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

  • Date: 02/07/2025
  • Author: ActionAid Ireland

170+ NGOs call 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 now been replaced.....

ActionAid's partner WEFAQ distributing hot food and fresh fruit and vegetables. Rafa, Gaza

Catastrophic food shortages in Gaza force community kitchens to close, leaving starving families with nowhere to turn, warns ActionAid Ireland

  • Date: 17/12/2024
  • Author: ActionAid Ireland

ActionAid Ireland today expressed alarm that people in Gaza are starving and struggling to survive, with many living on less than a single loaf of bread per day as dire food shortages force bakeries and community kitchens to close.  “As starvation continues to be used as a weapon of war in Gaza, it’s becoming ever.....

ActionAid Ireland welcomes government approval for Ireland’s intervention in ICJ case against Israel

  • Date: 11/12/2024
  • Author: ActionAid Ireland

ActionAid Ireland welcomes the decision by the Government today to approve Ireland to intervene in a case against Israel under the Genocide Convention currently before the International Court of Justice (ICJ). The case was initiated following Israel’s response to the October 7th 2023 attack by Hamas and the blatant violations of International Humanitarian Law, war.....