400,000 people in Gaza do not have access to regular water supply after 11 days of bombardment devastated electricity and water services and severely impacted the three main desalination plants in Gaza city, Oxfam warned today. Oxfam Country Director in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and Israel, Shane Stevenson said: “Every one of the 2.1 million people […]
Oxfam is calling on the Australian Government and the international community to apply diplomatic pressure to end an electricity crisis in Gaza that is plunging the entire population deeper into poverty. Dramatic restrictions on electricity are cutting off people’s access to basic services such as water and sanitation. Oxfam Occupied Palestinian Territory and Israel Country […]
Israeli and Palestinian leaders must seize the opportunity of the new ceasefire to end the cycle of violence, with lasting peace only possible if Israel permanently lifts its restrictions on Gaza’s economy and people, Oxfam said today in a new report.
The failure to extend the ceasefire will cost more lives and further endanger innocent civilians who deserve much better from their political leadership, Oxfam said.
More than 120,000 people who have fled their homes in Gaza due to violence face a precarious future, with the exit through Israel barred under the long-term blockade, and a closed border with Egypt preventing escape, international aid agency Oxfam said today.
Oxfam has condemned violence in Gaza and Israel and urged the international community to do everything in its power to push for a peaceful solution.