Oxfam International has said that the abject failure of world leaders to forge a ceasefire in Gaza “means the international community is complicit in the unfolding catastrophe” there.

“Our political leaders are failing — in abject weakness — to forge a ceasefire, which is the only possible humanitarian action that now really matters,” Oxfam Humanitarian Director Marta Valdes Garcia said in a statement.

She further said, “Israel’s so-called safe zones within Gaza are a mirage: unprotected, not agreed or trusted, not provisioned, and not accessible.

“Our governments don’t even have the smokescreen of humanitarianism to hide behind now as Israel carries out its campaign of collective punishment,” said Garcia.