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Gaza: After two months of war, women last to eat and children first to die
Displacement, hunger, lack of medical care and clean water, and the onset of winter are stretching the coping abilities of women and children to the absolute limit, CARE warns on the occasion of the two-month mark of the armed conflict in Gaza.
Read MoreWater crisis threatens the lives of hundreds of thousands in Gaza
More than six weeks since the beginning of the crisis, civilians in Gaza are facing an acute water shortage, leading to an unprecedented situation with life and death implications for the 2.3 million people living there, 70% of whom – according to the U.N. Palestinian refugee agency (UNRWA) – have no access to clean water. In desperate conditions like these, the risk to children under five is part
Read MoreWBUR/NPR: CARE’s Saeed Rafiq Al-Madhoun and Hiba Tibi discuss the humanitarian situation in Gaza with host Meghna Chakrabarti
Saeed Rafiq Al-Madhoun, CARE Emergency Response Coordinator in Gaza, and Hiba Tibi, CARE West Bank and Gaza Country Director, discuss the humanitarian situation in Gaza with On Point host Meghna Chakrabarti.
Read MoreCeasefire NOW: One month into the Israel-Gaza war, urgent call to stop horrific violence
With an unprecedented 10,000 people killed in just one month, a rapidly escalating humanitarian catastrophe is unfolding before our eyes in Gaza and risks spreading to the West Bank and enflaming the region.
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Israel-Gaza War: “We need an immediate humanitarian ceasefire,” urge 18 leaders of UN agencies and NGOs
Principals of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC), including CARE International's Secretary-General Sofia Sprechmann-Sineiro, issued a statement yesterday pleading for the immediate release of hostages, more humanitarian access, and an urgent humanitarian ceasefire.
Read MoreStatement by Hiba Tibi, CARE West Bank and Gaza Country Director, on Arrival of Aid Trucks in Gaza
My team and I welcome the news of the arrival of 20 aid trucks as this is the first time in two weeks that any basic supplies have entered the Gaza Strip, where approximately 2.3 million people – half of them children – currently reside in dire conditions.
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