{"id":305270,"date":"2026-09-24T17:26:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T17:26:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/305270\/"},"modified":"2026-09-24T17:26:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T17:26:12","slug":"uk-announces-88-million-palestinian-aid-package-as-israel-urged-to-end-unacceptable-restrictions-on-gaza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/305270\/","title":{"rendered":"UK announces \u00a388 million Palestinian aid package as Israel urged to end \u2018unacceptable restrictions on Gaza\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians will receive healthcare, clean water and protection under a new \u00a388 million aid package announced by the UK Government.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The package will fund medical consultations, essential mental health care and rehabilitation for children who have sustained blast injuries.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Further funding is dedicated to waste management alongside sanitation and hygiene services.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The package forms part of the \u00a3127 million allocated to Palestine in the UK&#8217;s Official Development Assistance (ODA) budget for 2026\/27.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Benjamin Netanyahu's administration has been told to end its 'unacceptable restrictions on Gaza' (Reuters)\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"641\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/the_independent_577\/096843f39d3268c21cf33f8e10a644fc.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Benjamin Netanyahu&#8217;s administration has been told to end its &#8216;unacceptable restrictions on Gaza&#8217; (Reuters)<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Calling on the Israeli government to lift its &#8220;unacceptable restrictions on <a data-ylk=\"slk:Gaza;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/gaza\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Gaza<\/a>&#8220;, Foreign Secretary <a data-ylk=\"slk:Ed Miliband;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/ed-miliband\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Ed Miliband<\/a> explained the package would deliver &#8220;support to those desperately in need&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The move comes amid a reset in diplomatic ties with <a data-ylk=\"slk:Benjamin Netanyahu;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/benjamin-netanyahu\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Benjamin Netanyahu<\/a>&#8216;s administration, which previously saw the UK ban goods produced in illegal West Bank settlements.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Both <a data-ylk=\"slk:Israel;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/israel\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Israel<\/a> and the US denounced the UK&#8217;s policy, with Israeli foreign minister Gideon Saar announcing retaliatory steps including the closure of the UK consulate in Jerusalem and entry bans for 11 MPs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Mr Miliband said: &#8220;It is vital that civilians in Gaza have unhindered access to aid.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;The UK is pledging a major new package of aid to provide much needed healthcare support to those desperately in need.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;We urge the government of Israel to listen to our call to action and take steps to end its unacceptable restrictions on Gaza.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians will receive healthcare, clean water and protection under a new \u00a388 million aid&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":305271,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[33],"tags":[29309,41,496,37,81902,81903],"class_list":["post-305270","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-israel","tag-aid-package","tag-benjamin-netanyahu","tag-gaza","tag-israel","tag-medical-consultations","tag-official-development-assistance"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@iran\/117327193218685689","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305270","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=305270"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305270\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/305271"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=305270"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=305270"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=305270"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}