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Recording of press conference to launch the DEC Middle East Humanitarian Appeal. Thursday 17 October 2024 at 11.10.

The DEC, made up of 15 leading UK aid charities, today launched an Appeal to raise urgent funds to end the humanitarian catastrophe in the Middle East.

Saleh Saeed, CEO of the DEC

Madara Hettiarachchi, Director of Programmes and Accountability at the DEC

Nibal Farsakh, Spokesperson for the Palestine Red Crescent

Rachael Cummings, Humanitarian Director, Gaza Save the Children. On leave from Gaza, speaking from the UK

Gheith Bittar, Executive Director of SHIFT, ActionAid’s local partner in Lebanon, speaking from Tripoli.