Gaza in Crisis: News and Updates

Check out our latest news on occupied Palestinian territory:

03.25.2024 – Israel’s decision to block aid into northern Gaza “an outrage” and “a death sentence” for hundreds of thousands of Palestinians on the brink of famine

03.25.2024 – ActionAid’s response to UN Security Council vote on situation in Gaza

03.24.2024 – Joint NGO Submission under National Security Memorandum 20: The State of the Humanitarian Response in Gaza

03.22.2024 – ActionAid’s statement on the UN Security Council vote 

03.22.2024 – Not one of Gaza’s 2.3 million inhabitants has enough safe water to meet their daily needs

03.18.2024 – IPC’s imminent famine announcement marks grim milestone for Palestinians and a stain on humanity’s conscience

03.14.2024 – ActionAid “categorically denounces” the reported forcible transfer of millions from Rafah to so-called “humanitarian islands” 

03.14.2024 – Three questions Taoiseach Leo Varadkar must ask President Biden on Gaza during meeting to mark St. Patrick’s Day

03.11.2024 – Dates turned away at Rafah border for risk stones will be used as weapons as Ramadan begins, amid famine risk and worship restrictions

03.08.2024 – International Women’s Day: ActionAid Calls for Urgent Ceasefire in Gaza

03.07.2024 – ActionAid’s reaction to Biden’s announcement of port construction in Gaza for aid delivery

03.07.2024 – ActionAid statement on sexual violence in Gaza and Israel 

03.06.2024 – Aid system at the brink of total collapse, and women give birth to stillborn babies as the risk of famine looms large in Gaza 

03.04.2024 – ActionAid USA’s reaction to VP Harris’ calls for a six-week ceasefire

02.28.2024 – Gazans starve as food aid blocked from entering Rafah, with UN officials warning famine is imminent

02.21.2024 – ActionAid is deeply concerned about the escalating situation in the West Bank

02.20.2024 – ActionAid USA reaction to U.S. veto of Algeria’s ceasefire resolution

02.20.2024 – Joint statement against the mass forced displacement of Palestinians

02.17.2024 – Rafah, Gaza: Urgent statement from Chief Executives of humanitarian agencies and human rights organizations

02.16.2024 – Hunger crisis in Gaza reaches unprecedented levels as people run out of even animal feed to eat 

02.12.2024 – ActionAid statement on attacks in Rafah

02.09.2024 – ActionAid raises urgent appeal for international intervention amidst Israel’s impending attack on Rafah

02.08.2024 – Intensifying attacks in Rafah would have disastrous consequences, ActionAid warns

02.07.2024 – Gaza’s cancer patients go without vital treatment and medicines amid inhumane living conditions

02.05.2024 – Voices from Gaza: A Glimpse into the Humanitarian Crisis

02.01.2024 – ActionAid condemns attacks after partner hospital in northern Gaza hit by bombing 

01.30.2024 – How Doctors in Gaza are Navigating Life Under Siege

01.29.2024 – UNRWA Funding Cuts: A Death Sentence for Palestinians in Gaza and Region 

01.26.2024 – ActionAid welcomes ICJ ruling, but reiterates call for ceasefire

01.18.2024 – Essential aid prevented from entering Gaza as 2.3 million people face starvation and disease 

01.17.2024 – Women in Gaza resort to using scraps of tent in place of period products

01.16.2024 – After 100 days and more than 10,000 children killed, the people of Gaza ask, ‘Where is the world?’

01.11.2024 – ActionAid’s International Court of Justice statement

01.09.2024 – Hundreds of thousands of displaced people face catastrophic humanitarian conditions in Rafah

01.08.2024 – ‘Most of our surgery is done under headlights. There is no electricity at all.’: Doctors at Al-Awda Hospital in northern Gaza resume life-saving work

01.02.2024 – The new year brings continued bombardments on Gaza after 2023 becomes the deadliest year for Palestinians since 1948

12.21.2023 – More about our partners: Al-Awda Hospital and WEFAQ

12.20.2023 – Pregnant women in Gaza are deprived of food and water and mothers are unable to feed their newborn babies.

12.18.2023 – ActionAid calls for the immediate release of doctors in Gaza after the manager of the hospital run by its partner Al-Awda is arrested.

12.14.2023 – Military raids continue in Jenin, adding to the rising death toll of Palestinians in the West Bank.

12.13.2023 – ActionAid responds to the UN General Assembly vote yesterday in which 153 member states backed a resolution calling for a ceasefire.

12.13.2023 – “Our little ones are freezing”: Children bear the brunt of the crisis in Gaza as illness spreads and weather worsens.

12.12.2023 – “The food supply is almost finished”: ActionAid’s partner Al-Awda Hospital in northern Gaza under siege.

12.12.2023 – Calls to move beyond rhetoric to help end violence in the occupied Palestinian territory and Israel are welcome, but root causes must be addressed.

12.09.2023 – ActionAid responds to the veto of a U.N. vote to call for a ceasefire in Gaza.

12.07.2023 – More than three women are killed each hour in Gaza as violence against women and girls reaches unprecedented levels.

12.07.2023 – Eight Reasons to Support a Ceasefire this Hanukkah

12.05.2023 – “The artillery did not stop for a single moment throughout the night”: Doctors in the north of Gaza deliver babies and save lives amid hellish conditions.

12.04.2023 – “There is no safe place”: 75% of Gazans are displaced with nowhere to go as the south comes under intense bombardment.

11.30.2023 – Hospital staff prevented from providing healthcare as death toll rises in the West Bank

11.30.2023 – “We bore way more than what we can bear, more than what any human can bear.” – ActionAid tells of the urgent need for a ceasefire in Gaza, where entire cities have been devastated.

11.29.2023 – Cease Fire and End Occupation

11.27.2023 – Women facing the strain in southern Gaza’s overcrowded camps as new pause extension announced.

11.22.2023 – ActionAid responds to the announcement of a four-day pause.

11.21.2023 – ActionAid partner Al-Awda Hospital hit by bombing, killing three doctors.

11.20.2023 – “Children were killed. I was separated from my parents. I kept on running.” – Gaza’s children facing unimaginable trauma on World Children’s Day.

11.18.2023 – One-hour evacuation order of Al-Shifa Hospital a death sentence for hundreds of critically ill patients and displaced people.

11.16.2023 – “We look at babies losing their lives because we have nothing.” Vital services in Gaza grinding to a halt without fuel.

11.14.2023 – Southern Gaza is “becoming a breeding ground for epidemics and disease” as the threat of waterborne illnesses sharply increases.

11.13.2023 – Doctors deliver babies against all odds at northern Gaza’s last operational hospital.

11.11.2023 – The lives of 39 babies hang in the balance, says ActionAid.

11.09.2023 – What use is a four-hour pause?

11.09.2023 – Response to announcement of four-hour daily humanitarian pauses in Gaza.

11.09.2023 – “As a mother, I have been running from one place to another, escaping from one place to another, just to save my life and the lives of my children.”

11.08.2023 – Ancient tradition of olive harvesting under attack in West Bank: “They have prohibited us from entering the land to harvest the olives… More than once they shot at us.”

11.07.2023 – “Without the resounding voice of the international community demanding action, these patients may not leave the hospital on the path to recovery but instead in a body bag.”

11.06.2023 – Northern Gaza Residents Struggle on the Brink of Starvation and Disease as Food and Water Supplies Dwindle to Near Depletion.

11.02.2023 – “These newborn babies could simply die”: Thousands of lives at stake as hospitals in Gaza issue desperate plea and fuel stocks run almost empty  

11.01.2023 – Gaza Hospitals Desperately Appeal for Fuel Aid, Facing Imminent Power Loss

10.31.2023 – Women are going without urgent medical care in Gaza due to minimal aid supplies and damaged infrastructure.

10.30.2023 – Hundreds of patients trapped as bombing hits the doorstep of Al-Quds hospital in Northern Gaza

10.29.2023 – Families may face death by dehydration as the world watches

10.27.2023 – URGENT: Gaza Under Attack – Call for a Ceasefire Now!

10.27.2023 – Crisis in Gaza: Communication Cut-off Raises Grave Concerns Amid Escalation – We have lost contact with our colleagues.

10.26.2023 – Families in Gaza are running out of food as bakeries run out of fuel; “Those who survive the bombings may die from starvation instead.”

10.25.2023 – Jenin Mother Reveals Heart-breaking Impact of Israeli Raids in West Bank Refugee Camps: “Our children sleep with their hands raised”

10.24.2023 – Gaza on the brink as fuel runs out

10.24.2023 – Hospitals have 24 hours left to treat children, the wounded, and the dying – fuel must be delivered to Gaza’s hospitals within 12 hours; lives are at risk 

10.23.2023 – Deadliest night in Gaza: “Children, babies in incubators, and pregnant women will lose their lives if fuel is not provided to hospitals in Gaza.”

10.22.2023 – Journalist deaths in Gaza are a grave violation of the right to life and freedom of expression.

10.22.2023 – ActionAid comments as Israel steps up strikes on Gaza.

10.21.2023 – Seven hospitals running out of lifesaving fuel as “shameful” level of aid reaches Gaza.

10.19.2023 – Insufficient aid will lead to more innocent deaths in Gaza, says ActionAid.

10.18.2023 – As the U.S. Veto Stalls UN Resolution for Gaza, ActionAid calls for Humanitarian Action and Accountability.

10.18.2023 – Terrified families returning to Gaza’s North: “We would rather die in dignity in our own homes.”

10.17.2023 – URGENT: TELL YOUR REPS WE NEED A CEASEFIRE NOW

10.17.2023 – Horrific Breach of Humanitarian Law: Gaza’s Al Ahli Al Arabi Al Ma’amadani Hospital, a Civilian Sanctuary, Bombed in Single Biggest Strike in Conflict So Far.

10.17.2023 – Lives in Peril: Gaza’s Pregnant, Nursing Mothers, and Children Face Imminent Danger Amid Desperate Water Shortage.

10.16.2023 – Evacuation orders for 22 hospitals across Gaza “a breach of international law,” ActionAid warns.

10.15.2023 – Thousands in need at Rafah border crossing, urgent appeal for humanitarian assistance, says ActionAid.

10.14.2023 – Pregnant women faced with an impossible choice in Gaza, says ActionAid.

10.13.2023 – ActionAid partner Al-Awda Hospital in Gaza given orders to urgently evacuate.

10.13.2023 – ActionAid is horrified by the unprecedented order to expel 1.1 million Palestinians from Northern Gaza.

10.12.2023 – Civilians are not pawns in war games and must be protected, ActionAid says, as staff member loses their home in the Gaza bombing.

10.11.2023 – Opening of safe humanitarian corridors and de-escalation of hostilities, are crucial to alleviating the suffering of millions in Gaza, says ActionAid.

10.10.2023 – IMPACT UPDATE: Gaza in Crisis

10.10.2023 – People living in fear as humanitarian crisis deepens in Gaza, says ActionAid.

10.8.2023 – ActionAid’s reaction to the escalation in violence along the Israel-Gaza barrier.

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