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As humanitarian organizations operating in Gaza, it is our experience that the humanitarian response in Gaza, including U.S. funded humanitarian assistance, has been consistently and arbitrarily denied, restricted, and impeded by the Israeli authorities.

“As the world grapples with increasing poverty and the eruption of humanitarian crises in nearly every region, Congress’ proposed full-year spending bill attempts to douse these raging fires with a garden hose."

Amidst the backdrop of pressing global challenges, the President’s FY2025 Budget request falls significantly short. In the past 30 days alone, we have witnessed the…

Although the proposed seaport offers advantages over airdrops in terms of cost, volume, safety, and risk of diversion, it remains less effective than facilitating the entry of trucks for on-the-ground aid distribution.

February 29, 2024 Tom Hart, President and CEO of InterAction, the leading alliance of non-governmental organizations and partners in the United States, released the following…

"No amount of humanitarian response will make up for the months of deprivation that families in Gaza have endured. This is our effort to salvage the humanitarian operation so that we can provide, at the very least, the bare essentials: medicine, drinking water, food, and shelter as temperatures plummet."

While not endorsing the bill in its entirety, we appreciate the bipartisan recognition that supplemental humanitarian assistance is necessary and prudent, and we urge all members of Congress to support this funding to address humanitarian needs.

The leaders of InterAction, CARE, International Rescue Committee, Mercy Corps, Norwegian Refugee Council, Oxfam, and Refugees International are calling on donors to restore funds for UNRWA.

“Everyone understands the need for inspections, but things like antibiotics...are causing delay and rejection, and then the whole trucks – not just the items in question – are turned away,” Tom Hart, the CEO of the humanitarian group InterAction, said.