SIX MONTHS OF WAR
CHILDREN IN GAZA
HAVE NOWHERE ELSE TO FLEE
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In six months of war on Gaza since the 7 October attacks on Israel by Palestinian armed groups, children and families across the Gaza Strip have faced relentless Israeli airstrikes and ground operations. Nowhere is safe and nowhere left untouched.
Almost every child who has managed to survive the past months of bombardment in Gaza is now in the line of fire in Rafah. The lives of more than 1.3 million people, including 610,000 children, hang in the balance, as the Government of Israel prepares to expand its military operations in Rafah.
Since the start of the war in October, families have been forced from their homes further and further south, into smaller and smaller areas, with no guarantee of safety and limited access to the very basics. The majority are now in Rafah, trapped in an area of less than a fifth of Gaza's total land mass, with nowhere left to flee. Families, including young children, are crammed into a mere 62 sq km, sleeping in makeshift tents or in the open air due to the scarcity of shelter. But with threats of military expansion into an already precarious area of Gaza, children and their families could face the deadliest and most destructive chapter of this conflict yet.
Nearly all children in Gaza are at imminent risk of famine. Everyone in Gaza is now at risk of famine and facing crisis levels of food insecurity or worse.
Please donate today to children in crisis in Gaza and around the world, where the needs are the biggest and most urgent.
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our response: DONATE NOW TO THE CHILD EMERGENCY FUND
Amidst extremely challenging conditions, Save the Children staff and partners have been working around the clock to support the most vulnerable children and families. We have the experience to limit the effects of disasters on children's lives - and our Child Emergency Fund is the key to unlocking this expertise. Thanks to your support, we can help millions of children in their darkest hour. Please give now to our Child Emergency Fund today.
With your support, we’ve helped more than 377,400 people across the region, including more than 323,200 people in Gaza, over the past six months. Together with our partners, we have:
1. Provided 7,900 food baskets, helping more than 50,000 people.
2. Distributed 93,000 water bottles with 600,000 litres of clean drinking water.
3. Distributed 1,416 shelter kits with tarpaulin and ropes, and 3,050 bedding kits with mattresses and warm blankets.
4. Distributed 60,000 hygiene and menstrual kits, and 200 baby kits with essentials like nappies.
5. Distributed around 1,910 recreational kits with toys and games.
6. Supported over 50,000 families with cash assistance – we are one of the largest providers of cash in Gaza.
7. Provided 1,000 first aid kits and conducted hygiene awareness sessions for families.
8. Delivered more than 170 assistive devices to support children with disabilities and injuries.
9. Provided psychosocial support for more than 11,000 children in 13 shelters in northern Gaza.
Response in the West Bank: We’ve also supported more than 14,600 people, including 8,900 children, in the West Bank, where families are experiencing an increase in settler violence. We’ve provided more than 55 families with emergency cash. And we’ve run child protection and recreational activities.
Response in Egypt: So far, we have procured more than 684,000 litres of water, 5,000 food parcels and 3,000 baby kits, as well as shelter and hygiene kits. We’ve also sent experts from our Emergency Health Unit to help manage the complexity of procuring, transporting and distributing medical supplies in Gaza. Thanks to our partnership with Community Jameel, we’re supporting medical evacuees arriving in Egypt from Gaza. This includes providing medical equipment and training first responders in ambulances to care for newborn and premature babies who have specific medical needs.
Response in Lebanon: Over the past six months, 39,000 people, including 15,000 children, who have been displaced by escalating violence and are now living in shelters and with host families. We’ve provided clean water, food, learning materials, hygiene and cleaning products, mattresses, pillows and blankets, as well as some mental health support.
WHat can we do with your donation?
Our teams in oPt and across the region are ready to provide more lifesaving support as soon as it’s possible to do so. This is only possible with support from donors like you. Please give what you can by donating to our Child Emergency Fund. Our Child Emergency Fund is a central pot of funding for emergencies. It gives us the flexibility to respond quickly and wherever the need is greatest. Your donation will allow our response teams to react to emergencies around the world.
Your donation can help us provide emergency aid, shelter, food, and medical care to those affected by the conflict. Save the Children’s team in the occupied Palestinian territory has been working around the clock, prepositioning vital supplies to support people in need, and working to find ways to get assistance into Gaza.
Your gift is urgently needed for these children and their families. Donate now to save the lives of children in crisis.