19 March 2024

Regional Focus: MENA - Pt. 1 (Gaza)

Focus on Gaza:

Famine imminent in northern Gaza, new report warns (Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, March 2024) [text via ReliefWeb]
- See also OHCHR comment and related article in The New Humanitarian.

Gaza: Airdrops and sea routes are no alternative to aid delivery by land - 25 NGOs call on governments to prioritize ceasefire and ground-based humanitarian aid as deaths from malnutrition and disease rise (Amnesty International, March 2024) [text]

Gaza conflict: rising death toll from hunger a stark reminder of starvation as a weapon of war (The Conversation, March 2024) [text]

Implications of the International Court of Justice’s Provisional Measures in Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in the Gaza Strip (South Africa v. Israel), 27 Feb. 2024 [access]

Inflicting Unprecedented Suffering and Destruction: 7 ways the government of Israel is deliberately blocking and/or undermining the international humanitarian response in the Gaza Strip (Oxfam, March 2024) [text]

"No evidence from Israel to back UNRWA accusations, says EU humanitarian chief," Reuters, 14 March 2024 [text]

NZ can help people fleeing Gaza with emergency family reunification – will the government act? (The Conversation, March 2024) [text]

Palestinian Women in Gaza: Cruel Realities of Displacement (Sada Blog, March 2024) [text]

Section 620I: No Military Assistance to States Restricting U.S. Humanitarian Assistance (Just Security Blog, March 2024) [text]

Siege and Starvation: How Israel Obstructs Aid to Gaza (Refugees International, March 2024) [text]
- See also related article in Al Jazeera.

"UNWRA Chief Warns Agency’s Fate ‘Hangs in the Balance’," IPS News, 6 March 2024 [text]
- See also related article in The New Humanitarian. Note: AustraliaCanada and Sweden recently announced they will resume their funding of UNRWA.

*"Why Isn’t More Aid Getting to Gazans?," New York Times, 20 March 2024 [text]

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