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Earlier this week, Israel announced that it will allow a limited amount of aid into Gaza.…
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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…
Oxfam reaction to the Gaza IPC hunger figures
Reacting to the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) report published today on Gaza warning that a risk of famine is “increasingly likely” if intense hostilities and restricted humanitarian access persist or worsen, Oxfam’s Food Security and Livelihoods Coordinator, Mahmoud Alsaqqa said: “Gaza’s starvation is not incidental—it is deliberate, entirely engineered – and has now…