1. United States
2. Calif.
3. Letter

I writing to demand you call for immediate access by international humanitarian aid organizations into Gaza to distribute essential winter gear for displaced Palestinians to survive the wet and cold winter. Cold temperatures and heavy rainfall are worsening already dire conditions for displaced Palestinian families across Gaza, as Israel continues to block the deliveries of tents and other critical shelter supplies into the besieged territory. Humanitarian groups have been warning for weeks that Palestinians living in tent camps and other makeshift shelters do not have what they need to withstand blistering winter conditions in the coastal enclave. Many have been forcibly displaced multiple times as a result of Israel’s two-year bombardment of Gaza, which damaged and destroyed more than 198,000 structures across the Strip, according to United Nations figures. Humanitarian groups have urged Israel to lift all restrictions on aid to the Strip, but the Israeli government has maintained its severe restrictions on the flow of humanitarian aid despite a ceasefire deal with the Palestinian group Hamas that came into effect on October 10. You must pressure Israel to let the aid in now!