s immediate and safe entry, including humanitarian supplies, medical teams, and relief workers.

The platform noted that some governments complicit in Gaza’s atrocities refuse to join the convoy, and it urged diplomats, MPs, and ministers from those countries to participate in a personal capacity.

It also called on global civil society—including NGOs, labor unions, student groups, political parties, and solidarity networks—to pressure their governments to support the convoy financially, politically, and publicly.

Finally, the platform asked the United Nations to complete the necessary assessments to officially declare Gaza a famine zone, and to back the initiative with diplomatic facilitation and direct participation.

Notably, over 760 Palestinian civil society, humanitarian, and rights organizations issued the call last week to launch the global humanitarian diplomatic convoy to Gaza via Rafah, urging world governments to send official diplomatic delegations to accompany and enter with the aid trucks.