Press releases and statements

On August 24th, an Action Against Hunger staff member was seriously injured by masked settlers while tending to his land with family in Hebron Governorate. The attack resulted in hospitalisation and extensive property damage.

Famine declared in Gaza as over half a million face starvation as malnutrition surges.

Famine unfolds with over 20,000 children hospitalised for acute malnutrition.

The State of Food Insecurity in the World (SOFI) report, published by five United Nations agencies, presents data from 2024.

More than 100 organisations are sounding the alarm to allow in life-saving aid.

Mohammed Hussein and Obada Abu Issa, were killed the afternoon of 26 June 2025 by an Israeli airstrike within a highly populated area of Gaza, which had not yet received displacement orders.

Fuel shortages in Gaza threaten clean water for 78,000 people, with vital infrastructure near collapse. Action Against Hunger warns essential services for up to one million are at risk without urgent fuel access.

The latest GHO warns that donor cuts, including by the UK, are leaving millions at risk amid rising crises. Aid groups are forced to prioritise, yet vital services vanish and malnutrition soars.

The Chancellor’s failure to reverse aid cuts undermines the UK’s global leadership amid rising hunger and conflict. Action Against Hunger calls for transparency, a return to the 0.7% GNI aid target, and urgent action to protect life-saving international support.

Action Against Hunger urges that aid in Gaza remain led by impartial humanitarian organisations. Working under UN coordination, it warns that replacing proven systems risks excluding the most vulnerable.

Six months after the ceasefire, around 90,000 people remain internally displaced and 1.2 million suffer from high levels of food insecurity.

Action Against Hunger warns Gaza faces imminent child malnutrition crisis, with less than a week’s supply of therapeutic food left. Fuel, water, and power shortages cripple aid delivery.