Gaza

“Despite warnings in July that famine was imminent, Israel has continued to starve Palestinians."

Today, INGOs’ fears have proven true: Israel's registration system is now being used to further block aid and deny food and medicine.

This decision marks a dangerous escalation in the ongoing illegal occupation of Palestinian territory, a brazen act of erasure carried out in full view.

Water-borne diseases that are both preventable and readily treatable have increased by almost 150% inside Gaza over the past three months.

As the Israeli government’s siege starves the people of Gaza, aid workers are now joining the same food lines, risking being shot just to feed their families.

Oxfam and 240 organisations 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. 

A new Oxfam analysis found that since breaking the ceasefire on March 18, Israel has issued over 30 forced displacement orders.  Combined with deliberate deprivation, this reveals a strategy of dismantling and erasing Gaza itself.

Restoring ceasefire deal vital as death toll hits 50,000 and continues to rise amid Israeli airstrikes.

Israel's decision is a reckless act of collective punishment, explicitly prohibited under international humanitarian law.

The resumption of aid into Gaza, including fuel to operate undamaged water and sanitation systems along with water trucking, has improved the amount of water available to people in some parts of Gaza. But the picture remains extremely bleak and dangerously critical, especially in the North Gaza and Rafah governorates, warned Oxfam today.