ActionAid Ireland is outraged by the staggering loss of 40,000 lives in Gaza

  • Date: 15/08/2024
  • Author: ActionAid Ireland

ActionAid Ireland today said it is outraged and heartbroken by the staggering loss of 40,000 lives in Gaza, 72 per cent of that figure women and children. ActionAid Ireland CEO Karol Balfe said: “This is a number that is incomprehensible – every life lost is an individual tragedy. But this is not an inevitable tragedy......

Young people lead the way in responding to the humanitarian crisis in Gaza

  • Date: 12/08/2024
  • Author: ActionAid Ireland

ActionAid Ireland has highlighted the incredible contributions of young humanitarians in Gaza who have been working amid hellish conditions and against the odds to support people over the last ten months.   Speaking on International Youth Day ActionAid Ireland CEO Karol Balfe said: “Young people supported by ActionAid and its partners in Gaza have been leading the humanitarian response in their communities, mobilising quickly.....

ActionAid Ireland strongly condemns Israeli airstrikes on Gaza school which cost between 80 and 100 lives.

  • Date: 12/08/2024
  • Author: ActionAid Ireland

ActionAid Ireland has strongly condemned the devastating Israeli military airstrikes on a school in central Gaza City which last night cost between 80 and 100 lives, and many more injured including children. ActionAid Ireland CEO, Karol Balfe, said the horrific attack on the Tabeen school where 6,000 displaced people were sheltering could amount to a.....