ActionAid Ireland has expressed its abhorrence at the Israeli plan to control and condition the distribution of aid to the people of Gaza, who are already on the verge of starvation due to two-month long blockade. ActionAid Ireland CEO, Karol Balfe, said today: “We are horrified by news that the Israeli military, which is already.....

The eight-week long aid blockade in Gaza is pushing the already beleaguered population to famine and a devastating human catastrophe, ActionAid Ireland warned today. Speaking two months to the day since Israeli authorities reinstated a complete siege on Gaza, blocking all food, medicine, and humanitarian aid from entering,  ActionAid Ireland CEO, Karol Balfe, warned: “The.....

Food and medicines are rapidly running out and prices are skyrocketing in Gaza, ActionAid’s staff and partners are reporting, as the total ban on aid entering the territory continues into its eighth week, deliberately depriving people of the essentials needed to sustain life. More than 50 days after the Israeli authorities shut all border crossings.....