Melanie Ward
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CEO @MedicalAidPal . Chair @TheCircleNGO . Humanitarian & anti-poverty campaigner. Ex @RESCUEorg , @ActionAidUK , @christian_aid . Feminist. Mum. Personal views
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Please support our
@MedicalAidPal
response to save lives in
#Gaza
- your help is needed now more than ever👇
"This is the fastest decline in a population's nutrition status ever recorded. That means children are being starved at the fastest rate the world has ever seen."
@melanie_ward
speaks with
@IsaCNN
about the catastrophic levels of hunger that Israel's blockade is causing in Gaza
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I cannot overstate the fear, panic & confusion that these Israeli maps are causing civilians in
#Gaza
, including my own staff.
People cannot run from place to place to try to escape Israel’s bombs, nor does international law expect them to.
What is being done is unconscionable.
Israeli grid maps make life in Gaza ‘macabre game of Battleships’, say aid workers
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‘Palestinian medical staff in
#Gaza
have told the BBC they were blindfolded, detained, forced to strip and repeatedly beaten by Israeli troops after a raid at their hospital last month.’
This report, with footage verified by the BBC, is horrifying. (1/2)
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I just returned from
#Gaza
for
@MedicalAidPal
.
The scale of the suffering and humanitarian catastrophe inflicted by Israel is vast and horrific.
What is being done to the Palestinians of Gaza is a disaster for humanity.
History will judge all who are complicit.
#CeasefireNow
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“The hospital resembles a slaughterhouse and the majority of casualties who are coming in are children.”
I spoke to
@TimesRadio
for
@MedicalAidPal
about the deteriorating situation in
#Gaza
.
The world must act to stop this.
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This is my
@MedicalAidPal
staff member Mohammed. Israel just bombed his home in
#Gaza
.
At least one of his family is dead. There was no warning given. He is now homeless.
Amidst the bombs falling, he spent today getting the last available medical supplies into hospitals 💔
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All day today I have thought about this little boy in
#Gaza
and the baby he is carrying in the car seat.
For how much longer will the world permit this to go on?
I swear to God, I’m scared, I swear to God, I’m scared. I just want to leave this place.
We can clearly see the horror in the eyes of this terrified child from what he witnessed last night after the invasion of Shifa Hospital in Gaza, where nearly 20,000 displaced people were…
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These are my amazing colleagues in
#Gaza
.
Half of them have now fled their homes to try to survive.
Some have lost close family.
Despite bombs falling around them, they continue to work to get medical supplies to hospitals.
I am in awe of their resilience.
They are
#NotaTarget
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Once again: when Israeli government officials tell us what they actually think and plan to do, we should believe them.
BREAKING: Israeli ambassador
@TzipiHotovely
rejects the idea of a two-state solution
"The answer is absolutely no", she says.
📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233 and YouTube
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Exactly. In fact, Israel gave six different explanations as to why they hit our
@MedicalAidPal
@RESCUEorg
#Gaza
compound in Jan.
And the UK Government did nothing in response.
So here we are. The killings of 170 aid workers &
@WCKitchen
staff are the result of impunity.
Enough.
As far as I am aware, and despite it being raised at the highest level,
@FCDOGovUK
has not had a response detailing the ‘full and transparent’ investigation by Israel of its bombing of a de-conflicted
@MedicalAidPal
facility in Gaza on the 18th January. What hope for this?
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This morning I spoke to
@BBCNews
about the situation in
#Gaza
, collective punishment & the systematic dismantling of the healthcare system.
There are no longer any fully functioning hospitals.
An attack on
#Rafah
must be stopped.
We need a
#CeasefireNOW
.
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We at
@MedicalAidPal
stand with our colleagues at
@WCKitchen
as they grieve the loss of their seven team members in
#Gaza
.
They were killed as they served humanity.
When Israel faces no consequences for its continued targeting of aid workers then this is the result
#NotATarget
World Central Kitchen is devastated to confirm seven members of our team have been killed in an IDF strike in Gaza. Read our full statement on the loss of our team members here:
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We at
@MedicalAidPal
warned of this at the time.
Where are the healthworkers who were taken by Israeli forces & whose whereabouts are now unknown?
#Gaza
is now the most dangerous place on earth to be a medic.
Israel must be held accountable.
(2/2)
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Oh hi
@sudocrem
. My partner is just wondering if, as our baby’s Dad, he’s also allowed to use this when changing a nappy?
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Today I briefed His Majesty The King on the grave humanitarian situation in
#Gaza
.
I was joined by Shireen Jayyusi, Board Vice Chair of
@MedicalAidPal
.
We also shared a note from 9 year old Zaina, who is displaced in Gaza.
His Majesty’s concern is deeply appreciated by our staff
Earlier today, His Majesty The King, as President of the
@BritishRedCross
, held an audience at Buckingham Palace for representatives of charities operating in the Middle East, including Gaza, to discuss the acute humanitarian situation.
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One of the premature babies in Shifa hospital has died because the hospital has run out of fuel.
The hospital is under attack.
Some neighbours who live by our
@MedicalAidPal
office were shot and killed as they tried to flee.
The horrors must be stopped.
#CeasefireNOW
#Gaza
Gaza's largest hospital, AlShifa, is out of service. Bodies are piled up and will be buried on premises. The hospital is isolated with no power, water, or electricity. Patients in ICU and 37 newborns are at imminent risk, two already lost their lives, officials tell AlJazeera.
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For 2 weeks the Israeli military was in Shifa hospital.
21 patients died.
They refused many UN-led patient evacuation attempts.
They used the hospital as a detention & interrogation facility.
Their systematic destruction of healthcare in
#Gaza
continues as the world sits by.
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I have been to this neonatal unit in
#Gaza
, where
@MedicalAidPal
works.
The babies in these incubators are the same as my son who was in an incubator after birth. But he was born in London and these babies are Palestinian.
Every life is of equal value.
Fuel must reach them.
Doctors in Gaza say hospitals will soon run out of fuel, and premature babies relying on life-saving machines will die in minutes
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20 trucks of aid doesn’t touch the sides in meeting the needs of 2 million people in
#Gaza
We can’t safely deliver aid under constant bombardment.
Israel must lift the siege, let in water, fuel and electricity - and give unfettered humanitarian access to Gaza.
BREAKING: The Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt opens
Sky's
@YousraElbagir
says that 'although this is an incredible breakthrough, this isn't necessarily the sustained unimpeded humanitarian passage that's necessary'.
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We regained contact with some of our
@MedicalAidPal
#Gaza
team.
I am amazed & yet unsurprised that Wasim - himself displaced - continues, with colleagues, to organise hygiene kits for others who are displaced.
We remain one of the last functioning aid agencies on the ground 💪
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Not all heroes wear capes.
These humanitarian heroes -
@MedicalAidPal
’s
#Gaza
team together with internationals from 6 countries - just completed our first Emergency Medical Team mission.
They saved lives & served strangers in the name of humanity.
They are hope personified.
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This morning in Parliament Square
@MedicalAidPal
organised a vigil for
#Gaza
’s children.
Each person wrote on their hand the name of a child who has been killed. Mine was Farah Al Khatib, the 13 year old niece of my colleague Mohammed.
In her memory I call for a
#CeasefireNOW
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Israel doesn’t want the world to see what it is doing to civilians in
#Gaza
.
This is becoming a war without witnesses.
For all of us with colleagues, friends or loved ones in Gaza, it is terrifying.
#CeasefireNOW
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Our
@MedicalAidPal
#Gaza
team are incredible.
Most have fled their homes. Under constant indiscriminate bombing & sometimes literally working in the dark, they are still getting the last remaining medical supplies directly into hospitals.
Heroes.
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In a day bursting with joy, love and fun, Steven and I got married on Saturday, and had a blessing for our two little boys.
We’re so grateful to our friends and family who celebrated with us.
It was the kind of day that dreams are made of ❤️💕💗
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We are gravely concerned for the safety of patients, medics & the displaced at
#Shifa
hospital, which the Israeli military is raiding again.
#Gaza
’s health system is being systematically dismantled whilst the population is on the brink of famine.
It has to stop.
#CeasefireNOW
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Being bombed, being shot at, having no safe way to flee, or safe place to flee to.
This is the horrific reality for my
@MedicalAidPal
colleague Mohammed in
#Gaza
- and for hundreds of thousands of other civilians.
#CeasefireNOW
Medical Aid for Palestinians CEO
@melanie_ward
shares how her team member ran to al Shifa Hospital to rescue his niece as the Israeli military surrounded it.
He had to run with her in a wheelchair through streets filled with gunfire.
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Utterly horrific scenes after Israel bombed
#Jabalia
refugee camp - one of the most densely populated places in the world.
Our
@MedicalAidPal
#Gaza
team say that the numbers of dead and injured have become completely overwhelming.
#CeasefireNOW
Al Jazeera’s TV crews in Gaza’s Jabalia refugee camp documented scenes of chaos and destruction after Israeli air attacks demolished an entire neighbourhood, with hundreds of Palestinians dead or injured ⤵️
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Last week I was in
#Jenin
Refugee Camp with our
@MedicalAidPal
partners
@PalestineRCS
.
Alongside medical supplies - in response to persistent attacks against
#Palestinian
paramedics - we will now be providing them with bulletproof vests & helmets.
Health workers are
#NotaTarget
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Great evening at
@LabourWomensNet
dinner - lovely to see
@Keir_Starmer
and
@AngelaRayner
and to catch up with so many sisters I haven’t seen In Real Life for so long!!! Baby Rory had a great time too 🌹
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So proud of my incredible
@MedicalAidPal
team, especially those living the horrors in
#Gaza
.
Thank you so much to everyone who has donated to make this happen.
This is just the start of what we need to do to save lives. Please keep your support coming👇
Our first convoy of aid trucks has now entered
#Gaza
via the Rafah crossing, carrying essential medicines and supplies for hospitals.
This wouldn’t have been possible without your support and solidarity with the people of Gaza.
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Last night I spoke to
@BBCNewsnight
about the disastrous humanitarian situation in
#Rafah
and why an Israeli assault must not be allowed.
#Gaza
#CeasefireNOW
‘There are no safe spaces in Gaza, that is the actual truth… We have to remember that ‘safe zones’ have a very difficult history from Srebrenica’.
MAP CEO,
@melanie_ward
, describing the situation facing civilians in Rafah.
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Israeli settlement building and expansion in the West Bank continues apace, despite settlements being illegal under international law.
I took this picture on Tuesday, deep in the West Bank between Ramallah and Nablus.
With zero accountability, these violations continue.
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I’m in the West Bank, volunteering on a project supporting the human rights of Palestinians threatened by Israeli settlers. The ‘debate’ in the UK Labour Party seems even more absurd from here. I will never understand why some suggest that being racist to Jews helps Palestinians.
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A text from Motaz in my
#Gaza
team:
"I ceased operations today due to the escalating tension... IDF operations in the vicinity have intensified, with live gunfire on the streets. I attempted to attend the crisis meeting but had to halt... the door was shot, rendering it unsafe"
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And now they have attacked a UN school in
#Jabalia
#Gaza
.
This is what happens when the world stays silent in the face of indiscriminate killing of
#Palestinian
civilians.
The situation in the West Bank is deteriorating too.
It will only get worse without a
#CeasefireNOW
.
#Gaza
– Given the high number of civilian casualties & the scale of destruction following Israeli airstrikes on Jabalia refugee camp, we have serious concerns that these are disproportionate attacks that could amount to war crimes.
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The FT is hardly the radical fringe.
They too can see the only way to stop the mass killing of civilians in
#Gaza
.
#CeasefireNOW
Israel has every right to defend itself against Hamas, but its collective punishment of Palestinians trapped in Gaza must stop, writes the FT's editorial board.
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The humanitarian system in
#Gaza
is close to collapse.
@MedicalAidPal
is one of the last international aid agencies still functioning there. We are also now operating in Egypt to get aid into Gaza.
Please give what you can and help us save lives
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My heart bursts with pride that I get to call these amazing people my colleagues at
@MedicalAidPal
.
But it is shattering in pain and fear what is being done to them.
The world must act to save the people of
#Gaza
before it is too late.
Our team in Gaza are still working! Despite bombardment, siege, and the horrors all around them, colleagues are procuring and distributing whatever mattresses, blankets, hygiene kits and medical supplies they can find locally!
I have never been prouder to work at
@MedicalAidPal
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We at
@MedicalAidPal
are very concerned about the ongoing Israeli military raid in Nur Shams refugee camp in the West Bank.
We released medical supplies to
#Tulkarem
hospital in recent days.
Attacks like this which kill, injure and destroy are becoming the norm.
They must stop.
Local sources describe unprecedented Israeli destruction in the Nur Shams refugee camp, east of Tulkarem. Dozens of homes, stores and cars destroyed in an ongoing Israeli assault on the camp of 13K Palestinians that started on THU evening.
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Dozens of women in suffragette sashes making our way down Whitehall to Trafalgar Square
#lovelikeJo
#moreincommon
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I woke up to this from Asma, our
@MedicalAidPal
Neonatal specialist in
#Gaza
:
“It’s just random killing… Hundreds of children, women & elderly killed, tens of medical and health care providers killed.
We ourselves don't know who will remain alive.
Our children are terrified.”
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Welcome to the world, Rory! Our new baby son arrived safely on Tuesday. Rory is absolutely gorgeous & we can’t wait for him to meet his big brother. Huge thanks to staff at
@KingsMaternity
@KingsCollegeNHS
in Camberwell esp midwives Annette, Yash & Tori, & doctors Roger & Dana 🙌
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I have thought of this image so often since first seeing it a couple of weeks ago: the nativity scene at the Lutheran Church in Bethlehem.
Praying for the people of
#Gaza
tonight - especially my dear
@MedicalAidPal
colleagues and all humanitarians on the ground there.
#Christmas
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With the population living in famine conditions, Israel has now said that it will no longer permit
@UNRWA
food convoys to the north of
#Gaza
.
This would be a death sentence for thousands. They cannot be allowed to do this.
📍# Gaza: as of today,
@UNRWA
, the main lifeline for
#Palestine
Refugees, is denied from providing lifesaving assistance to northern Gaza.
Despite the tragedy unfolding under our watch, the Israeli Authorities informed the UN that they will no longer approve any
@UNRWA
food…
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I spoke to CNN about why the UN Security Council must heed the Article 99 warning of
@antonioguterres
and today support a
#Gaza
#CeasefireNOW
.
We have hope but little expectation that they will do the right thing.
We are approaching 10,000 children killed.
No more.
"There is no military solution to this. Politics and diplomacy is the only way out of this, and a lasting ceasefire is the only solution. Anything else is just more civilian killing."
@melanie_ward
calls for an immediate, permanent
#CeasefireNOW
speaking to
@IsaCNN
on
@CNN
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I’ll be taking up the role of CEO of
@MedicalAidPal
in January. MAP does vital work to support Palestinians; work which I care deeply about. It’s a privilege to have the chance to lead this amazing organisation in its next chapter
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Our latest statement on Shifa hospital:
“Power has gone out, and staff are having to hand ventilate critically ill patients to keep them alive… Babies in the neonatal intensive care unit which MAP has supported over many years are beginning to die from lack of oxygen.”
#Gaza
💔
The ICU of Al Shifa hospital has been bombed. Staff have been shot at and wounded. Power has gone, staff are having to hand ventilate patients, and babies in neonatal ICU are starting to die from lack of oxygen.
Israel's war on hospitals must end.
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Amidst the destruction in
#Gaza
,
@MedicalAidPal
is one of the last functioning aid agencies.
Our team is feeding thousands of displaced people & distributing hygiene kits.
With your help, soon we will deliver medical supplies via Egypt.
Please donate
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Words don’t feel big enough to adequately describe what is being done to civilians in
#Gaza
- but the facts speak for themselves
#CeasefireNOW
🚨NEW: More health workers have been killed during Israel’s assault on Gaza than in all countries in conflict in any year since 2016.
That’s over 300 medical staff in just 10 weeks.
Israel’s attacks are systematically dismantling Gaza’s health system:
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It is appalling that our
@MedicalAidPal
@RESCUEorg
Emergency Medical Team was forced to stop working at Al Aqsa hospital as Israeli military action effectively shut down yet another of
#Gaza
’s hospitals.
🚨As a result of increasing Israeli military activity around the Al Aqsa Hospital, the only functioning hospital in
#Gaza
’s Middle Area, MAP and
@RESCUEorg
’s Emergency Medical Team has been forced to withdraw and cease activities.
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Mass graves.
I say again that it is time for the world to wake up to the historic significance of the situation in
#Gaza
.
It must be stopped.
Mass grave for the Gazans.
But they won’t let you see it. Because they are Palestinians.
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This is impossible.
Gazans fled to Rafah because the Israeli military told them it would be safe there.
Unless the world acts then there is going to be a horrific new assault that will undoubtedly kill thousands more civilians.
Either that, or displace them into Egypt.
#Gaza
Israeli PM Netanyahu directs military to prepare to evacuate over 1 million Palestinians from southern Gaza city of Rafah ahead of a ground operation.
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We at
@MedicalAidPal
stand with our
@MSF
colleagues and are deeply distressed by this attack on them.
The shelling took place in Al Mawasi, the supposed ‘safe zone’ in
#Gaza
.
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I spoke at an event with some of the
#Palestinian
community in London tonight (which was attended by people of all faiths who feel grief at what is happening).
They wouldn’t let me leave without a massive tray of food for my family. This is the most Palestinian thing ever ❤️
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This needs much more attention.
[1] Updated map of Palestinian communities that have been attacked by Israeli settlers, October 7th - November 2nd, 2023. Since the beginning of the war, Yesh Din has documented 172 incidents of settler violence in 84 Palestinian towns and villages in the West Bank.
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This is very important. Words matter because they have a real-world impact.
All British politicians need to wake up to this.
🚨BREAKING🚨ICJP Co-Director Crispin Blunt MP spoke to
@SkyNews
Breakfast this morning to discuss ICJP's written notice to
@RishiSunak
informing him of intention to prosecute UK government officials for complicity in Israeli war crimes.
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We are grateful for the support of
@SadiqKhan
for
@MedicalAidPal
today at this most dreadful of moments for Palestinians - and especially for our dear colleagues facing unimaginable terror in
#Gaza
Good to spend time with Medical Aid for Palestinians who are doing essential humanitarian work supporting civilians in Gaza.
The situation in Gaza was already incredibly difficult, but what Palestinians are facing now is dire.
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It’s my first day as CEO of
@MedicalAidPal
. Really looking forward to meeting and working with our staff, partners, donors and supporters - and of course, the people we serve. As the situation becomes more challenging for Palestinians, so we will rise to that challenge together
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In the West Bank in recent days, “Palestinians have been subjected to waves of attacks by hundreds of Israeli settlers, often accompanied by or supported by, the Israeli security forces”.
We at
@MedicalAidPal
are seriously concerned about this escalating situation.
#WestBank
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UNRWA has acted swiftly following very serious allegations against a few of its 13,000 staff in
#Gaza
.
The simple fact is that defunding
@UNRWA
will condemn to death thousands more Palestinian civilians in Gaza.
Donors including UK & US must act responsibly & continue funding.
While I share the concern over the very serious allegations against some
@UNRWA
staff, Norway has decided to continue its funding.
UNRWA is a lifeline for millions of people in deep distress in Gaza as well as in the wider region. My statement:
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We demand a thorough, swift and independent investigation into this and all instances of attacks on civilians in
#Gaza
.
Those responsible must be held to account.
Airdrops are not the answer to starvation; a ceasefire and unfettered access for aid and aid workers is needed now.
On 29 February, in the north of Gaza, the Israeli military shot and killed up to 112 starving Palestinians seeking food aid, while 760 others were injured.
MAP strongly condemns this horrific attack on desperate people. (1/4)
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Devastating that this has been allowed to resume.
A mark of failure against world leaders.
#Gaza
#ceasefireNOW
Update from Gaza:
🚨 This morning, Israel resumed its military assault on
#Gaza
🚨 At least 21 Palestinians have been killed by the attacks today already and more are trapped under rubble
🚨Israeli forces have targeted areas in the south of Gaza, including Rafah and Khan Younis
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Our
@MedicalAidPal
@RESCUEorg
Emergency Medical Team is saving lives in
#Gaza
, in the toughest of circumstances.
But what they are seeing is deeply harrowing - children who are terribly injured with burns, limbs blown off, and serious cases of malnutrition.
#CeasefireNOW
MAP and
@RESCUEorg
have deployed our first Emergency Medical Team (EMT) of medical experts to Gaza to help local doctors treat Palestinian civilians wounded by Israel's bombardment.
Your support has been vital in helping make this possible.
Read more→
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Good morning from
#Ramallah
, where the South African flag flies alongside the Palestinian flag
#ceasefireNOW
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One of our
@MedicalAidPal
colleagues in the north of
#Gaza
has been surviving by eating animal feed.
Today we heard that the animal feed is running out.
Civilians are being starved. This is not an accident.
The Israeli military could end this today if they allowed aid in.
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Today our dear
@MedicalAidPal
#Gaza
colleagues are exchanging information on where to find firewood so they can try to make food for their families.
They have no gas or electricity to use their cookers.
The lack of fuel is making life a nightmare for civilians.
#CeasefireNOW
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1 in every 57 people in
#Gaza
has now been killed or injured by Israel’s ongoing attacks.
What will it take for world leaders to demand that it stops?!
#CeasefireNOW
BBC coverage from Gaza in these weeks has been possible through the work of journalists like Majdi Fathi - credited in this
@yogital
piece on tonight’s
#bbcnewsten
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Last week I was in
#Gaza
.
I visited Al Aqsa hospital in Deir Al Balah.
This is one of the most distressing things I heard 👇
“External fixators, which hold together fractured bones, are having to be removed from dead people & reused on living patients.”
Our CEO
@melanie_ward
speaking to
@IsaCNN
about the lack of equipment in Gaza’s hospitals due to Israel’s systematic dismantling of the health system.
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"I can't get out of my mind - a child came in alive, literally burnt to the bone... Their face was just charcoal, and they were alive and talking. And we had no morphine” - horrific testimony of Dr Deborah Harrington who worked w
@MedicalAidPal
in
#Gaza
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100 days.
1 in 100 people in
#Gaza
killed.
Gaza is devastated.
History is watching.
No more.
100 days of Israel’s indiscriminate bombardment and siege have reduced entire neighbourhoods to rubble.
One in every 100 people have been killed, most of them women and children.
#Gaza
is devastated.
(1/6)
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I was back at Parliament today - this time briefing the
@HouseofCommons
Foreign Affairs Committee on the situation in
#Gaza
, and what should be done about it
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Woke to this message from one of my
@MedicalAidPal
#Gaza
colleagues, who is close to Gaza city,
“Now, we are waiting either to die with our loved ones or for this to end and I doubt it will happen soon.”
#CeasefireNOW
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There is so much at stake in 2024, with elections in many countries and conflict on the rise.
This year I’m hoping for safety, health and happiness for people in need everywhere - especially my dear
@MedicalAidPal
colleagues and friends in
#Gaza
.
#2024NewYear
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Mohammed’s 13 year old niece, Farah, was killed.
Yesterday he said:
“Since 6am, I have been looking for Farah’s body among the dead. We found her at 12:30.
More than 6 hours of looking as piles of bodies are everywhere.
It is a scene from the last day for humanity on earth.”
This is my
@MedicalAidPal
staff member Mohammed. Israel just bombed his home in
#Gaza
.
At least one of his family is dead. There was no warning given. He is now homeless.
Amidst the bombs falling, he spent today getting the last available medical supplies into hospitals 💔
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Famine is now imminent in
#Gaza
.
Children are being starved at the fastest rate the world has ever seen.
This is unconscionable.
Israel must immediately open land crossings to Gaza, including in the north, and allow aid and aid workers to safely help those in need.
#CeasefireNOW
"What's terrible is this is a really simple problem to solve. If Israel would only let the food aid in, then we could deal with this, we could stop the starvation immediately".
MAP CEO
@melanie_ward
outside the
@FCDOGovUK
today warning that famine is now imminent in Gaza.
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Haitham is our
@MedicalAidPal
disability expert in
#Gaza
.
He is courageous, tenacious, funny and rightly proud of the groundbreaking work he does.
Words cannot express how fervently I hope and pray for the day he no longer has to send messages like this.
#CeasefireNOW
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So proud of our
@RichardAngell
. He speaks for so many of us with his message of defiance and determination
#LoveLondon
Eye-Witness From London Terror Attack Goes Viral With Defiant News Interview
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Airdrops, temporary seaports etc are not realistic or lasting solutions to stave off looming famine and sustain life in
#Gaza
.
5 months on is long past time for the US to use its weight so Israel immediately reopens land crossings for aid & aid workers - & to ensure a ceasefire.
US to set up temporary port on Gaza coast for aid delivery
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The spectre of famine in
#Gaza
. Horrifying.
A result of Israel’s systematic denial of food plus its indiscriminate bombing, which makes a proper humanitarian response impossible.
Only an urgent and permanent ceasefire, and end to siege can prevent mass death by starvation.
🚨New data finds risk of famine in
#Gaza
.
Gaza is seeing almost UNIVERSAL acute food insecurity - unprecedented in the history of IPC analysis for any area or country.
40% of people in Gaza are one step before famine. Almost 400,000 people are already in famine conditions.
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A wholly independent review is indeed needed on the killing of WCK staff.
It must look at all attacks on aid workers in
#Gaza
, including the Israeli airstrike on our
@MedicalAidPal
@RESCUEorg
compound on 18 Jan, which almost killed 12 people.
Details:
We are carefully reviewing the initial findings of Israel’s investigations into the killing of WCK aid workers and welcome the suspension of two officers as a first step.
These findings must be published in full and followed up with a wholly independent review to ensure the…
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We at
@MedicalAidPal
stand with
@PalestineRCS
@ifrc
on the killing of their colleague Mohammed in
#Gaza
.
Healthcare workers are
#NotATarget
.
Aid workers are
#NotATarget
.
No more impunity.
#ceasefireNow
We repeat our call.
Humanitarian and healthcare workers must be protected.
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We at
@MedicalAidPal
continue to be deeply worried for patients & staff at Shifa hospital.
Patients cannot receive the care they need due to ongoing Israeli military activity.
This includes dangerously ill child amputees who need to be transferred and currently cannot be.
#Gaza
We are gravely concerned for the safety of patients, medics & the displaced at
#Shifa
hospital, which the Israeli military is raiding again.
#Gaza
’s health system is being systematically dismantled whilst the population is on the brink of famine.
It has to stop.
#CeasefireNOW
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It was an honour to see His Majesty The King at Buckingham Palace again this week, and to further update him on the terrible humanitarian situation in
#Gaza
.
An honour also to meet Her Majesty The Queen.
Their Majesties’ continued concern is greatly appreciated.
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This child looks like my two year old son.
It is only an accident of birth that separates them.
The children of
#Gaza
could be any of our children.
What will it take for the world to wake up and stop this?!
#CeasefireNOW
In every single interview I do with the international media they ask me about the picture I can’t forget
This is the picture I will never forget how my heart beats went from zero to hundred in less than a second
I couldn’t even put my eye through the viewfinder of my camera, I…
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There are now no fully functioning hospitals in
#Gaza
.
#CeasefireNOW
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There is nothing humanitarian about Israel's proposal to push civllians into 'humanitarian islands' in
#Gaza
.
They are dangerous and must be stopped.
The past five months have taught us that places labelled 'safe zones' in Gaza quickly become death zones.
The US has reportedly given Israel the green light to invade Rafah, after the latter announced plans to move hundreds of thousands of Palestinians sheltering there to so-called "humanitarian islands" in the centre of war-ravaged Gaza 👇
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An article I never wanted to read: my own dear
@MedicalAidPal
colleague Mahmoud Shalabi describes the imminent famine in the north of
#Gaza
that he and his family are trying to survive👇
Famine is ‘imminent’ here in north Gaza – and I’m watching it begin to unfold | Mahmoud Shalabi
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In our
@MedicalAidPal
crisis call this morning, we heard how our
#Gaza
team are:
"There is no safe place & everyone is going to die."
I just spoke to one of my team & he is searching through rubble, looking for the dead bodies of his friend's children.
We need a
#ceasefire
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It’s not hard to criticize the actions of the State of Israel without being anti-Semitic. The Israeli Goverment is not the same as all Jewish people. Period.
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Such great news that Bernie Sanders is restanding. There just aren’t enough old white men in politics
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Devastating. We send our deepest condolences to our UN colleagues in
#Gaza
.
Aid workers are not a target.
Civilians are
#NotATarget
9 of our
@UN
staffers have been killed in airstrikes in📍
#GazaStrip
since Saturday.
“The protection of civilians is paramount, including in times of conflict. They should be protected in accordance with the laws of war.”
@JulietteTouma
@AP
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Ramadan Kareem from Mahmoud and our amazing
@MedicalAidPal
team distributing desperately needed supplies to people in the north of
#Gaza
.
A huge thank you to every one of you who continues to give what you can to make this possible.
#RamadanKareem
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This is how serious the humanitarian situation in
#Gaza
is.
#CeasefireNOW
I've just invoked Art.99 of the UN Charter - for the 1st time in my tenure as Secretary-General.
Facing a severe risk of collapse of the humanitarian system in Gaza, I urge the Council to help avert a humanitarian catastrophe & appeal for a humanitarian ceasefire to be declared.
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