News releases from 2025

ActionAid welcomes £17 million aid for Gaza

28 January 2025

Responding to the UK government’s announcement of £17million in aid for Gaza, an ActionAid UK spokesperson said:  

We urge action to prevent a crisis in DR Congo

27 January 2025

We for urgent action to prevent “spiralling” humanitarian crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

ActionAid condemns Israeli raids in the West Bank

24 January 2025

ActionAid condemns Israeli raids in the West Bank, urging an end to violence displacing and endangering residents 

Influx of patients at north Gaza hospital

22 January 2025

As the ceasefire continues and thousands of people return to what is left of their homes, patients have once again started arriving at Al-Awda Hospital, the last functioning hospital in northern Gaza.

Medic killed, as Gaza attacks increase

16 January 2025

ActionAid is devastated by killing of staff member at partner hospital in Gaza - as attacks intensify across strip despite the announcement of a ceasefire deal.

UK must support Gaza following ceasefire deal

15 January 2025

UK must step up to ensure immediate support for Gaza following ceasefire deal, says ActionAid UK co-CEO.

Ceasefire agreement must end suffering in Gaza

15 January 2025

The ceasefire agreement must be first step towards permanent end to the suffering in Gaza, says ActionAid.

Siege intensifies at Gaza hospital

9 January 2025

Staff at the last functioning hospital in northern Gaza remain under siege and entirely cut off from aid supplies as bombardment by the Israeli military intensifies.

Hospital in northern Gaza ordered to evacuate

6 January 2025

ActionAid is outraged to learn that the Al-Awda Hospital in northern Gaza, run by ActionAid’s partner Al-Awda, has yet again come under attack by the Israeli military and that staff and patients have been ordered to evacuate the facility. We are extremely concerned for the safety of everyone inside the hospital and demand their protection, as enshrined under international humanitarian law.  

Mothers in Gaza despair as rain floods tents

3 January 2025

ActionAid is warning that more children will die unless essential aid to help people survive winter is allowed in