The IPC declared famine in areas of Gaza, including Gaza City, on 22 August 2025. This is the latest in a series of dire warnings about the humanitarian situation on the ground.

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How the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement is helping people in Israel, Gaza and the West Bank amid a conflict and humanitarian crisis.

News and updates about the 2025 Pakistan floods. What’s happening and how the Red Cross is supporting those affected.

News and updates about the 2025 Pakistan floods. What’s happening and how the Red Cross is supporting those affected.

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Find out what help you can get from the British Red Cross as a refugee, asylum seeker or vulnerable migrant in the UK.

Read the story of one mother, Ghada, who gave birth to her daughter at the Red Cross Field Hospital in Gaza and learn of the dangers her new-born baby faces.

Find out how humanitarian aid is getting into Gaza and how the Red Cross Red Crescent movement is trying to help more than 1.5million people at risk of famine.

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