Christian Aid UK is appealing for support in the supply of food, fuel and medical care to provide healthcare and emergency relief to those worst affected in Palestine.
Christian Aid workers on the ground are doing the best they can, but the overwhelming message being conveyed from Gaza is it is almost impossible to work in the middle of the conflict – and civilians are paying the price. Electricity and water is unavailable in most areas alongside insufficient access to medicines and food shortages, showing the humanitarian crisis in Gaza is now at breaking point.
Church of England Bishop of Exeter, the Rt Hon Michael Langrish, said –
‘Military strikes are not a solution to the terrorist action in Gaza. What is needed is political action to bring hope to the hopeless’
Christian Aid UK condemns the current violence in Palestine and is calling for –
- the Israeli government and the Hamas-led administration in Gaza to bring about an immediate ceasefire and end to all violence.
- immediate and unfettered humanitarian access
- a swift and robust UN Security Council resolution that demands an immediate ceasefire and unfettered humanitarian access to Gaza.
- the international community to use all channels to re-establish dialogue between all parties to the conflict
- reopen access to Gaza for people and goods according to the 2005 agreement on movement and access.
Christian Aid UK firmly believe that both Israel’s disproportionate attack on Gaza, and Hamas’s rockets into Israel, are illegal under international law The targeting of civilians is illegal under international humanitarian law, and it is impossible to bomb an area with the population density of Gaza without hitting civilians. Military strikes are no solution to this crisis, only dialogue between all parties can achieve lasting peace and a viable solution.
