CARE is devastated to announce the tragic killing of our partner staff member, Tasneem Shublaq, 27, along with her two children Sham, 5, and Suleiman, 3, as a result of an Israeli airstrike on her apartment building on 20 September. Tasneem was pregnant when she was killed. Her husband was critically injured and is currently […]
GAZA: Leaders of major aid groups call on world leaders to intervene following UN genocide conclusion
September 17, 2025
The leaders of over 20 major aid agencies working in Gaza are calling on world leaders to urgently intervene after a UN commission concluded, for the first time, that genocide is being committed. The statement is below: “As world leaders convene next week at the United Nations, we are calling on all member states to […]
Statement from Graham Davison, CARE Afghanistan Country Director on Afghanistan Earthquake
September 1, 2025
“CARE is deeply saddened by the loss of lives caused by the 6.0 magnitude earthquake that struck in Kunar and Jalalabad, the eastern Afghanistan on August 31, 2025, with an estimated 800 casualties already reported and destruction across the region. “This earthquake strikes a country already facing lack of global support for a severe humanitarian […]
Famine Confirmed in Gaza as assault on Gaza City looms
August 22, 2025
A new report by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) released today confirmed that Palestinians cannot escape famine in Gaza. According to the IPC: “Famine is confirmed in Gaza Governorate and projected to expand to Deir al-Balah and Khan Younis Governorates by the end of September.” The data from Gaza that led to this […]
World Humanitarian Day – Record number of attacks on aid workers as crimes go unpunished
August 19, 2025
This year is on track to be the deadliest on record, with 256 aid workers already killed in deliberate attacks. The number of aid workers killed so far in 2025 has increased by almost 50% compared to the same period in 2024. Despite these shocking numbers, taking place in the context of increasing crimes against […]
Gaza: Israel threatens to ban major aid organisations as starvation deepens
August 14, 2025
Over 100 organisations call for an end to Israel’s weaponisation of aid Despite claims by Israeli authorities that there is no limit on humanitarian aid entering Gaza, most major international NGOs have been unable to deliver a single truck of lifesaving supplies since 2 March. Instead of clearing the growing backlog of goods, Israeli authorities […]
