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# Aid

Last week
10th March 2024 - 16th March 2024
Netanyahu approves plans for military operation in Rafah and 'evacuation' of civilians
EU calls on Israel to open additional crossings to allow more aid to reach Gaza
It comes as the first boat loaded with 200 tonnes of food aid makes slow progress towards the Gaza Strip.
UN told Israel is using 'starvation' in Gaza as a 'weapon of war'
Josep Borrell told the UN Security Council that the humanitarian crisis is “man-made”.
A Spanish charity vessel has begun its journey to Gaza from Cyprus, towing a barge with 200 tonnes of aid.
US charity World Central Kitchen has said work is "underway" on a jetty to unload the shipment.
Aid groups have been warning of the risk of famine in besieged Gaza for weeks.
Hamas chief says still open to truce talks as Ramadan begins and US vessel sets sail with aid
The Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan begins tomorrow.
American officials said it is likely to be weeks before the pier is operational.
Meanwhile, Biden said he believes Netanyahu is “hurting Israel more than helping Israel”.
The health ministry in Gaza today said the number of deaths in Israel's bombardment and ground offensive in Gaza had risen to 31,045.
This month
March 2024
Joe Biden says US to begin dropping aid into Gaza as fears of famine grow
Last year
2023
First humanitarian aid rolls into Gaza as Israel vows to increase air strikes
Besieged Palestinians await arrival of aid trucks promised in deal struck by Biden
Hospitals in Gaza on the brink of collapse as power set to run out in matter of hours
Government sends €10m to combat hunger and gender based violence in wake of Pakistani floods
Erdogan admits earthquake rescue effort not as quick as hoped as death toll nears 24,000
GOAL says 27 of its employees died in earthquake in Turkey and Syria
Tánaiste announces €2 million in emergency aid for Turkey and Syria following earthquakes
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Donations to Irish Red Cross reached €42 million for the crisis in Ukraine
Coveney approves €2 million funding to UN for Palestinian refugees
Taliban pledge no interference with quake aid, but many await relief
UN wants €4.4 billion in aid for Afghans to avoid 'full-blown humanitarian catastrophe'
Charities praise generosity of Irish people as they raise funds to support Afghan communities
UN Council pushes back vote on extending aid to Syria
Ireland joins US and Norway to press for extension of cross-border aid into Syria
€25m aid package announced for British horse racing
Government to provide financial support to those affected by floods
At least seven dead in landslides and floods in Indonesia
Venezuela's government to stage concert to rival Richard Branson's charity one
Hunt for survivors as Indonesian tsunami death toll climbs to 373
'An invisible actor': The Irishman who delivered aid to 30,000 people in war-torn Syria
Iraqi women suspected of IS links being sexually exploited and refused aid
Oxfam aid workers used prostitutes during Haiti relief efforts, report claims
First shipment of food aid in weeks docks at rebel controlled port in Yemen as country faces famine
Shorter manslaughter sentences given to men if the women they killed were their partners
'We need to avert our gaze from the White House circus and focus on what matters'
'I didn't want to know how chaotic it was going to be... If I had, maybe I wouldn't have gone'
Goal won't lose out on US funding after investigation into alleged fraud
Le Pen's personal assistant charged in 'fake jobs' scandal
Ireland pledges €2 million in aid to victims of Yemen's devastating, never-ending, civil war
Ireland to provide humanitarian aid after storm kills 300 in Haiti
Ireland is giving €7.5 million to help Syrian people
UN suspends all humanitarian aid convoys in Syria after deadly airstrike
Bono urges US lawmakers to view foreign aid as national security
'Mama Merkel' rules out closing the 'Balkan route' to Syrian refugees
Aid will finally reach 500,000 besieged Syrians today but peace is a long way off