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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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September 17, 2014

Flooding in India: Worst disaster to hit Jammu and Kashmir region in a century

Oxfam is responding to flooding in India that has affected people in 2,500 villages in the Jammu Kashmir region, in...

September 9, 2014

Millions of Syrian refugees abandoned

Despite being the largest humanitarian crisis in the world, the international response to the Syria Crisis is failing. Three and...

August 29, 2014

End violence against women in Papua New Guinea

In Papua New Guinea (PNG), violence against women is part of everyday life. A shocking 50% of women have experienced...

Hundreds of thousands of people in Gaza fled the bombing. When families returned to Shujaiya in eastern Gaza during a brief 12-hour pause, many found their homes completely destroyed (July 2014). Photo: Iyad al Baba/Oxfam

August 28, 2014

Gaza ceasefire welcome – but now it’s time to end the cycle of violence once and for all

After 50 days of intense violence, a new ceasefire in Gaza has been agreed between Israel and Hamas. It’s a...

August 25, 2014

Gaza Crisis: Open letter to Julie Bishop

On 20 August 2014, twelve of Australia’s biggest international humanitarian and development agencies wrote to Foreign Minister Julie Bishop, calling...

Elizabeth and baby Swampy. Photo: Kieran Doherty/Oxfam

August 19, 2014

Famine looming over the people of South Sudan

Elizabeth and her five children live in a shared tent with 20 other people. Her husband was shot and killed,...

August 19, 2014

The Gaza blockade – a personal story

Richard Stanforth is Oxfam GB’s Regional Policy Adviser in the Middle East. Here, he shares his personal experience of what...

August 11, 2014

Six year olds in Gaza live through their third war

Salama Shamali is just six years old, yet he has already lived through three wars. I met him just days...

August 1, 2014

Oxfam staff in Gaza flee their homes

The crisis in Gaza has affected everyone living there -- including our own Oxfam colleagues, working in incredibly difficult and...

August 1, 2014

The destruction of Gaza, a first-hand account

Arwa Mhanna travelled around Gaza City in during a brief window of calm. She shares her experiences: "The ceasefire lasted...

July 30, 2014

A letter from Lebanon for Eid

This week marks Eid, the important religious holiday celebrated by Muslims worldwide that brings to an end the Islamic holy...

July 29, 2014

Medical staff in Gaza struggle to cope with rising casualties

With the crisis in Gaza mounting, hospitals are struggling to cope with the growing influx of casualties. Three quarters of...