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WASHINGTON DC, US - APRIL 30, 2025: Doctors Against Genocide (DAG) visited Capitol Hill on Wednesday, April 30, to advocate for immediate action to end the humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip.DAG urged members of the Congress to demand an immediate and permanent ceasefire in the besieged enclave.They also urged an end to the Israeli blockade and want humanitarian aid to enter Gaza, where Palestinians, including 1 million children, are facing starvation, disease and death.The Israeli army renewed its assault on Gaza on March 18, shattering a Jan. 19 ceasefire and prisoner exchange agreement with Hamas."Bread Not Bombs!", "Let The Children Eat!" the doctors shouted at the Hart Building, while holding bread."The Israeli government’s deliberate malnutrition, starvation and attack on health care in Gaza has worsened and potentially portends extermination of masses of the Gaza population, particularly tens of thousands of children," said Karameh Kuemmerle, a Boston-based pediatric neurologist.Dr. Brennan Bollman, who just returned from Gaza, said there has been "zero aid and zero food" for eight weeks."My Palestinian health care worker colleagues demonstrated something for which I have no word, because it goes beyond compassion, beyond skillful dedication, beyond courage."They lost their family members and returned to work the following day," Bollman added.She demanded an "immediate and permanent" ceasefire. "They need food, for their patients and for themselves; they need this illegal and unconscionable blockade to end."The UN World Food Programme announced last week that its food stocks in Gaza were completely depleted due to Israel’s blockade.Gaza’s 2.4 million residents rely almost entirely on humanitarian aid, which has been cut off since Israel closed the Kerem Shalom, Zikim and Erez crossings on March 2.(Footage by Diyar Güldoğan /Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)