The International Federation for Rights and Development (IFRD) condemns the exploitation by Al-Organi Company of the worsening humanitarian situation in Gaza during the ongoing genocide, through the increase of shipping and supply costs from Egypt into the Strip.
The imposition of significant price increases on the entry of food, medicine, and essential goods into Gaza—amid famine conditions and the near-total collapse of the healthcare system—constitutes unethical conduct and a grave violation of humanitarian principles. Access to life-saving aid must never be treated as a commercial opportunity while civilians face starvation and disease.
IFRD is also deeply alarmed by the broader and ongoing role attributed to this company since the beginning of the genocide. Reports indicate patterns of exploiting civilians by imposing excessive financial burdens on individuals attempting to exit or return to Gaza under coercive and life-threatening conditions. In such a context, these practices contribute to the systematic deprivation of civilians and may amount to indirect participation in the genocide by profiting from a system of siege and suffering.
This pattern is further compounded by the continued imposition of escalating fees on humanitarian aid shipments, effectively transforming relief into an additional financial burden rather than a channel of survival for a population enduring forced displacement, famine, and collective trauma.
IFRD considers that any entity that financially benefits from restricting or complicating access to essential supplies for a population under genocide bears serious moral and potential legal responsibility. Such actions risk constituting complicity in the ongoing atrocities.
IFRD calls for:
- The immediate suspension of all unjustified increases in shipping and supply fees to Gaza;
- A transparent and independent investigation into the practices of all companies and actors involved;
- The guarantee of free, safe, and unimpeded humanitarian access;
- Urgent international action to ensure accountability for all those contributing—directly or indirectly—to the obstruction of aid to Gaza.
Profiting from human suffering, particularly in the context of genocide, is indefensible and must be confronted with immediate accountability.
