ActionAid’s reaction to the escalation in violence on the Israel-Gaza border

“We are relieved to see the UN Security Council finally take a stand for humanity and use its voice to collectively call for a desperately-needed ceasefire in Gaza.

We are outraged and heartbroken by the staggering loss of 40,000 lives in Gaza. It is a number that is incomprehensible - every life lost is an individual tragedy.

ActionAid Palestine condemns the illegal and forcible transfer of the community of Humsa Al Bqai’a in the Jordan Valley. This community has been dismantled four times in one week and for the fifth

We are horrified to learn that Al-Awda hospital in the north of Gaza, a partner of ActionAid, has today been hit by bombing. Three doctors were killed after the fourth floor of the building was hit

What’s being investigated by some as a record breaking weather event, has to others caused horror and devastation. #Cyclone Freddy has affected over 1.5 million people in Mozambique, Malawi, and

ActionAid’s expert spokespeople and youth activists from the Global South are available for interviews,
briefings, and commentary throughout COP28.

Palestine - On the 74th anniversary of Nakba (Catastrophe), which marks the mass dispossession and displacement of 750,000 Palestinians from their lands in 1948, ActionAid warns that displacement of