ethnic cleansing

Reacting to the Integrated Food Security Classification (IPC) report published today, which confirms a famine in Gaza Governorate and predicts it will expand to Deir al-Balah and Khan Younis by the end of September, Oxfam’s Food Security and Livelihoods Coordinator, Mahmoud Alsaqqa, said: ”Despite warnings in July that famine was imminent, Israel has continued to starve Palestinians, denying nearly every request from humanitarian agencies operating in Gaza."

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.

Restrictions on movement and total siege making aid operations almost impossible.

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.

A dramatic rise in Israeli military violence has caused the largest forced displacement in the West Bank since the illegal Israeli occupation began. As the ‘Gazafication’ of the West Bank unfolds, vital humanitarian work and projects are being delayed or destroyed, Oxfam warned today.