Press Releases

Islamic Relief welcomes news of last night’s ceasefire announcement between Lebanon and Israel. With more than a fifth of the population displaced, the people of Lebanon are in desperate need of humanitarian assistance.

Islamic Relief is appalled at the death and destruction in Gaza overnight – the deadliest period since the ceasefire was announced, as Israeli bombs tore through tents and shelters of displaced families and killed dozens of Palestinians, including more than 20 children.

This report captures the current situation and Islamic Relief’s role within it. Drawing on internal field insights, humanitarian data, and strategic reflections, it lays out a clear call — as the crisis becomes protracted, the response must evolve.

On the IPC’s new warning that “the worst-case scenario of famine is currently playing out in the Gaza Strip,” Islamic Relief says:

This new alert confirms the inhumane scenes our staff and partners in Gaza are witnessing every day – famine is taking hold and people are being starved to death.

This suffering is entirely man-made. It’s caused by Israel’s relentless attacks and cruel blockade that stops food and medicine from reaching starving people, and by world leaders’ shameful failure to take action.

Airdrops and so-called ‘tactical pauses’ won’t stop famine unfolding and are merely a...

New Islamic Relief analysis of UN data1 reveals July is now the deadliest month in Gaza for 18 months, with Israel killing one person every 12 minutes as it accelerates the systematic targeting and starvation of civilians.

Islamic Relief health workers in Sudan’s Darfur region are treating a massive increase in malnourished children as families flee horrific attacks on civilians. Survivors have told Islamic Relief shocking accounts of extreme violence and starvation.

Three months since Israel tightened its total siege of Gaza, dozens of Palestinian children, babies and elderly people have starved to death and desperate parents are being shot and killed as they try to get food aid at new militarised distribution sites.

The Israeli siege has depleted our food stocks, but our team in Gaza continues to provide other lifesaving aid.

One month of Israel’s total closure of Gaza is pushing the territory back towards famine, Islamic Relief warns. The hunger crisis is growing more desperate every day, as Israel steps up efforts to make Gaza unliveable by shutting off aid, destroying infrastructure and intensifying deadly attacks on civilians.

Islamic Relief health and nutrition workers say they are seeing increasing numbers of malnourished children, with health centres receiving more patients than they have capacity for and some children dying from hunger.