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ActionAid partners forced to suspend operations in Lebanon following Israeli attacks

ActionAid partners forced to suspend operations in Lebanon following Israeli attacks

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15 aid organisations demand an end to systematic aid obstruction in Gaza

15 aid organisations demand an end to systematic aid obstruction in Gaza

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Lebanon: “Window to prevent humanitarian crisis closing rapidly”

LEBANON: “Window to prevent humanitarian crisis closing rapidly”

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ActionAid reacts to the adoption of a resolution at the UN General Assembly

ActionAid said: “We are pleased to see the UN General Assembly back this historic resolution, which welcomes the International Court of Justice’s advisory opinion. In doing so, its members have

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“I don’t want to live in my school. I want to learn in it”: Gaza’s schoolchildren desperate to return to classes after almost a year without formal education

Today should mark the beginning of a new school year in Gaza, but instead of attending classes, Gaza’s children are living through another day of a brutal war that has deprived them of an education

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“There are raids on homes, bombing of homes, and the destruction of infrastructure”: West Bank refugee camp residents under siege and in fear as major Israeli military incursion continues 

Women living in refugee camps in the West Bank have described being under siege and in fear as a major military incursion in the territory continues.

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ActionAid reacts to the announcement of humanitarian pauses in Gaza to allow children to be vaccinated against polio

Responding to the announcement of a series of humanitarian pauses

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"It feels like we’re counting the days until we die here”: Bangladesh floods leave more than half a million stranded

Almost half a million people have been forced to seek refuge in schools and temporary shelters in Bangladesh

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‘I couldn’t carry my son who has physical disabilities, so I left him behind hoping he’ll be safe’: Families in Bangladesh forced to flee homes as floods wreak havoc

Families, who have lost everything in the ongoing Bangladesh flooding, are reliving painful memories of the day the floodwaters came gushing into their homes, forcing them to leave all they had.

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Humanitarian Crisis Deepens Amid Escalating Conflict Between Hezbollah and Israel: Urgent Call for Global Action

As violence intensifies between Israeli forces and Hezbollah, the humanitarian situation in South Lebanon has reached a critical level.