The Gaza Strip is facing a dire humanitarian crisis, with escalating hostilities, including bombardment and ground operations, exacerbating acute food insecurity to catastrophic levels. Between November and December 2023, over 90 percent of the population, roughly 2.08 million people, experienced high levels of food insecurity, with over 40 percent in Emergency (Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) Phase 4) and over 15 percent in Catastrophe (IPC Phase 5). In the projected period, between December 8, 2023, and February 7, 2024, the entire population of the Gaza Strip, around 2.2 million people, faces acute food insecurity and is classified in IPC Phase 3 or above (Crisis or worse),

The UK government has proposed an emergency bill to strengthen and enable its plan of sending asylum seekers to Rwanda. The government’s plan however , is facing hurdles and backlash from the MP’s and human rights community.