Gaza and West Bank Response Log | May 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.
May 31, 2025
Today, our field primary healthcare center in Gaza City hosted wound management, pediatric, internal medicine and noncommunicable disease, and urology clinics, seeing 333 patients.
And at our Khan Younis health center, we held wound management, dermatology, noncommunicable disease, internal medicine and deworming clinics, serving 493 patients.
May 30, 2025
Anera’s latest Humanitarian Access Snapshot (Mar 26–May 28) highlights the deepening crisis across the occupied Palestinian territory. Gaza remains under total siege, with limited aid access and worsening conditions marked by malnutrition, illness, and displacement. In the West Bank, military raids, demolitions, and forced displacements continue to escalate. The snapshot calls for urgent, large-scale humanitarian action.
With support from Americares, our mother and child clinics continued operations on May 24 – 29, providing essential health and nutrition services to 509 individuals, including maternal health, pediatric care, general medicine, awareness sessions on chickenpox and scabies, mental health and psychosocial support, and breastfeeding. We identify five people with severe acute malnutrition, 30 people with moderate acute malnutrition, and 68 women with malnutrition. We also distributed 4,714 therapeutic and supplementary nutritional items to malnourished people.
As of yesterday, we began relocating the Deir Al Balah field primary healthcare center to the western part of the city. The move is designed to increase access for more residents and improve the overall quality of services offered. The new location will allow us to expand the range of care with the planned addition of urology, physiotherapy and psychological therapy services.
May 29, 2025
Despite ongoing bombardments and mounting insecurity in Gaza City, Anera teams continued distributing clean water to displaced families. On this day, they delivered 8,000 liters of potable drinking water. As shared via WhatsApp, “We continued potable water distribution despite all the challenges.” The work took place under difficult conditions following a deadly airstrike in the north earlier that day.
The Gaza City healthcare center treated 263 patients and the Americares mother and child clinic reached another 137.
Rumors of a possible ceasefire have spread across Gaza. Though many met the news with skepticism, it brought a sliver of hope. One staff member shared in a WhatsApp message, “We have nothing left to lose but our hope. And even that is hanging by a thread.”
Along with our Gaza response, Anera distributed approximately 8,000 medical treatments across the southern West Bank, with a particular focus on recipients in Hebron, including the H2 area. Treatments included oral antidiabetics, antihypertensives, antibiotics and painkillers. Despite challenges such as closures, movement restrictions and overlapping holidays (Eid al-Fitr, Easter and Jewish holidays), Anera teams successfully reached vulnerable communities. With this latest delivery, more than 100,000 treatments have been distributed throughout the West Bank during April and May.
May 28, 2025
Medical staff at the Gaza City healthcare center and the AmeriCares Mother & Child clinic treated 261 and 181 patients respectively. Health awareness sessions on chickenpox and scabies began in response to rising cases. Field assessments showed that approximately 37% of skin conditions were linked to psychological stress.
May 27, 2025
The Gaza City healthcare center treated 371 patients while the AmeriCares Mother & Child clinic served 191. Stress-induced dermatological conditions were especially common among displaced children and women living in unsanitary conditions.
May 26, 2025
A major milestone was reached: a solar energy system was installed at the Gaza City healthcare center to help ensure continuity of care as fuel and electricity remained scarce.
May 25, 2025
In coordination with PRCS, Anera provided around 3,000 medical treatments to Palestinian pilgrims crossing the Allenby Bridge at the start of the pilgrimage season. After health check-ups were conducted, essential medicines—including antibiotics, anti-diabetic medications, antihypertensives and pain relievers—were distributed to ensure safe travel and health stability during the journey.
Today we received photos from our psychosocial support activities in Khan Younis and central Gaza during May.
May 24, 2025
An Anera staff member shared via WhatsApp that seven relatives were killed in an Israeli airstrike.
May 23, 2025
The Khan Younis field primary healthcare center treated 1,724 patients over the past five days. Most cases involved ear, nose and throat infections, dermatological conditions and wounds caused or worsened by poor hygiene conditions in overcrowded shelters.
May 22, 2025
The AmeriCares Mother & Child clinic treated 254 patients. Malnutrition cases continued to rise: 28 children and 64 women were diagnosed with moderate acute malnutrition or severe acute malnutrition.
A total of 3,600 nutritional items were distributed to families. Staff warn that without consistent access to food and supplements, health conditions will worsen.
May 21, 2025
The AmeriCares Mother & Child clinic reached 311 patients with pediatric and maternal health services. Twenty-three children were diagnosed with moderate or severe acute malnutrition and 26 women were found to have moderate to severe nutrient deficiencies. Staff distributed 1,264 therapeutic nutrition items, including Ajwa date energy balls produced locally.
May 20, 2025
The Gaza City healthcare center treated 281 patients, with most cases involving wound care, dermatology and general surgery. At the Deir Al Balah field primary healthcare center, 308 patients were seen, including 28 women and 43 children. Six infant circumcisions were provided.
May 19, 2025
The Gaza City healthcare center treated 342 patients, primarily for surgical needs, skin conditions and untreated wounds. At the Deir Al Balah field primary healthcare center, 253 patients were served, including 53 children and 18 women. Two infant circumcisions were conducted.
May 18, 2025
The Deir Al Balah field primary healthcare center treated 154 patients, including 20 infants and 28 women. Four infant circumcisions were provided.
May 17, 2025
In response to a mass wave of displacement from northern Gaza to the west of Gaza City, Anera distributed 100 cubic meters (100,000 liters) of clean drinking water to families who arrived with nothing—not even a bottle of water—amid high heat. “People left everything behind,” one team member shared in a WhatsApp message. “Providing clean water today made a real difference.” The need, they reported, continued to rise sharply.
The Khan Younis field primary healthcare center treated 942 patients over two days, addressing cases related to ear, nose and throat, dermatology, orthopedics and general medicine.
In Gaza City, staff visited the Al-Azhar University shelter and distributed 1,200 date-filled biscuits to children. “It brought a smile to the children’s faces,” one team member shared via WhatsApp.
May 16, 2025
No activities reported.
May 15, 2025
The Gaza City healthcare center completed its fourth consecutive day of operations, treating 924 patients across pediatrics, dermatology, gynecology, wound care and mental health.
Staff were devastated to learn that a physician with Anera’s partner Juzoor was killed in an Israeli airstrike along with his family.
May 14, 2025
Israeli forces issued new evacuation orders in southern Gaza City, targeting parts of Al-Rimal. Though Anera’s office remained just outside the designated zone, the risk was real. In the north, Tal al-Zaatar came under heavy bombardment. “No aid has entered Gaza in 75 days,” a staff member wrote in a WhatsApp message. “We are out of words.”
How do you help when there’s nothing left to give? With high energy biscuits and lipid-based nutrient supplements no longer available as the siege grinds into a third month, our health and nutrition staff are getting creative to find ways to continue supporting children and pregnant and nursing women even as supplies are exhausted. Working with a shared urgency, our multidisciplinary team sought an alternative with ingredients still at hand – and hit upon utilizing date paste to make date balls. Crafted by our nutritional experts, the sweet morsels provide an alternative form of nutritional support. Today we prepared and served 500 plates of the date balls to 214 children, pregnant women and mothers of infants. Each portion provides approximately 420 calories, including 115 grams of carbohydrates, and a rich supply of natural sugars, fiber, potassium, magnesium, and iron. Our team is determined to demonstrate that even when traditional relief supplies are exhausted and scarcity becomes pervasive, our commitment to reaching the most vulnerable continues.
And in Khan Younis, our field primary healthcare center hosted wound management, general surgery, dermatology, gynecology, and on-site and shelter-visit physiotherapy clinics, seeing 407 patients. Yesterday, the center operated wound management; ear, nose and throat; internal medicine; deworming; nutrition; noncommunicable disease; and physiotherapy shelter visit clinics, serving 381 patients.
May 13, 2025
With support from a private family foundation, we made and distributed date pastries to children today.
In Deir Al Balah, through these first 13 days of the month of May our field primary healthcare center hosted wound management; pediatric; gynecology and obstetric; dermatology; internal medicine and noncommunicable disease; ear, nose and throat; orthopedic; therapeutic nutrition; and general surgery clinics, providing treatment to 1,689 patients.
May 12, 2025
In the last three days, we have provided 2,024 families in Qarara area, Mawasi, Khan Younis with parcels containing yeast and salt. These items are the only food items left in the World Food Programme warehouses. We no longer have cooking oil to distribute. Many people expressed frustration to us that only yeast and salt remain. We await the urgently-needed reopening of the crossings to allow us to resume distributing proper food parcels to mitigate the collective hunger and starvation.
And at our mother and child health clinics, supported by Americares, we continue to provide maternal health, pediatric and general medical services, seeing 285 patients since Saturday. In response to rising demand, we also introduced breastfeeding counseling and mental health and psychosocial support for children and pregnant and nursing women. We diagnosed seven children with moderate acute malnutrition and 32 women with malnutrition. We also distributed 1,675 feeding and therapeutic nutritional items. The new mental health and breastfeeding counseling services enhance our integrated approach to maternal and child health, ensuring that both physical and emotional well-being are addressed in a safe and supportive environment.
And we are very pleased to have successfully retrieved critical zero-stock medications today from our medical aid distribution center. Despite the extreme danger due to ongoing military operations, we made the trip to the center to access our remaining supply of medications, enabling us to continuing treating our patients. This mission was risky, but we were driven by the urgent needs of our patients and our duty to save lives.
May 11, 2025
Today, our field primary healthcare center in Khan Younis hosted wound management, laser therapy, urology, physiotherapy (including tent visits to patients at their place of shelter), and nutrition clinics, serving 200 patients. And yesterday, we hosted wound management, dermatology, internal medicine, deworming, noncommunicable disease, and shelter-visit physiotherapy clinics, seeing 501 patients.
And in Gaza City on just its second day of operations, our field primary healthcare center hosted wound management; orthopedic; general surgery; and ear, nose, and throat clinics, serving 187 patients.
Today, with support from Dubai Cares, Anera’s team in the south of Gaza distributed 39,626 gallons [150,000 liters or 150 cubic meters] of potable water to 50,000 people and 1,800 hot meals, helping to feed 5,400 people.
May 10, 2025
Today, we have opened the Gaza City branch of our field primary healthcare centers. In our first day of operations at the new center we hosted wound management, internal medicine, pediatric, and urology clinics, seeing 133 patients.
With support from a private family foundation, Women Can participants have baked pastries which we have distributed to malnourished children at the Friends of the Patient Hospital.
Today, with support from Dubai Cares, Anera’s team in the south of Gaza distributed 36,192 gallons [137,000 liters or 137 cubic meters] of potable water to 43,333 people and 1,800 hot meals, helping to feed 5,400 people. The team in the north distributed 23,776 gallons [90,000 liters or 90 cubic meters] of water to 30,000 people.
May 9, 2025
No activities reported.
May 8, 2025
Today, with support from Dubai Cares, we distributed 34,342 gallons [130,000 liters or 130 cubic meters] of potable water to 43,333 people in the south of Gaza and 5,400 hot meals. And we distributed 23,776 gallons [90,000 liters or 90 cubic meters] of water to 30,000 people in the north.
May 7, 2025
With support from the World Food Programme, yesterday and today we distributed cooking ingredients to 3,494 families in the Qarara area of Mawasi, Khan Younis. The parcels contain only yeast, salt and cooking oil — the last remaining items in the World Food Programme’s stores.
Today, with support from Dubai Cares, we distributed 44,909 gallons [170 cubic meters] of potable water to 56,667 people in the south of Gaza and 5,562 hot meals. And in the north we distributed 21,134 gallons [80,000 liters or 80 cubic meters] of water to 26,667 people.
May 6, 2025
Yesterday, our World Food Programme-supported food assistance continued distributing remaining food stuffs in the Qarara area in Mawasi, Khan Younis. This was the second day of distributing yeast, salt and cooking oil to 1,185 families. These parcels lack flour or any other grain. However, the ingredients are still valuable as families can use them to prepare any remaining flour that they have.
”This is a very valuable parcel in such difficult times,” one recipient told us. “Oh my God, cooking oil — and five kilos of it [approximately five liters]. I am so happy,” another said. Others told us that the yeast is good but they need flour. Our program teams continue to communicate to recipients that these are the only remaining food items we have left as the total siege has endured now for 66 days.
Our health clinics continue to operate. Over the last three days, our Americares-supported mobile clinic has provided critical health and nutrition services to displaced families with very limited access to healthcare, seeing 439 people, including maternal and pediatric health services. We diagnosed one child with severe acute malnutrition, 15 children with moderate acute malnutrition and 46 women with malnutrition. These cases of malnutrition reflect an alarming rise in malnutrition and represent a clear sign that starvation has already taken hold among displaced families. We distributed 2,964 feeding and therapeutic nutritional items.
Today, with support from Dubai Cares, we distributed 36,984 gallons [140,000 liters or 140 cubic meters] of potable water to 46,667 people in the south of Gaza and 1,800 hot meals, helping to feed 5,400 people. In the north, we distributed 21,134 gallons [80,000 liters or 80 cubic meters] of water to 26,667 people.
May 5, 2025
We continue work on our Gaza City field primary healthcare center to prepare the space to open to patients.
Also today, we continued delivery hot meals prepared by our community kitchens to displaced families in southern Gaza.
With support from Dubai Cares, we distributed 42,268 gallons [160,000 or 160 cubic meters] of potable water to 53,333 people in the south of Gaza and 5,460 hot meals. We also distributed 200 jerrycans and 600 boxes of soap, with support from UNICEF. In the north, we distributed 18,492 gallons [70,000 liters or 70 cubic meters] of water to 23,330 people.
May 4, 2025
Today, our field primary healthcare center in Khan Younis operated wound management, urology, orthopedic, nutritional, physiotherapy, and laser therapy clinics, seeing 258 patients. Yesterday, we hosted wound management, internal medicine, dermatology, deworming, noncommunicable disease, and physiotherapy visits to patients in their places of shelter, seeing 510 patients.
Also today, our World Food Programme-supported food distribution project continued in Qarara area of Mawasi, Khan Younis. We provided yeast, cooking oil and salt to 830 families. The current market price in Gaza of each parcel of these basic food items is $278 — an astronomical sum. The items in these food assistance parcels are nutritionally unbalanced and deeply inadequate, but we are distributing all remaining ingredients to provide families with whatever calories are left.
With support from Dubai Cares, we distributed 39,626 gallons [150,000 liters or 150 cubic meters] of potable water to 50,000 people in the south of Gaza and 5,505 hot meals. In the north, we distributed 15,850 gallons [60,000 liters or 60 cubic meters] of water to 20,000 people.
May 3, 2025
Today, with support from Dubai Cares, we distributed 39,626 gallons [150,000 liters or 150 cubic meters] of potable water to 50,000 people in the south of Gaza and 7,410 hot meals. With support from a private family foundation, we distributed 1,200 date cookies (ka’ak) in the north. We also distributed 18,492 gallons [70,000 liters or 70 cubic meters] of water to 23,330 people in the north.
May 2, 2025
No activities reported.
May 1, 2025
Through our mental health and psychosocial support program supported by the READ Foundation, we hosted a session on resilience for parents with 30 mothers participating. The women were able to speak about the difficult situations they are facing, feelings of powerlessness, helplessness and desperation. Sharing such feelings and experiences can help the participants learn from each others and manage the stress.
In the last two days, 853 patients were served through our field primary healthcare center in Khan Younis. Today, we hosted wound management; ear, nose and throat; pediatric; orthopedic; urology; and physiotherapy (including home visit) clinics, seeing 422 patients. And yesterday (April 30), we hosted wound management; general surgery; gynecology; dermatology; and physiotherapy (including home visit) clinics, serving 432 patients. And our work on the new Gaza City healthcare center is nearing completion. Today we added some final touches — we’re almost ready to open our doors!
And over the past two days, the Anera mobile clinic has continued to provide essential health and nutrition services — including maternal healthcare, pediatric care and malnutrition assessments and treatment — to displaced families, serving a total of 369 individuals. We diagnosed five children with moderate acute malnutrition, and 31 women with acute malnutrition. We distributed 4,087 nutritional items.
With support from Dubai Cares, we distributed 39,626 gallons [150,000 liters or 150 cubic meters] of potable water to 50,000 people in the south of Gaza and 7,335 hot meals. And with support from a private family foundation, we distributed 1,200 ka’ak plates in the north.
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