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What’s happening in Gaza, the West Bank and Lebanon?

On 15 January 2025, a temporary ceasefire was announced, coming into effect on 19 January. Here's the latest update on the situation in Gaza and the wider region.

Palestinian Territory, Occupied: Children and their families are returning to their homes or the remains of their homes to check the status of their homes. Photo: Alef Multimedia Company/Oxfam

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Vilma Silvano and her husband Rainero Silvano outside their home in Tanauan, Leyte. Picture: Eleanor Farmer Oxfam GB

February 7, 2014

Typhoon Haiyan, three months on. What happens now?

It's been three months since Super Typhoon Haiyan,and our focus is helping people get their livelihoods back. For the time...

January 24, 2014

Geneva II peace talks: where are the voices of Syrian women?

There is something almost surreal about the setting for the Syrian peace talks taking place in Switzerland this week. Montreux...

January 23, 2014

Arms to Syria: A barrier to peace

The conflict in Syria is close to entering its fourth year. Ordinary Syrians are the victims of this humanitarian catastrophe...

Oxfam campaigners at the peace conference in Montreux install tombstones illustrating the urgent need to bring an end to the violence that has killed more than 100,000 people and displaced millions in and around Syria. Photo: Maria Christina Travaglio/Oxfam

January 23, 2014

Syria peace talks begin at last, but Syrian civil society and women sidelined

After months of postponements, the long-awaited Geneva II Conference to find a political solution to the crisis in Syria began...

10 year old Kasser overlooking the informal tented settlement his Syrian family is currently living in. Photo: Ruba Saqr/Oxfam

January 22, 2014

A time for hope for Syria

Oxfam campaigners are amongst the hundreds of diplomats, journalists, civil society and solidarity groups gathering for the beginning of the...

January 7, 2014

A New Year’s Resolution for Syria

2013 was an immensely difficult year for the people of Syria, the most devastating in a conflict now almost three...

January 3, 2014

Worst Middle Eastern winter in decades brings hardship for Syrian refugees

While Australia is in the midst of a hot summer, tens of thousands of Syrians forced to flee their homes...

Oxfam emergency response staff Puspasari Indra and Vincent Malasador meet with members of fishing community in the barangay of Talangnan, Madridejos, on Bantayan Island. The woman and men of this village, who rely on fishing for their income, say their most urgent needs include food, shelter and water. Photo: Chee Chee Leung/Oxfam

November 27, 2013

Hope in the aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan

I saw the signs before I saw the damage. As we drove northward on the Filipino island of Cebu to...

Vincent Malasador gives support and reassurance to recipient during the distribution of hygiene items in Paypay north Cebu Photo: Jane Beesley/Oxfam

November 18, 2013

The scene in Tacloban

There are still body bags beside the road, and as the clean up continues the bodies are still being discovered....

Oxfam assessment team providing water to communities affected by Typhoon Haiyan in East Samar, Philippines, 14 November 2013. Photo: Jire Carreon/Oxfam

November 17, 2013

Your support is making a difference – now and into the future

It was heartening to see a further distribution of much needed aid in the Daanbantayan area yesterday and to have...

November 16, 2013

Resilient communities amongst the destruction

As we came closer to the area where the typhoon had made its impact, things began to change. There were...

Helen Szoke helping to unload emergency supplies in Cebu, Philippines. Photo: Chee Chee Leung/Oxfam

November 15, 2013

The aid is starting to flow

I have just finished my first day in Cebu, spending it with the Oxfam team on the ground. We need...