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War Child Calls for Help to ‘End the Nightmare’ for Children in Gaza and Lebanon.

Five children closely connected to War Child's work in Lebanon have been killed in an Israeli bombardment overnight (26/09/24 – 27/09/24). Two War Child centres in Baalbek have also been completely destroyed.

Jack Savoretti and Katherine Jenkins OBE release NEW single ‘What The Worlds Needs Now is Love’ in aid of War Child.

Overnight, the escalation in Gaza has intensified rapidly. Airstrikes have reached an unprecedented level, virtually all communication lines have been cut off and 125 children have been killed.

We are alarmed by Israel’s call for over a million Palestinians to leave northern Gaza in less than 24 hours. Israel must rescind this order immediately.

Famous faces come together to support World Refugee Day with new Bella Freud t-shirt for War Child.

Celebrities and international security experts join call for British families to be brought home from unlawful detention in Syria.

The box set will be available for Record Store Day on Saturday 22 April. Sean Ono Lennon has signed 9 copies, of which 3 will be auctioned in the UK with proceeds going to War Child.

Marcus Mumford, Anna Calvi and Hozier amongst names set to play a special Turkey + Syria charity fundraiser in London next month.

War Child and Mother highlight the trauma of growing up in conflict zones with the creation of LullaBombs, a re-imagined children’s sleep aid.

War Child, the leading charity for children affected by conflict, is calling for a rapid and significant scale-up of the humanitarian response to earthquake survivors – particularly children - in north-west Syria.

War Child UK have appointed award-winning television, film and theatre actor Gillian Anderson as a charity Ambassador.