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BBC News
5 days ago
- Politics
- BBC News
Gaza: UN and charities say people urgently need more food
Charities are warning that people in Gaza need food straight away. A group of 100 aid agencies, which includes Save The Children and Oxfam, says that people face United Nations (UN) has reported that people have been taken into hospital because they have not had enough and aid agencies say that children and old people are particularly vulnerable to starvation. Israel put in place a blockade of aid deliveries to Gaza. Although the blockade was partly loosened after two months, shortages of food have got worse since Israel started the blockade in March 2025, the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he was doing it because Hamas was refusing to agree to an American outline of talks for the next stage of the ceasefire. At the same time, Prime Minister Netanyahu also repeated demands for the return of all Israeli aid agencies and the UN blame Israel for the food UN says that there have been many issues causing the shortage of aid, but they say the main one in recent weeks is that people have been killed at sites controlled by the Israeli military where aid is handed out in Israeli military says that its troops near the aid sites only fire warning shots and do not deliberately shoot at civilians (people not involved in the fighting). The 100 charities say it is time for governments around the world to take "decisive action", meaning they should take strong steps to get food to people in Foreign Ministry said it "categorically rejected" the statement from the 100 aid agencies, meaning that it definitely and very firmly disagreed with what they Israeli military launched a campaign in Gaza in October 2023, after Hamas attacked southern Israel on 7th October 2023, killing civilians and taking people hostage.
Sky News
22-07-2025
- General
- Sky News
Middle East latest: Trump 'caught off guard' by recent Israeli strikes in Gaza and Syria
Food situation in Gaza 'the worst its ever been' A charity director based in Deir al-Balah has said the food situation in Gaza is "absolutely desperate" and "the worst its ever been". Rachael Cummings, humanitarian director for Save The Children, has been based in the Strip since February last year. Speaking to Sky's chief presenter Mark Austin, she said: "One of my colleagues said to me yesterday, 'We are all walking together towards death'. And this is the situation now for people in Gaza. "There is no food for their children, it's absolutely desperate here." "The markets are empty," Ms Cummings said. "People may even have cash in their pockets yet they cannot buy bread [or] vegetables. "My team have said to me, 'There's nothing in my house to feed my children, my children are crying all day, every day." She also shared fears over Israel's latest evacuation orders "forcibly displacing people when there is nowhere for people to go". Gazans in Deir al-Balah have been told to head south and towards the coast. "Where people are being pushed into is extremely overcrowded," she said. "It's a very dangerous place, especially for children."
Yahoo
21-07-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Gaza food situation 'worst it's ever been', charity says – as UK promises £40m in aid
An aid worker in the central Gaza Strip has told Sky News the food situation in the enclave is "absolutely desperate" and "the worst it's ever been". Her comments to Sky's come amid fresh international outcry over Israel's restrictions on aid, as the UK has joined together with 24 other countries to say: "The war in Gaza must end now." Rachael Cummings, humanitarian director for Save The Children, is in Deir al Balah, a city in central where tens of thousands of people have sought refuge during repeated waves of mass displacement. Middle East latest: She said: "One of my colleagues said to me yesterday, 'We are all walking together towards death'. And this is the situation now for people in Gaza. "There is no food for their children, it's absolutely desperate here." "The markets are empty," she said. "People may even have cash in their pockets yet they cannot buy bread [or] vegetables. "My team have said to me, 'There's nothing in my house to feed my children, my children are crying all day, every day." Israel launched a ground assault on Deir al Balah on Monday morning, . Ms Cummings's comments came as the UK and 24 other nations issued a joint statement calling for a ceasefire. The statement criticised aid distribution in Gaza, which is being managed by a US and Israel-backed organisation, Gaza Health Foundation. "The Israeli government's aid delivery model is dangerous, fuels instability and deprives Gazans of human dignity," it said. The 25 countries also called for the "immediate and unconditional release" of hostages captured by Hamas during the 7 October 2023 attacks. Lammy promises £40m for Gaza aid Foreign Secretary David Lammy later promised £40m for humanitarian assistance in Gaza. He told MPs: "We are leading diplomatic efforts to show that there must be a viable pathway to a Palestinian state involving the Palestinian Authority, not Hamas, in the security and governance of the area. "Hamas can have no role in the governance of Gaza, nor use it as a launchpad for terrorism." Addressing the foreign secretaries' joint written statement, charity worker Liz Allcock - who works for Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) in Gaza - told Sky News: "While we welcome this, there have been statements in the past 21 months and nothing has changed. "In fact, things have only got worse. And every time we think it can't get worse, it does." "Without a reversal of the siege, the lack of supplies, the constant bombardment, the forced displacement, the killing, the militarisation of aid, we are going to collapse as a humanitarian response," she said. "And this would do a grave injustice to the 2.2 million people we're trying to serve. "An immediate and permanent ceasefire, and avenues for accountability in line with international law, is the minimum people here deserve." The war in Gaza started in response to Hamas's attack on Israel on 7 October 2023, which killed 1,200 people and saw about 250 taken hostage. More than 59,000 Palestinians have since been killed, with more than half being women and children, according to Gaza's health ministry, which does not distinguish between civilians and combatants in its count. In recent weeks while waiting for food and aid. The Israeli military has blamed Hamas militants for fomenting chaos and endangering civilians.
Sky News
21-07-2025
- Health
- Sky News
Gaza food situation 'worst it's ever been', charity says – as UK promises £40m in aid
An aid worker in the central Gaza Strip has told Sky News the food situation in the enclave is "absolutely desperate" and "the worst it's ever been". Her comments to Sky's chief presenter Mark Austin come amid fresh international outcry over Israel's restrictions on aid, as the UK has joined together with 24 other countries to say: "The war in Gaza must end now." Rachael Cummings, humanitarian director for Save The Children, is in Deir al Balah, a city in central Gaza where tens of thousands of people have sought refuge during repeated waves of mass displacement. She said: "One of my colleagues said to me yesterday, 'We are all walking together towards death'. And this is the situation now for people in Gaza. "The markets are empty," she said. "People may even have cash in their pockets yet they cannot buy bread [or] vegetables. "My team have said to me, 'There's nothing in my house to feed my children, my children are crying all day, every day." Israel launched a ground assault on Deir al Balah on Monday morning, another charity said earlier. Ms Cummings's comments came as the UK and 24 other nations issued a joint statement calling for a ceasefire. The statement criticised aid distribution in Gaza, which is being managed by a US and Israel-backed organisation, Gaza Health Foundation. "The Israeli government's aid delivery model is dangerous, fuels instability and deprives Gazans of human dignity," it said. The 25 countries also called for the "immediate and unconditional release" of hostages captured by Hamas during the 7 October 2023 attacks. Lammy promises £40m for Gaza aid Foreign Secretary David Lammy later promised £40m for humanitarian assistance in Gaza. He told MPs: "We are leading diplomatic efforts to show that there must be a viable pathway to a Palestinian state involving the Palestinian Authority, not Hamas, in the security and governance of the area. "Hamas can have no role in the governance of Gaza, nor use it as a launchpad for terrorism." 2:53 Addressing the foreign secretaries' joint written statement, charity worker Liz Allcock - who works for Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) in Gaza - told Sky News: "While we welcome this, there have been statements in the past 21 months and nothing has changed. "In fact, things have only got worse. And every time we think it can't get worse, it does." "Without a reversal of the siege, the lack of supplies, the constant bombardment, the forced displacement, the killing, the militarisation of aid, we are going to collapse as a humanitarian response," she said. "And this would do a grave injustice to the 2.2 million people we're trying to serve. "An immediate and permanent ceasefire, and avenues for accountability in line with international law, is the minimum people here deserve." The war in Gaza started in response to Hamas's attack on Israel on 7 October 2023, which killed 1,200 people and saw about 250 taken hostage. More than 59,000 Palestinians have since been killed, with more than half being women and children, according to Gaza's health ministry, which does not distinguish between civilians and combatants in its count. In recent weeks while waiting for food and aid.
