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Mehmet Nasir Duran, 67, sits on a chair as heavy machines remove debris from a building where five of his family members are trapped in Nurdagi, southeastern Turkey, Thursday, February 9, 2023
AN APPEAL to help earthquake victims in Turkey and Syria has raised over £30 million in its first day, as aid workers called on the public to donate.
The appeal by several aid agencies including the British Red Cross, Oxfam and ActionAid, launched by the Disasters Emergency Committee went live on Thursday night.
DEC said the British public had donated £27.9m so far. The government had pledged to match the first £5m of donations, taking the total to £32.9m.
The catastrophe unfolding in Gaza – where Palestinians are freezing to death in tents – is not a natural disaster but a calculated outcome of Israel’s ongoing blockade, aid restrictions and continued violence, argues CLAUDIA WEBBE
SWEE ANG, the founder of Medical Aid for Palestinians, is a big believer in the power of small actions, and she is the living proof it works, writes Linda Pentz Gunter
Gaza Humanitarian Foundation's aid distribution points are sites of ‘orchestrated killing and dehumanisation’ that must be shut down, MSF says in new report