Gaza and West Bank Response Log | June 2025
by Anera
In this log, Anera provides updates on unfolding war in Palestine and our response. In some cases, additional activities may be added retroactively to the daily entries as we receive additional program reporting.
June 19, 2025
Anera is devastated to share the news that our colleague, Mahmoud Rassrass, was killed overnight on June 17, 2025, along with two of his young children, in an Israeli drone strike on their tent in Mawasi, Khan Younis, an area designated by Israel as a “safe zone.” We are mourning the loss of our beloved psychosocial support coordinator.
June 18, 2025
After a five-day pause to our water trucking program due to the lack of fuel, today we were able to secure enough fuel to resume our efforts. We distributed 18,492 gallons (70,000 liters) of potable drinking water to displaced families in North Gaza today.
June 17, 2025
Our activity reports for today are pending.
June 16, 2025
Today, our Khan Younis field primary healthcare center hosted wound management, pediatric, general surgery, gynecology and obstetrics, shelter-visit physiotherapy, laser therapy, and psychiatry clinics, seeing 491 patients.
And our Deir Al Balah field primary healthcare center hosted wound management; dermatology; orthopedic; ear, nose, and throat; and physiotherapy clinics, seeing 375 patients.
June 15, 2025
The gynecologist at our at our mother and child health clinic reports that some women are refusing to take the multivitamins prescribed for them. They tell us: “When we take vitamins, we feel hungry and need to eat. But we have no food to quiet our stomachs. So please, let us keep this fake feeling of fullness.”
At our mother and child health clinics, from June 1 through today we distributed 25,2118 boxes of therapeutic food to 1,059 children to mitigate malnutrition (the pouches are known as ready-to-use complementary food — a nutrient dense food specially formulated to prevent chronic malnutrition in very young children. We also distributed 251 boxes of lipid-based nutritional supplements to 5,020 children.
These food supplies are made possible with support from UNICEF. These supplements are designed for emergency interventions to prevent malnutrition. In the absence of whole foods in Gaza, the supplements are now being distributed by humanitarian workers so that children have something to eat.
And at our field primary healthcare center in Gaza City, from June 3 to June 15 we operated wound management; pediatric; internal medicine and noncommunicable disease; urology; ear, nose and throat; orthopedic; general surgery; psychiatric; gynecology and obstetrics; therapeutic nutrition; dermatology clinics, providing treatment to 2,640 patients.
In Khan Younis, our field primary healthcare center operated wound management; orthopedic; urology; nutrition; physiotherapy; laser therapy; shelter-visit physiotherapy clinics, seeing 306 patients today.
In our field primary healthcare center in Deir Al Balah, we held wound management, nutrition, pediatric, noncommunicable disease, internal medicine, and physiotherapy clinics today, treating 335 patients.
June 14, 2025
Today, our field primary healthcare center in Khan Younis saw a record number of patients, treating 661 people. This is the most people we have received since the clinic first opened over a year ago. Todays clinics included wound management, internal medicine, orthopedic, dermatology, deworming, noncommunicable disease, shelter-visit physiotherapy clinics. Our wound management clinic saw scores of trauma-related injuries sustained while seeking aid at the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation today, due to severe overcrowding and incidents of theft during the distribution process.
We’ve also observed a significant increase in cases of dizziness and loss of balance, particularly among children, which appears to be linked to poor nutrition. We also referred one severe case of dehydration to the hospital today for IV treatment.
And at our field primary healthcare center in Deir Al Balah, we hosted urology, general surgery, obstetrics and gynecology, physiotherapy, and wound management clinics, serving a total of 212 patients.
June 13, 2025
No activities reported today
June 12, 2025
Today, we provided care for 773 patients through our Khan Younis and Deir Al Balah field primary healthcare centers. In Khan Younis, we hosted wound management; pediatric; orthopedic; urology; ear, nose, and throat; and physiotherapy (including shelter visits) clinics, serving 512 patients. In Deir Al Balah, we operated wound management; dermatology; orthopedic; ear, nose, and throat; and physiotherapy clinics, seeing 261 patients.
June 11, 2025
Today marked the second day of operations at our newly reopened field primary healthcare center in Deir Al Balah, where we saw 153 patients at our wound management, general surgery, internal medicine and noncommunicable disease, physiotherapy, and urology clinics.
And at our Khan Younis healthcare center, we saw 433 patients today, through our wound management, dermatology, general surgery, gynecology and obstetrics, and physiotherapy (including shelter visits) clinics.
June 10, 2025
Today a staff member in Gaza shared this bleak, heartfelt message: “Now in Gaza, we are experiencing the worst situation ever. No words can describe the reality we live in — we are hungry for food, safety, dignity, humanity, mercy, sympathy, and justice. What is the world waiting for to end this war? What are we Gazans expected to do in order to survive?”
Today was the first operational day of our newly relocated and rebuilt Deir Al Balah field primary healthcare center, seeing 172 patients at our nutrition, pediatric, gynecology and obstetrics, wound management, physiotherapy, and psychiatry clinics.
And at our Khan Younis field primary healthcare center, we provided care for 496 patients through our wound management; noncommunicable disease; internal medicine; ear, nose, and throat; deworming; nutrition; and shelter-visit physiotherapy clinics.
June 9, 2025
Today, we put the finishing touches on our Deir Al Balah field primary healthcare center and are ready to launch operations tomorrow. Our full team was at the clinic today for orientation and walkthroughs. This new branch will provide specialized services in 13 medical specialties — a big step forward in expanding healthcare access in the area. Tomorrow will be the first official working day at the clinic. Thank you to our dedicated supporters and tireless team in Gaza for making this happen.
Also today, at our Khan Younis healthcare center, we saw 373 patients at our wound management, pediatric, general surgery, gynecology and obstetrics, laser therapy, psychiatric, and shelter-visit physiotherapy clinics.
June 8, 2025
Today, at our Khan Younis field primary healthcare center we saw 253 patients through our wound management, orthopedics, urology, nutrition, physiotherapy (including shelter visits), and laser therapy clinics.
The young man pictured at right was injured in an airstrike on his home in Rafah in March. Following his discharge from the hospital, he sought follow-up care at our clinic. We conducted an assessment and created a treatment plan for him, which is ongoing.
June 7, 2025
No activities reported.
June 6, 2025
No activities reported.
June 5, 2025
No activities reported.
June 4, 2025
Today, our Khan Younis field primary healthcare center hosted wound management, dermatology, general surgery, gynecology and obstetrics, and physiotherapy (including shelter visits) clinics, treating 442 patients.
June 3, 2025
Today, our Khan Younis field primary healthcare center hosted wound management; noncommunicable disease; internal; ear, nose and throat; deworming; nutrition and physiotherapy shelter clinics, seeing 412 patients.
June 2, 2025
Today, our field primary healthcare center in Gaza City hosted wound management, dermatology, gynecology and obstetrics, and urology clinics, seeing 318 patients.
Also today, our Khan Younis field primary healthcare center hosted wound management; pediatric; general surgery; gynecology and obstetric; laser therapy; psychiatric and physiotherapy shelter visit clinics, serving 380 patients.
June 1, 2025
At our Khan Younis field primary healthcare center, today we hosted wound management, orthopedic, urology, physiotherapy, laser therapy, nutrition and home-visit physiotherapy clinics, seeing 234 patients.
In Gaza City, our healthcare center hosted wound management; ear, nose and throat; orthopedic; and general surgery clinics, treating 279 patients.
We are also continuing work to relocate our Deir Al Balah healthcare center. We expect to reopen the center next week.
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