Ms Finola Finnan:

In terms of humanitarians and aid workers, our role is to provide impartial and principled humanitarian assistance to everyone in need. It is important that we continue to do that and that aid is available to the citizens of Gaza, the West Bank and elsewhere in Syria, which are subject to this awful suffering. That is what we do every day and what we will continue to do. We will call for the right assistance to make sure that people lead some life of dignity and that their suffering is eased. That is critically important.

It is also important that we look at the structural drivers behind all crises, whether that is climate or conflict. As humanitarian and development workers, we do that. We talk about the reasons people are condemned to lives of poverty and suffering. The structural drivers of inequality are important to address, alongside the humanitarian assistance.