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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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July 29, 2014

Women in Gaza describe life under airstrikes

The crisis in Gaza is having a devastating impact on civilians who represent approximately 75 per cent of the casualties...

July 25, 2014

Why we left Syria

Ayad came home from work that day to find his children crawling on the floor, unable to walk. When he...

July 10, 2014

What does it feel like to be a refugee?

What does it feel like to be a refugee, forced to flee to an unfamiliar country and dependent on humanitarian...

July 9, 2014

Three years on, what does the future hold for the children of South Sudan’s independence?

Kulang was only days old when South Sudan was thrust into existence as the world’s newest country three years ago....

Ahmed is a water engineer for Utopia, an organisation Oxfam partners with in Tripoli, Lebanon. Oxfam and Utopia are collaborating to repair and construct latrines in damaged homes and to install and repair water pipes, tanks and taps to get water flowing again. This work supports both the local population and Syrian refugees in the area. Photo: Sam Tarling

June 20, 2014

Snakes and Ladders on World Refugee Day

How you would cope as a Syrian refugee in Lebanon? Nour*, 45, works at a school in northern Lebanon. The...

A woman carries water through the protected site established for displaced people at the UN House in Juba, March 2014. Photo: Mackenzie Knowles Coursin/Oxfam

April 24, 2014

South Sudan warning: respond to humanitarian crisis now or face catastrophe

The lives of seven million people are at risk as food crisis and conflict grips South Sudan. The international community...

Flooding in the Solomon Islands has left many thousands in need of assistance. Photo: Forum Solomon Islands International

April 6, 2014

Flooding in the Solomons

People are being urgently evacuated and homes have been destroyed following flash flooding in the Solomon Islands’ capital of Honiara,...

March 22, 2014

An amazing display of solidarity #WithSyria

From refugees in Sahrawi camp in Algeria, to Justin Bieber, people literally all over the world stood #WithSyria.

March 15, 2014

Oxfam reflects on three years of conflict in Syria

"I sometimes wonder how I would cope if I was in the same position as the refugees I meet through...

March 12, 2014

Red balloons mark the beginning of a week of vigils for Syria

As people come together this week to hold vigils around the world, from London to Hong Kong, and Darfur to...

March 11, 2014

Stand With Syria

The conflict in Syria is the worst humanitarian crisis of the 21st Century. More than 100,000 people have been killed...

February 14, 2014

Mass evacuation as Mount Kelud erupts

A mass evacuation has been ordered following the eruption of Mount Kelud on the main island of Java, Indonesia. Oxfam...