Earlier this week, Israel announced that it will allow a limited amount of aid into Gaza.…
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On the Ground in Gaza: Oxfam’s Humanitarian Update
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600 days into war, Israel’s mass displacement campaign is entirely erasing Gaza – warns Oxfam
Since breaking the ceasefire, Israel issued nearly one displacement order every two days, strangling people into isolated areas covering less than 20 percent of the Gaza Strip Israel has used mass displacement orders and relentless military assault to systematically force civilians into five restricted zones—hemmed in by military corridors and the sea—that now make up…
Aid Blocked and Children Starving: Canadian Charities Urge Canada to Reject Israel’s Politicized Aid Mechanism
OTTAWA, ON — May 28, 2025 — Four leading Canadian international humanitarian organizations are calling on the Government of Canada to take urgent action as Israel’s newly imposed aid mechanism in Gaza obstructs life-saving humanitarian relief and risks further displacement and starvation of civilians — particularly children. At a joint press conference held this morning on Parliament Hill,…
Oxfam reaction to announcement that Israel will allow a limited amount of aid into Gaza
Reacting to the announcement that Israel will allow a limited amount of aid into Gaza, Wassem Mushtaha, Oxfam’s Gaza Response Lead, said: “While some aid was allowed into Gaza today, it will only be a trickle amongst a sea of need. For over 70 days Israel has been starving the people of Gaza, depriving them of…
Reaction to Global Report on Food Crises 2025: Oxfam warns of “a world veering off course, starving by design
Today’s “2025 Global Report on Food Crises” (GRFC), led by the Food Security Information Network (FSIN), says that 295 million people around the world are now experiencing acute hunger – twice as many as in 2020 and marking the sixth consecutive annual increase. Reacting to the report, Oxfam Global Food and Economic Security Lead, Emily…