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Gaza blockade

July 23, 2018

Essential services on verge of shutdown in Gaza as emergency fuel set to run out

Supplies of emergency fuel provided by the United Nations for critical facilities in Gaza are being fast depleted, a senior UN relief official there has warned.
May 12, 2018

More than 250 children in Gaza shot with live ammunition

Hundreds of children, some as young as eight, have been shot by live ammunition in the Gaza protests, says Save the Children.
July 8, 2016

Blockade leaves Gaza trapped in isolation and poverty

Two years after war devastated large parts of the Gaza strip, claiming more than 1,500 civilian lives, Israel’s blockade stifles recovery for 1.8 million Palestinians living in the region.
April 13, 2015

World not delivering on Gaza reconstruction promises, says new report

The international community must urgently change its approach to Gaza and deliver on promises of reconstruction, 46 agencies said today in a new report.
August 9, 2014

Quakers urge recognition of Palestine

Quakers in Britain have called on the UK Government to recognise Palestine as a nation state; for a comprehensive arms embargo on all sides and an end to the blockade of Gaza and occupation of Palestine.
November 30, 2010

Six months on: Little sign of improvement in Gaza since Israeli ‘easing’ of blockade

Israel’s measures to ‘ease’ the illegal blockade of Gaza in the face of significant international pressure have done little to change the plight of Gaza’s civilians, say agencies.
August 29, 2010

Plight of Gaza highlighted at Christian festival

Thousands of participants in the four-day Greenbelt Christian arts festival in Cheltenham have been reminded about the plight of blockaded Gaza.
July 20, 2010

EU urged to press for end to Gaza blockade

Eighteen leading NGOs have called on the European Union to press for Israel's blockade on Gaza to be lifted. The call comes ahead of a meeting of the EU Foreign Affairs Council.