United Nations to launch $2.8bn aid appeal for Gaza | BBC News

The United Nations is launching a $2.8bn appeal to provide aid to the Palestinian population in Gaza.
Meanwhile, the US and EU say they are looking at imposing further sanctions on Iran, after its attack on Israel.
It's as the UK foreign secretary Lord Cameron has urged Israel to do "as little as possible to escalate" tensions in the Middle East, ahead of talks with PM Benjamin Netanyahu.
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[@Aikohitoshi]

Waste of money. None of it will reach anyone in need.

[@user-ir1pw4sf3v]

Exactly and a fact.

[@memeisticdan4135]

Any proof of your assertions?

[@ayantahir3027]

Better safe than sorry

[@MattWaller04]

@@ayantahir3027what exactly is "better safe than sorry"?

[@user-nl9rp2hi2g]

@@memeisticdan4135 where have you been the last 80!yrs ? Any proof 😂😂😂

[@geoffbirchall7552]

That money will pass through many hands before a few pennies will be gestured to the vulnerable population!

[@YosefPreston]

the hands of hamas

[@geoffbirchall7552]

@@YosefPreston no the hands of Is rail.

[@sngray11]

@@geoffbirchall755290% of the funds are going directly to Gaza, but since Hamas and other groups procure a majority of the supplies, funds, etc. the result will still be the same. The civilians in dire need will sadly only see pennies on the dollar. 💔

[@samcarpio991]

​@@geoffbirchall7552israel no need money this country is the one rich country in europe or middle east pacific

[@glynnsmith4560]

which also explains why our weapons are so much more expensive than Iran's.

[@D.Rahnaward]

from 2.8bn aid for Gaza 2.7 bn will be lost in private pockets of the once involved in organizing and delivering.

[@sammynyc7921]

So you support the genocide? That says a lot about humanity. Not only Palestinians are robbed of their land, slaughtered and treated like animals on daily basis for 75 years, Israel operating basically as an extension of western colonial regime in the region. Come on

[@estherzhu8413]

Hamas , what a professional beggar gang!

[@swisscottagecleanairaction]

Cameron has no democratic mandate to speak for anyone.

[@bgg-jp5ei]

Lord Scamandrun is a phallicy

[@karansuri1576]

This money will go straight to qatar. In the hands of Hamas leaders.

[@TheUncarvedBlock]

2.8 billion? That should last about a week.

[@AAZer0]

This made me laugh because it’s so true 😂

[@mac7040]

And the rate Hamas buys rockets and bullets I would say less than that

[@abtinnavid6903]

One day!

[@Militaryfreak92]

The UN has more to do end the ongoing escalation and the human suffering Gaza.

[@CattyWampus_OFG]

But 500,000 dead in Ukraine is fine with you.. 33,000 dead in Gaza Not seeing you're care for human life

[@Titus9508]

@@CattyWampus_OFG Ukraine isn't spending a fortune lobbying British politicians and taking 'friend of' organisations on all expenses paid holidays. Just that insidious act puts Israel and it's actions foremost in Parliaments mind and ensure they buy vocal support.

[@mac7040]

No one cared about the 37700 dead in Yemen either but I guess when Muslims are doing the killing it is not genocide ?

[@JeffEbe-te2xs]

The UN funds Hammas and participated in the oct7 attack

[@mac7040]

Wow comments are getting deleted here any facts about the religion of peace cannot be mentioned of course

[@ButterflyG673]

Why isn’t middle eastern countries aka Muslim countries helping them out instead 🙄🙄

[@abubakarasim3103]

So they can grab their land.. Funny

[@EmmanuelTume-hb4um]

Hypocrisy of the west

[@soufianeahmed616]

Don't worry all money from the middle east ,they give taxes a lot of money to united states for protect them from iran

[@jonnyh9388]

@@EmmanuelTume-hb4um What? The evil West, who have been primarily funding UNRWA since its establishment? lol

[@nvmtt1403]

helping them how? yemen,iran and lebanon are actively fighting. Jordan is supplying food and medicine. syria is fighting it's own civil war. egypt and saudi arabia are israeli allies. Who does that leave out?

[@Funnyclip215]

Let’s hope WW3 never happens. Why don’t we learn from our mistakes

[@paul7TM]

​@ShimmyShake-tm4gqThe Great War as it was still known to those who lived through it. WW1. Apparently it was on September 10 1945 President Truman signed a letter where it was formally known as WW2. If we are in WW3...who with exactly. I still say the real war will most likely start in the South China Sea.

[@paul7TM]

Yeah...WW1 was known as the Great War for those who lived through it. WW2 was officially named that on September 10 1945 in a letter to President Truman. As for WW3....who with exactly.

[@paul7TM]

Russia China Iran. Won't end well for anyone.

[@paul7TM]

​@ShimmyShake-tm4gqYorkshire. And I've lived through wars. I was in the army.

[@KJVreaderFromINDIA]

WW3 will not be just western powers (European, ,North America, Austraia etc. ,and Japan) post colonial period, post cold war..geopolitics have changed drastically, there would be more players.perhaps sanctions would only backfire.The WW3 WILL BE A WORLD WAR IN THE REAL SENSE.

[@glories2276]

Ya , and Hamas will use to make weapons if not supervised as before !

[@hyderally8045]

So why not show the same energy towards the occupation, apartheid, and terrorism?

[@IanLockerbie]

@@hyderally8045 Are you trying to say Hamas are not terrorists?

[@kevindornan1795]

​@@IanLockerbieisreal are the terrorists

[@shad118]

​@@IanLockerbiefreedom fighter or terrorist depends on the narrative

[@edwardkantowicz4707]

Stop giving them money.

[@sks4728]

The money will go to somewhere else and everyone knows that

[@bb3585]

They shouldn't get a dime from anyone.

[@fbb2489]

Money should go to you and me. We can enjoy alcohol together with this money.

[@denkendannhandeln]

Especially not money from western countries. Why should we Kufar pay them?? Like why???

[@emilygooner9697]

@@fbb2489that would be better than wasting the money

[@hyderally8045]

Spoken like a true heartless lowlife villian

[@PerceivedREALITY999]

We must not be silent while witnessing injustice. Humanitarian aid trucks must be allowed into Gaza.

[@jeanclaudejunior]

@PerceivedREALITY999 Shut up NOW

[@JousungKim-ji6hz]

“North Korea, China, Russia, Iran ‘strong alliance’… could lead to a dangerous situation”

[@jackbarhillel1065]

So what's your point? China won't enter any war, they're too smart for that. They'll keep their 2 BILLION population intact and when the war's finished they'll rise among devastated nations.

[@pessi6185]

All of them promote a Multipolar World. The West wants to continue with an Imperialist Unipolar World with American Hegemony at the forefront beating down the Global South. The Multipolar World is clearly the path for peace & prosperity.

[@sngray11]

It already is…

[@kurtwicklund8901]

Except there is no alliance tying these four together. They are interested in cooperation at the moment is all.

[@IMOLDIN]

Youve not a clue at all

[@allamtuvlog]

Why sanctions only for Iran? Why sanctions not for Israel? Every country mush have right to manufacture weapons

[@coffeelink943]

Because Israel is the most reliable puppet for the west to use for Middle East operations

[@claudiaxander]

Because Iran kills women for showing their hair etc. and that's the least of it!

[@jimorr5580]

This what happens when the conservative and Labour have friends of Israel giving them cash

[@nuttsmasher9252]

Wow, a theocratic dictatorship crying about rights? Why don't you give the iranian people basic rights before throwing a tantrum about your nuclear arsenal?

[@jimorr5580]

@@nuttsmasher9252How about Apartheid Israel stops running a Apartheid regime

[@RJ-ql6ff]

The appeal is for hamas leaders to increase their $billions, not palestinians

[@stuartcathcart5525]

How many rockets will Hamas buy with that?

[@hyderally8045]

They're homemade.

[@antr9337]

Waste of money. Better to give it to the people in sudan

[@RandomNooby]

Haiti, and Glasgow first...

[@davidc3850]

Spend it on Britain's homeless.

[@JeffEbe-te2xs]

Won’t even make it there

[@markfox2043]

​@@RandomNoobyPort Glasgow first ey, then into Glasgow, big job. Great people of Scotland, wild.

[@Patrica84]

Leave Palestinians live in peace for God’s sake!

[@YosefPreston]

if they would stop attacking israel, israel would want nothing more!

[@williamcoulter5462]

Yes do not give them more money to buy arms to start wars just say no to aid collectors as shown Hamas are the main benefactors with their excusive apartments for their leaders and safes stacked full of cash so let them support themselves with the cash they already have.

[@ozarkliving7263]

Palestinians should have prevented Hamas instead of the majority fully supporting their demonic behavior

[@PrivateWalker]

Since when have they ever wanted this 'peace'?

[@Patrica84]

@@PrivateWalker They have been living there for generations, they have the right to live in peace in their home, and no settlers should be allowed to steal from them.

[@happinessinheart5340]

The UN should collect that money from Hamas leaders living in Qatar. They are billionaires living off AID money. They siphoned off the AID funds.

[@hyderally8045]

Source?

[@NOT.MI5.MI6.]

​@@hyderally8045 🍅

[@hyderally8045]

@NOT.MI5.MI6. 5:47 😮😮 go hype

[@NOT.MI5.MI6.]

@@hyderally8045 go cry 😢🤣

[@roniebautista5640]

😂😂😂 shame on this double standard countries, your credibility falls downward, Shame on all of u!!!

[@danielsowe143]

hypocrites double standard

[@GazeBo-in1in]

Now Iran is waiting for a reply from Israel if they dare😂😂

[@chrisdobbing3403]

I feel that, very little money will get to the right people because the U.N. of today are bent, like the W.H.O. and the W.E.F. I fear hamas will get hold of the money/food..

[@bubullibooooo9928]

Istaeli propoganda

[@memeisticdan4135]

Can you please give evidence to back up your accusations

[@flux4flux]

They are living like that from day one. What a waste

[@NOT.MI5.MI6.]

5:47 The more you look at this it's a mirror of 1938 Germany Adolf and the salutes 😮

[@IshayBen92]

the people there are miserable, the women's Hijab protest there only showed how oppressed the citizens are.

[@Niranna-rg7bj]

Absolutely right. The level of hatred of and for Jews is extreme and the Ayatollah is very similar to Hitler in this and other respects with Iran having a similar imperialist and expansionist policy.

[@user-kj5bf9rm9d]

​@@Niranna-rg7bjyour brain has an expansionist policy 😂😂😂😂

[@Laythh]

Last I checked he didn't kill 40,000+ people within 6 months. I know another country that did though....

[@memeisticdan4135]

​@@Niranna-rg7bjdoes he have a little mustache too?

[@firemasterx23]

2.1 billion dollars? after the poltician take their cut. gaza will get 2 dollars

[@bgg-jp5ei]

Poluticians? You mean the billionaire hamas leaders I presume

[@hyderally8045]

​@bgg-jp5ei majority of it is stolen by occupiers in the form of commission.

[@davidcooks2379]

Uti possedetis juris. International law. All former British Mandate for Palestine is Israel sovereign territory. The 1949 armistice agreement clearly says the "green line" is an arbitrary armistice line that cannot prejudice the sovereign borders. Nothing to dispute here. Everyone saying Israeli settlements are illegal are just making a political statement that has nothing to do with the international law

[@veeseevilla]

So Iran became a another Afghanistan 😂😂😂😂.

[@NatureWonders709]

Now dancing parties in Gaza,Muslim countries like oct 7,sep 11😂😂why?

[@hyderally8045]

Learn to spell

[@aaronsmith6022]

Palestine’s GDP is $19.1 billion. $2.8 billion for an aid package? The maths aren’t mathing.

[@NOT.MI5.MI6.]

5:47 old Adolfs back 😮 he loved his rallys also

[@Godwins.]

UN launder more money NCSWIC NOTHING

[@brodanate]

Exactly, professional money laundrers.

[@fruitbat1212]

What about the millions suffering in Sudan and Yemen ?????

[@denkendannhandeln]

No interest if we can not blame Jews.

[@IMOLDIN]

12,300 youngsters have died in the enclave in the last four months + 5000 embryos...Life is sacred children are innocent...

[@Rs73Rs]

Is the BBC not reporting on the children blown up by two missile attacks in a playground in Gaza?

[@khas8049]

leave those people alone, nobody needs your damn penny.

[@teachbd3664]

Is it help for Gaza or destroyed?

[@emilywyatt9340]

It's funding for Hamas leaders who will steal it.

[@patsonzgambo9672]

why isnt the thumbnail showing the current state of destruction in gaza

[@SlimjimMK11]

WHY???

[@kurtwicklund8901]

Because it doesn't.

[@SlimjimMK11]

@@kurtwicklund8901 So obvious.. I think he not very bright.. LMAO

[@WynonaRoder]

This newscaster asked the best questions - they revealed her bias and gave the interviewee the higher ground.

[@MyUniqueVibe]

And people claim ISLR is not an @prthd state, lol.

[@RJ-ql6ff]

How can Israel be apartheid when 20%is arab with equal rights as all Israelis. Mahmoud Abbas, president of Palestinian Authority, was formerly an Israeli MK (Israeli parliament).

[@MyUniqueVibe]

@@RJ-ql6ff Well, let's just forget about the 3 million P's in the West Bank who don't have Isrl citizenship, but are esstionally governed by Isrl's military. Let's just forget about the segregation of roads and towns based on Religion. P's who are not I's are tried in military courts while settlers living illegally on P's land are tried in civil courts. This is a religious @prthd, lol. J's have more rights than non-J's in IsrL. Remember that in 2018, Isrl passed a law stating that only J's have the right to self-determination in ISRL, not Muslims, nor Christians. Now reply to me and tell me it's not aparthd. I dare you to reply. Hell, I give you permission.

[@grahambell4298]

Because it isn't idiot.

[@rollyherrera623]

You don't reward kidnappers..

[@metomelardyazz1933]

How many billions did it cost for all the tunnels and infrastructure to be built that could have gone to the people of Gaza, even that's all been destroyed now.

[@rezaburapa3263]

What about the mass graves found in Gaza today ? Why not mention it BBC NEWS ?

[@marcusdosh408]

UN says aid thats getting into gaza hasnt changed

[@Jules-ll2ij]

Have they learned nothing, I hope they will ensure the money goes towards the people of Gaza and not the greedy politicians….😮

[@rebirthofthecool5619]

What the f are we wasting more money for? Arming the enemy.

[@hyderally8045]

Don't worry, it's covert money to isteal

[@Soulchkra]

Never finding this fallacy. The world is recovering from Covid and we have OUR families and friends to think about

[@MaryMclare-sp6vx]

David Cameron is not the answer. They will all be getting their cut from the money 😢

[@t1nk3rtail0r]

talk, talk ,talk.....while people die. One wonders what would be the UK's stance if this genocide was happening to them. Keep talking?

[@hyderally8045]

UK itself once carried out countless genocide and massacres

[@enzodragone9275]

This video is really clear and interesting... We can better understand the reasons for the current tensions in the Middle East.

[@johnaddidi3812]

That’s basically covert aid to Israel

[@ionit8783]

40 thousand innocent Gazan's victims of a ongoing genocide. Any sanctions for Israel? It's a strange cruel cruel world we live in.

[@AliScobbie]

Nice to have David Cameron back in charge🙄🤣

[@olorin4317]

I remember when only the worst people saw embassies as military targets.

[@dalecrocker3213]

And the Hamas thugs will have the lot.

[@user-cl1qk9om7l]

And continue living the life of Riley!😅

[@TalibanAtrocities]

They already get billions 🤔

[@MalitoSC]

Isreal right?

[@philipkofitetteh4611]

Nonsense. You look as if not concerned for this destruction and now going to build ? And you turn back to charge heavy payback. Wicked beings

[@muckraker7942]

Plus 10% for the UN Big Guy. And maybe Joes gets a piece of it too, he always gets something.

[@andilemtshe9063]

When you retaliate after you have been attacked ,you get sanctioned 😂😂😂

[@weeroger7048]

Better off not donating anything seems it is a chance for dks like the bbc to make themselves into saints Make it about them and not even about the people dieing

[@richardgreenwood7956]

Waste of money, to support people who have proven that they want only violence.

[@djangoblack9910]

yep.

[@djangoblack9910]

a land where resentment is a practice..pass on through generations..

[@olorin4317]

Aid could get in easily. It is almost like they are collectively punishing 2 million people with intentional famine. But that can’t be right. Wouldn’t want to seem racist for pointing out reality and disagreeing with a regime.

[@desigirlBea]

Isn’t it a war crime to feed the enemies

[@geoffbirchall7552]

Lord Cameron! Good grief! 🙄

[@winstonjohnson9277]

So if Israel attack a country they suppose to stand by on do nothing, I don't understand what going on here.

[@ryanmyer]

Exactly. You don't understand.

[@jefffranklin4894]

What happened to UN peacekeepers, send them in ffs

[@momo81ful]

Where are the sanctions on Israel

[@ankiesiii]

Seems like a measured response from the outside.

[@dorawell4752]

I think people should stop donating, they’re their own problem

[@mindblown42069]

Gaza already received billions and billions in recent years, and hamas spent it on tunnels and rockets.

[@pritom7]

Stop your lies

[@ABanRocks]

Lies. SIsrael get billions and sends it on weapons.

[@will121]

​@@pritom7 So tell us your 'truth' instead.

[@user-ir1pw4sf3v]

Indeed

[@thegirlfromplyos_ru]

​@@pritom7Ye smooth brain.

[@salamazad8361]

The sanction is been valueless due to additional use.

[@user-xu4ij3kg1y]

It's a bit too late for that .

[@dorawell4752]

When will enough be enough where is this money coming from for aid? We can’t babysit Gaza

[@patrickmcardle4771]

2.8 billion? What happened to 10 billion they got already? Are they going to use it for war aswell? Throwing pearls to pigs again. 😂❤❤😅

[@geoffbirchall7552]

Patrick, I hope you are just low grade AI.

[@drivinggames8814]

Stop sending weapons first

[@geoffbirchall7552]

My response was removed because I believe you to be an AI post. Wonder if this response disappears also.

[@brianwheeler8417]

America first, fix our own issues, and then help others, this is ridiculous.

[@nibochung9108]

2.8 billion for ANWAR ????

[@SidneyHeath-bk8od]

Not Israel….. well Israel who’s you Allie now. Tempo

[@dinsb1]

Money will not bring back the lives of children and elderly

[@molkakaminski]

so they can build more tunnels and rockets😂

[@guimaraspc]

Happy Aid Appeal April to everyone!

[@JohnAtkinson-wl2bw]

That money should be given to Israel Not Terrorists.

[@gracerichards592]

Zionist terrorists

[@gracerichards592]

You are Totally brain wash by the corrupt media

[@user-gc8pc3ol6l]

Well said.

[@4legends212]

When commoner do this it’s money laundering, when politicians do this it’s war effort or humanitarian aid , few pennies will reach to ppl rest is in establishment pocket , it amaze me how shamelessly they play this game every time

[@sidneyreid1366]

Over one hundred billion can be allowed for aid for weapons of war in ukraine so why only 2 billion for the starving and dying children in gaza?? This world is mad , god was sorry he made man, now i know why

[@elliottgotaheadache1217]

they may aswell send 200billion, Thats a pretty small amount, UN has unlimited funds.

[@simonwilliams3227]

It's very much needed. Sadly, like the 4.5 billion dollars given to Gaza between 2014-2020, I fear much of it will be siphoned off and will not reach the people who actually need it. There is a reason why some of the leaders of Hamas live in Qatar and not Gaza.

[@amgry5461]

In short, they're the same people that they were 80 years ago they just changed two letters and a primary colour

[@AnthonyTolhurst-dw1nc]

Phillistines must be laughing their heads off!

[@amlissa]

I already know who they are looking to fund it….

[@thomassmith8891]

Who gave you the right to spend the public taxpayers money on other countries.... I want answers to this question as this is not government money to give away.

[@AdmiringBabyPenguin-on6fd]

Nope

[@mickh8231]

UN wants a piece of the pie😂

[@shaheenhussain935]

Double standards !!!!!

[@DearProfessorRF]

If there is one country that needs sanctioning is Israel. G7 influence and significance is rapidly shrinking in the presence of BRICS so it can show it bravado face, but it’s all cosmetic in the long run.

[@electronlibre8027]

What a U Turn . from : “We are with Israel unreservedly” to this !

[@exelr8]

for gaza? who is gaza? 2.8bn going to Hamas and our enemies or our allies and the idf

[@Sunshine-tm3eo]

Sanctions for iran? But not for israel? I feel sick from ur hypocrisy

[@Mohammed_rapper]

A muslim is already sick to believe in imaginary allah

[@foedeer]

Very clear you are ignorant.

[@IshayBen92]

sing the Islamic revolution Iran is creating chaos under the shadows in the Middle East. Israel does the opposite.

[@coffeelink943]

Israel are the only puppet for the west rely on them for Middle East operation. Why would they sanction that?

[@realmccoy69]

what terror groups are israel funding ? 🤫🤫🤫🤫

[@metomelardyazz1933]

Ask about Yasser Arafat's Swiss Bank accounts with the billions given to him to help the people of Palestine. Keep the people desperate and they will keep on following you.