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Evaluation of ActionAid's response to January 2009 surge in conflict in Gaza

In December 2008, “Operation Cast Lead” claimed 14 Israeli and approximately 1,400 Palestinian lives. ActionAid responded to the emergency in collaboration with local partners and communities in Gaza

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Violence Against Women in the Gaza Strip

Following the Israeli military Operation Protective Edge in summer 2014, this reports presents the findings of a study initiated by ActionAid and Alianza por la Solidaridad (Alianza) on violence

ActionAid condemns the escalating violence in oPt and calls for an immediate end to forced evictions

ActionAid Palestine is deeply concerned over escalating violence and the violation of Palestinian rights across the Occupied Palestinian Territory (oPt).

Muna Al-Kurd
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Born into fire: Violence brings mental health struggles for new mothers in Gaza

ActionAid is providing counselling to help new mothers cope with the trauma of giving birth during and after the violence, as psychologists report a rise in postpartum depression .

Two-week-old Sedra was born in the aftermath of last month’s devastating 11-day bombardment of Gaza.

Young Palestinians show solidarity with farmers during olive harvest

Palestinian youth groups have joined farmers to help with the olive harvest in Al-Makhrour, near Bethlehem. This is the latest in a series of actions arranged by ActionAid Palestine in partnership

Sondos Abu Srur, a young Palestinian woman, picks olives in the occupied Palestinian territories.
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Free Palestine?

This Briefing Paper catalogues some of the main violations of international law committed against the occupied Palestinian population, with a focus on the duties of Israel in its role of Occupying

Janna Jihad has been documenting Israel's violations of international law since she was just seven years old.
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Palestine Day: More than 600 people join ActionAid Palestine’s Walk for Freedom

To mark International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People (29 November), ActionAid Palestine and the Lejan youth group organised a Walk for Freedom through Jericho city.

Hundreds of Palestinian residents took part in the Walk for Freedom.

ActionAid calls for urgent international action to open Gaza

While it is good news that a ceasefire agreement has been reached in the Gaza Strip, we fear that this is not the last time such action will be taken. This violence took place amidst mounting

Gaza crisis, May 2021

ActionAid condemns Israeli raid of Palestinian human rights organisations

Israeli forces have raided the offices of several Palestinian human rights advocacy groups, which they had previously labelled as “terrorist organisations”, closing them down and reportedly seizing

Samah Kassab is a senior programme officer at ActionAid Palestine who lives in north-west Gaza. She is pictured among the devastation caused by Israeli airstrikes.

‘Deadliest year’: Nearly 40 children among over 230 Palestinians killed by Israeli forces and settlers in 2022.

ActionAid is deeply concerned about the increasing attacks and excessive use of force imposed by Israeli forces and settlers against Palestinians, particularly the impact this is having on women and