IntelBrief: Approaching the Abyss: The Humanitarian Crisis in the Gaza Strip

Bottom Line Up Front

• Amidst devastating Israeli airstrikes and a full blockade of Gaza preventing the passage of critical supplies, civilians in Gaza are facing a burgeoning humanitarian crisis and are dangerously close to running out of water.
• An evacuation order for the over one million residents of northern Gaza by the Israel Defense Forces has displaced hundreds of thousands and strained supplies.
• The United States is spearheading an international diplomatic effort to ease humanitarian suffering in Gaza.
• The untenable conditions and well-documented human suffering inside Gaza, coupled with little success in alleviating those conditions thus far, could fuel instability in the broader region and the West.