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Anera Welcomes Ceasefire Agreement and Urges Unfettered Aid Access to Gaza

by Anera

Oct 9, 2025

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Anera welcomes the announcement of a ceasefire agreement that includes a path forward for Palestinians in Gaza who have faced overwhelming suffering over the past two years.

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Ceasefire in name only: Ongoing attacks, occupation and displacement in Lebanon

by Anera

Sep 23, 2025

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>> PDF version of the joint statement with source notes Today marks one year since the escalation of hostilities erupted across Lebanon in September 2024, following almost a year of violence on the southern border that began on October 8, 2023. According to the Lebanese Ministry of Public Health, the Israeli forces killed more than…

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GAZA: Leaders of major aid groups call on world leaders to intervene following UN genocide conclusion

by Anera

Sep 16, 2025

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As world leaders convene next week at the United Nations (UN), we are calling on all member states to act in accordance with the mandate the UN was charged with 80 years ago. What we are witnessing in Gaza is not only an unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe, but what the UN Commission of Inquiry has now…

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“A Death Sentence” – Aid Agencies Warn of Israel’s Assault on Gaza City

by Anera

Sep 12, 2025

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Gaza City, 12 September 2025 – Forty nine humanitarian and civil society organizations warn that Israel’s assault on Gaza City amounts to a death sentence. Intensified Israeli military attacks on Gaza City and forced displacement orders for the entire city are leaving families with an impossible dilemma: flee and risk death on the road and…

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Gaza: Israel threatens to ban major aid organizations as starvation deepens

by Anera

Aug 14, 2025

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Over 100 organizations call for an end to Israel’s weaponization of aid Despite claims by Israeli authorities that there is no limit on humanitarian aid entering Gaza, most major international NGOs have been unable to deliver a single truck of lifesaving supplies since 2 March. Instead of clearing the growing backlog of goods, Israeli authorities…

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As Mass Starvation Spreads Across Gaza, Our Colleagues and Those We Serve are Wasting Away

by Anera

Jul 23, 2025

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Joint Statement Over 130 humanitarian agencies call for decisive international action to end the mass starvation in Gaza. These agencies have the means to provide necessary aid, but Israel’s siege prevents distribution, causing civilians and aid workers alike to suffer and die from hunger in Gaza as food rots just outside. As the Israeli government’s…

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Gaza: Starvation or Gunfire – This is Not a Humanitarian Response

by Anera

Jul 1, 2025

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Joint Statement 200+ NGOs call for immediate action to end the deadly Israeli distribution scheme (including the so-called Gaza Humanitarian Foundation) in Gaza, revert to the existing UN-led coordination mechanisms, and lift the Israeli government’s blockade on aid and commercial supplies. The 400 aid distribution points operating during the temporary ceasefire across Gaza have now…

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Humanitarian Access Snapshot (Mar. 26 – May 28) for Occupied Palestinian Territory

by Anera

May 30, 2025

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Download the full Humanitarian Access Snapshot Edge of Erasure The people of Gaza continue to endure the devastating consequences of Israel’s indiscriminate bombing campaigns, which have compounded more than 19 months of brutal destruction. The most recent total siege imposed by Israeli authorities on 2 March stripped over two million people of access to food,…

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Why the New Gaza Humanitarian Foundation Aid Model Fails Everyone

by Anera

May 28, 2025

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Two days ago, the newly formed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) – a U.S. and Israeli-backed entity with funding from undisclosed sources – began distributing a small amount of aid in southern Gaza. Israeli officials have indicated the GHF will now be the sole mechanism for delivering desperately needed food assistance into the territory. Israeli and…

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Israel’s New INGO Registration Measures Are a Grave Threat to Humanitarian Operations and International Law – 55 Organisations Say

by Anera

May 6, 2025

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The undersigned 55 organisations operating in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) call for urgent action from the international community against new Israeli registration rules for international NGOs. Based on vague, broad, politicised, and open-ended criteria, these rules appear designed to assert control over independent humanitarian, development and peacebuilding operations, silence advocacy grounded in…

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