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Gaza famine alert demands international action against Israel to stop mass death

The Integrated Phase Classification (IPC) has today issued an alert saying that the worst-case scenario of famine in Gaza is already unfolding.  Oxfam’s policy lead in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Bushra Khalidi, said:   “Israel’s genocide has thrown Gaza into the final chaotic stages of a full-blown human catastrophe. Today’s warning of an unfolding famine – one […]

Disease ripping through Gaza as Israel continues to deliberately block aid: Oxfam

Deadly diseases are now ripping through Gaza even as millions of dollars’ worth of humanitarian aid piles up in warehouses across the region, says Oxfam. Water-borne diseases that are both preventable and readily treatable have increased by almost 150% inside Gaza over the past three months as Israel continues to deliberately block aid. Available multi-agency […]

VOICES FOR GAZA: Names of 17,000 Palestinian children killed by Israel honoured by prominent Australians in 24-hour vigil on Parliament Lawns

Hosted by Action Aid Australia, Amnesty International Australia, Caritas, ChildFund Australia, MAA International, Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF), Oxfam Australia, Plan International Australia, Save the Children Australia. For 24 hours, Members of Parliament, doctors, journalists, academics, actors, writers, and community members will read the names of over 17,000 Palestinian children killed in […]

GAZA: Starvation or Gunfire – This is Not a Humanitarian Response

Oxfam, alongside over 130 NGOs, calls for immediate action to end the deadly Israeli distribution scheme (including the so-called Gaza Humanitarian Foundation) in Gaza, revert to the existing UN-led coordination mechanisms, and lift the Israeli government’s blockade on aid and commercial supplies. The 400 aid distribution points operating during the temporary ceasefire across Gaza have […]

600 days into war, Israel’s mass displacement campaign is entirely erasing Gaza – warns Oxfam

Since breaking the ceasefire, Israel issued nearly one displacement order every two days, strangling people into isolated areas, covering less than 20 percent of the Gaza Strip Israel has used mass forced displacement and relentless military assault to systematically force civilians into five restricted zones—hemmed in by military corridors and the sea—that now make up […]

New polling reveals most Australians find Israel’s denial of aid to Palestinians in Gaza unjustifiable, think government should do more: aid organisations

Australians overwhelmingly (82%) think that Israel’s deliberate blocking of aid into Gaza cannot be justified, according to fresh polling figures, with more than two in three Australians believing the Australian Government should do more to ensure civilians have access to food, water and medicine – including the vast majority of Labor voters. The polling figures […]

Aid let into Gaza “a trickle amongst a sea of need”: Oxfam

Reacting to the announcement that Israel will allow a limited amount of aid into Gaza, Wassem Mushtaha, Oxfam’s Gaza Response Lead, said:  “While some aid was allowed into Gaza today, it will only be a trickle amongst a sea of need. For over 70 days Israel has been starving the people of Gaza, depriving them […]

Oxfam reaction to the Gaza IPC hunger figures

Reacting to the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) report published today on Gaza warning that a risk of famine is “increasingly likely” if intense hostilities and restricted humanitarian access persist or worsen, Oxfam’s Food Security and Livelihoods Coordinator, Mahmoud Alsaqqa said: “Gaza’s starvation is not incidental—it is deliberate, entirely engineered – and has now […]

Aid workers describe Gaza as “stuff of nightmares” as Israel’s mass forced displacements cause carnage and despair

Restrictions on movement and total siege making aid operations almost impossible – Oxfam As Gaza enters the eighth week of an Israel-imposed siege, blocking aid, vital supplies and commercial goods, Oxfam staff are describing conditions as the “stuff of nightmares”, with Israel’s mass forced displacement orders spreading terror, Oxfam said. Israel has issued repeated forced […]

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