#Gaza famine warnings worsen as Erez crossing remains closed to aid, reports Molly Blackall i newspaper

Karyn Beattie, STC team leader, said: 'Not a single aid truck has crossed via Erez into Gaza, despite announcements regarding its temporary reopening.'

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PRESS RELEASE: More than 10 million children in #Sudan have been in an active warzone, close to gunfire, shelling and other deadly violence over the past year of war.

'The situation has reached boiling point,' says Dr. Arif Noor, Sudan country director.

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NEW: Xavier Joubert Save the Children International in Ramallah: 'The reopening of the #Erez crossing is a step in the right direction, but isn't enough on its own - as we've seen with aid through the Rafah crossing. We need fighting to stop & sufficient aid to cross into #Gaza , immediately.'

'I can hear shelling most of the time, and sometimes naval gunfire. But it’s the airstrikes that are really scary. When they’re close, you get windows blown in and you feel shockwaves,' Save the Children International's Karyn Beattie tells The Guardian from #Gaza .

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'When something like this happens, it makes us question all of our security measures that are in place.'

Team Leader for Save the Children’s Gaza Response, Karyn Beattie tells ＠CharlotteHawkns and ＠richardm56 about the impact the Israeli air strike that killed aid workers has…

IN THE NEWS: Karyn Beattie, team leader for Save the Children in #Gaza on The Guardian: 'The day of the airstrikes on the WCK convoy, I sent messages to my family to tell them they were going to hear about aid workers being killed but I was OK.'
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PRESS RELEASE: Zambia’s crippling drought, the worst seen in at least 20 years, is leading to widespread food shortages with some children forced to survive on a single daily meal of boiled waterlily roots, nuts & wild fruits.

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'We won't be pausing...If we look at what happened with the World Central Kitchen colleagues, there's nothing that they missed.'

Karyn Beattie from Save the Children explains that they won't stop delivering aid in Gaza despite the recent death of seven aid workers.

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Thanks The Telegraph for spotlighting the deep freeze in #Mongolia , known as the dzud.

“There is a lot of mental pressure. You are constantly worrying about your family because your parents will be struggling & trying to save livestock.” Save the children Mn

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“The things that I’ve seen in #Gaza are horrific and we know the suffering is continuing. It’s so important now more than ever for aid workers to be here.' | Powerful reporting by Molly Blackall highlighting the terrifying reality for aid workers in Gaza.

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JOINT STATEMENT: Time is running out for international action to protect civilians and prevent atrocity crimes in #Rafah , as UN Security Council resolution is ignored.

Spokespeople available. #Gaza

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#GAZA : 'We need a definitive ceasefire - there is no alternative.'

Soraya Ali with Save the Children International in #Rafah on Sky News this morning.

FEATURED: 'The reality is #children are being killed in #Gaza .'

Our spokesperson Soraya Ali on the ground in #Rafah talking to BBC News (World).

We are incredibly sad to be losing our media spokesperson James Denselow, but wish him well in his new chapter!

James has helped us land some of the most important news stories that highlight the plight of children in conflict & always reminding us - children deserve better.

#UKRAINE : 4 children reportedly injured as an airstrike hits residential buildings in #Kharkiv mid-day.

‘Children cannot feel safe any place any time as their homes keep being hit with explosive munitions. This must not be tolerated,' said Sonia Khush, Save the Children in Ukraine

HAITI: 1 in 5 families in Port-au-Prince on brink of famine.
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About 1,000 people a day are fleeing into #SouthSudan from #Sudan after nearly one year of war, in dire need of support.

“This is one of the world’s most overlooked crises and it is getting worse by the day.' - Inger Ashing Inger Ashing

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UN Security Council passes temporary #ceasefire resolution, giving hope of a brief respite to the more than one million children trapped in #Gaza .

'Now words must become action... children's lives hang in the balance.' - Save the Children International

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STATEMENT: #UNRWA food convoys rejected in northern #Gaza . “This announcement shows how funding cuts to the UN agency on which Palestinians depend have further emboldened the weaponization of aid' - Xavier Joubert @Save_Children.

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Today’s report confirms the negative impact of the Foreign Office merger- it’s children in the world’s toughest places that bear the brunt of UK’s cuts to development capacity and the damning consequences are now clear.
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