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Women in Gaza resort to using scraps of tent in place of period products and go weeks without showering amid dire humanitarian conditions 

Women and girls in Gaza are resorting to unsafe ways of managing their periods amid a severe shortage of period products and catastrophic humanitarian conditions. ActionAid has heard that some

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Essential aid including food and medical supplies prevented from entering Gaza, as 2.3 million people face starvation and disease 

Confusing and arbitrary rules about the type of aid permitted to enter Gaza is resulting in thousands of essential items being stopped at border crossings and prevented from reaching those who

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UNRWA Funding Cuts: A Death Sentence for Palestinians in Gaza and Region

ActionAid, as an organisation currently providing relief and support in Gaza and the wider region, is deeply alarmed and concerned by the decision of some of the world's wealthiest nations to suspend

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ActionAid's Response to ICJ's Ruling

ActionAid welcomes the Court's ruling affirming prima facie jurisdiction and indicating provisional measures, including the provision of urgently needed basic services and humanitarian assistance to

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Rebuilding from the rubble: The women holding communities together a year after the Turkey-Syria earthquake

One year on from the devastating earthquakes that hit southern Turkey and northwest Syria, killing over 55,000 people, women who have survived over 12 years of conflict and hardship, are holding

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Intensifying attacks in Rafah would have disastrous consequences, ActionAid warns, as people resort to eating grass amid desperate conditions in overcrowded shelters 

Amid fears of a coming ground invasion in Rafah, ActionAid is warning that any intensification in attacks on the governate – which is now home to more than half the entire population of Gaza – would

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"We are peaceful...we provide a purely medical service”: ActionAid condemns attacks after partner hospital in northern Gaza is hit by bombing 

We are horrified to learn that Al-Awda hospital in northern Gaza, run by ActionAid’s partner Al-Awda, has been hit by bombing at least three times in the last three days.

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UNRWA funding suspension: Joint letter by aid organisations

"As aid organisations, we are deeply concerned and outraged that some of the largest donors have united to suspend funding for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), the main aid provider

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ActionAid Condemns Israeli Ground Offensive on Rafah: Urgent Appeal for International Intervention to Protect Civilian Lives and Uphold Humanitarian Law

“The impending ground offensive on Rafah by Israel is a flagrant violation of international law and a despicable act of aggression. Rafah, already one of the world's largest refugee camps, serves as

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“We have lost a large number of children...if there is no urgent response, we will lose more and more”: Children in northern Gaza dying as a result of malnutrition amid worsening food crisis 

Children in the north of Gaza are dying as a result of malnutrition, a doctor has told ActionAid, as the unprecedented food crisis in the territory continues to worsen by the day.