🔴 Rafah, where 1.4 million people are sheltering, is under attack. Leaders say they’re ‘deeply concerned’ about Israel's offensive. But words without actions are meaningless.

The UK must end all arms sales to Israel & call for a #CeasefireNOW .

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Alongside overcrowding, malnutrition, and soaring temperatures, these conditions are pushing Gaza towards a potentially deadly epidemic outbreak, the aid agency cautioned.
#CeasefireNOW

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🚨 Hospitals in #Gaza are reporting that they will only function for a matter of hours due to fuel shortages after the Israeli military closed the #Rafah crossing.

The European Hospital has already run out of fuel and is in blackout.

Fuel and aid must be allowed in immediately.

Hundreds of thousands have fled #Rafah since Israel’s unlawful evacuation orders last week. People have run out of options with no safe place to go. Further hostilities in Rafah will be catastrophic for the displaced and aid teams supporting them.
#AllEyesOnRafah #CeasefireNow

🚨BREAKING: Oxfam says Israeli attacks since October caused at least $210m worth of damage to Gaza's water and sanitation infrastructure.

Epidemic risk rising as #Rafah invasion compounds lethal cocktail of over-crowding, sewage and hunger.

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PRESS RELEASE: Epidemic risk rising as Rafah invasion compounds lethal cocktail of over-crowding, sewage and hunger. Oxfam says Israeli attacks since October caused at least $210m worth of damage to Gaza's water and sanitation infrastructure:
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REACTION: The Foreign Secretary’s comments that the UK Government will not follow the US in withholding arms sales to Israel is deeply concerning.

Ending arms sales would send the clearest message that the UK is serious about stopping the Rafah offensive. ⬇️

600,000 children are sheltering in #Rafah . They need actions, not words.

The UK government must urgently:

🚨 Demand an immediate, definitive ceasefire
🚨 Suspend arms sales to Israel
🚨 Resume funding to UNRWA

#Gaza #StopTheWarOnChildren

REACTION: The Foreign Secretary’s comments that the UK Government will not follow the US in withholding arms sales to Israel is deeply concerning.

Ending arms sales would send the clearest message that the UK is serious about stopping the Rafah offensive. ⬇️

A massive ground attack in Rafah would lead to an epic humanitarian disaster.

The international community must speak with one voice for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza, the immediate & unconditional release of all hostages, and a massive surge in life-saving aid.

Nothing and no one has been allowed in or out of #Gaza for 3 consecutive days.

Let’s be clear: humanitarian operations can't run without fuel.

'Civilians in Gaza are being starved and killed, and we are prevented from helping them,' underscored Martin Griffiths.

🔽 His statement

🔴 The UK is required by law to stop arms licenses when there is a clear risk they may be used to break international humanitarian law — no matter how many we sell.

The Foreign Secretary has stated he does not support the #Rafah offensive, but he is still allowing UK arms to be

🔴 'Tent camps in some parts of #Rafah have vanished, springing up again further north along main roads. New camps have filled streets, cemeteries and the beach in the central Gaza town of Deir al-Balah, 15 km north',
- Oxfam's Ghada AlHaddad.
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JOINT STATEMENT ON THE ATTACK ON #RAFAH , from 31 UK NGOs:

“The failure of our leaders to back words with meaningful action is glaring. As the 1.4 million people in Rafah face attacks that our leaders know would be catastrophic, they must finally act to stop the slaughter'.

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'In Deir al-Balah and the Mawasi area on the outskirts of the Rafah and Khan Younis governorates, there is barely any space. There are tents everywhere, on the beach, on the sidewalks, the graveyards...' says Oxfam's Ghada ElHaddad.

#CeasefireNOW

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REVEALED: US Government paused a bomb shipment for Israel over concerns with major military operation in Rafah, #Gaza .

US officials say Israel has not 'fully addressed' US concerns over humanitarian needs of civilians

By continuing to sell arms to Israel the UK is complicit in

'Every day we are displaced. Every hour we are displaced.'

Tens of thousands of people in Rafah, in southern Gaza, are being forced to flee for safety.

Despite obstacles, the UN continues working to provide assistance to those in need.