Gaza and West Bank Response Log | April 2025

Today, we received an email from the World Food Programme informing us that their warehouses are now empty of food. During the month of April, with the World Food Programme’s support we provided food assistance to 17,000 families in the Qarara area of Khan Younis, distributing a total of 1,020,000 meals in the form of date bars and cooking oil. That assistance is now ended as the supplies have been exhausted. Nobody knows what will happen next or how families will continue.

In Deir Al Balah, our field primary healthcare center continues providing essential medical services to patients in need. Despite the challenges, our team remain committed to delivering essential healthcare to our community. Since April 22, we’ve operated wound management; pediatric; gynecology and obstetric; dermatology; internal medicine; ear, nose and throat; orthopedic; and therapeutic nutrition clinics, providing treatment to 1,268 patients.

With support from Dubai Cares, we distributed 39,626 gallons [150,000 liters] of potable water to 50,000 people in the south of Gaza and 7,440 hot meals. And in the north, we distributed 10,567 gallons [40,000 liters] of water to 13,333 people.

Today, at our field primary healthcare center in Khan Younis we operated wound management, laser therapy, gynecology, pediatric, general surgery, psychiatric, and home visit physiotherapy clinics, seeing 360 patients.

Today and yesterday, our Americares-supported mother and child health clinics continued to provide critical general, maternal and pediatric health and nutrition services to displaced families, seeing 374 people.

We diagnosed one child with severe acute malnutrition, six kids with moderate acute malnutrition and 29 women with malnutrition. We distributed 3,069 therapeutic nutritional items.

And in the West Bank, thanks to medical donations by International Health Partners and Direct Relief today we delivered 54,131 treatments of antibiotics, allergy, pediatric, and diabetic medications, pain killers and medical supplies to local partners Caritas Jerusalem, and Palestinian Medical Relief Society in northern areas of the West Bank.

Several months ago, we donated around 1,700 insulin treatments to the Yazour Charitable Society in Balata Refugee Camp in Nablus. Diabetic patients have reported that their insulin had been destroyed in the military incursions that have escalated since January. Fortunately, thanks to these medical donations patients have been able to come to the Yazour Center to obtain their life-saving insulin.

Back in Gaza, with support from the World Food Programme our food distributions continued yesterday. We distributed 52,560 meals, in the form of date bars and cooking oil, to 876 displaced families in Al Qarara area Mawasi, Khan Younis.

Yesterday, our Khan Younis field primary healthcare center wound management, laser therapy, nutrition, orthopedic, physiotherapy (including a number of home visits to immobilized patients in their tents), and urology clinics, serving 232 patients.

With support from Dubai Cares, we distributed 35,663 gallons of potable water to 45,000 people in the south of Gaza and 7,305 hot meals. And in the north, we distributed 18,492 gallons of water to 23,330 people.

Through our World Food Programme-supported Gaza Food Distribution program we distributed date bars and cooking oil to 2,436 households on April 23 and 24 last week, providing 146,160 meals to displaced families in Al Qarara area of Mawasi, Khan Younis.

With support from Dubai Cares, we distributed 39,626 gallons of potable water to 50,000 people in the south of Gaza and 7,260 hot meals. And in the north, we distributed 15,850 gallons of water to 20,000 people.

Today, our lab in Khan Younis detected ketone bodies in a number of patients’ urine samples — a metabolic response to prolonged lack of food.

Our mobile health clinic recently visited Ala’a, a woman with a 4-month-old child four other children. We diagnosed here with anemia and malnutrition. It was midday and Ala’a and her kids hadn’t yet eaten — there was no food for breakfast. She had no idea where their next meal would come from. Every day they are on the lookout for “any type of food from any source — but when? I can’t tell.”

Gaza’s water crisis has worsened significantly since Israel reimposed the total siege nearly two months ago on March 2. Despite all the challenges and fuel shortages, with support from Dubai Cares we continue to distribute potable water to hundreds of displaced families. Today, we distributed 1,585 gallons (6,000 liters or 6 cubic meters) of potable water for displaced families in Gaza City.

And in southern Gaza we distributed 39,626 gallons (150,000 liters or 150 cubic meters) of potable water to 50,000 people and delivered hot meals to 7,290 people.

Today we again hosted a health clinic in North Gaza, seeing 147 patients with support from Americares. We diagnosed one child with moderate acute malnutrition and distributed 1,055 therapeutic nutritional items.

We also continue our psychosocial support activities supported by the READ Foundation and implemented in partnership with Nafs for Empowerment. Today, we hosted an interactive session for the mothers of children enrolled in the program. We encouraged participants to express how they cope with stress and shared techniques for managing stress.

And with support from Dubai Cares, we distributed 39,626 gallons (150,000 liters or 150 cubic meters) of potable water to 50,000 people and delivered hot meals to 5,400 people.

The sound of machine gun fire from Apache helicopters in Beit Lahia shared by one of our team. This is the daily soundtrack to which residents awake and go to sleep every day, accompanied from time to time by the sound of missiles.

Today, with support from Dubai Cares, we distributed 36,984 gallons (140,000 liters or 140 cubic meters) of potable water to 46,660 people and hot meals to 5,430 people in southern Gaza. We also distributed 2,200 jerrycans with support from UNICEF.

And with support from a private family foundation, in northern Gaza we distributed 1,500 pastry plates, helping to provide 1,650 meals. We also distributed 13,209 gallons (50,000 liters or 50 cubic meters) of water to 16,660 people.

Over the last four days, our Americares-supported field clinics continued to deliver lifesaving health and nutrition services to displaced families, seeing 627 patients, including many children and pregnant and nursing women. Our team identified three children with severe acute malnutrition, nine children with moderate acute malnutrition, and 31 women with malnutrition. We distributed 4,192 therapeutic nutritional items to malnourished patients.

Today, we distributed 1,150 plates of ka’ak (date filled pastries) to children attending our temporary learning spaces at Asma Bint Abi Bakr School in Gaza City. This initiative is a collaboration between our education and women’s empowerment programs, providing paid work for the bakers and nutrition for the students. As food shortages grow, we’re also distributing these pastries to lift children’s spirits and encourage them to stay engaged in learning — even in the most difficult times.

Also today, our Khan Younis field primary healthcare center saw 313 patients through our physiotherapy (visiting 15 patients in their tents); wound management; internal medicine; nutrition; ear, nose and throat; deworming; and noncommunicable disease clinics.

Today, with support from Dubai Cares, in southern Gaza we 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. They also distributed 2,600 jerrycans with support from UNICEF. The team in the north distributed 18,492 gallons (70,000 liters or 70 cubic meters) of water to 23,330 people.

And yesterday in Khan Younis, we continued our food distribution program supported by the World Food Programme. We distributed date bars and cooking oil to 1,906 displaced families, providing 118,172 meals were secured to the IDPs at Al Qarara area in Mawasi. We are receiving numerous requests from many more displaced people that we have not yet been able to support with these distributions.

Today, our Khan Younis field primary healthcare center served 345 patients through our wound management, pediatric, laser therapy, gynecology, general surgery, psychiatric, and physiotherapy clinics. Our physiotherapy team continues to visit patients with serious mobility difficulties in their tents and shelters, seeing 14 such patients today.

In Deir Al Balah, since April 7 our field primary healthcare center hosted wound management; pediatric; gynecology and obstetric; dermatology; internal medicine; ear, nose and throat; orthopedic; and therapeutic nutrition clinics, seeing a total of 1,833 patients.

We have distributed 39,626 gallons (150,000 liters or 150 cubic meters) of potable water for 50,000 people and 5,400 hot meals to people in southern Gaza with support from Dubai Cares. We also distributed 70 boxes of high energy biscuits and 2,200 jerrycans with support from UNICEF. And we distributed 13,209 gallons (50,000 liters or 50 cubic meters) of water to 16,660 people in northern Gaza.

And our World Food Programme-supported food distributions continued this past Thursday and yesterday, distributing date bars and cooking oil to 4,000 families and providing a total of more than 240,000 meals to displaced people at Al Qarara area in Mawasi, Khan Yunis. Food distributions like this are now a life-saving intervention as children especially are increasingly at risk amid growing shortages of food of all kinds.

Today, our mother and child health clinic opened at Al Azhar University Shelter to serve the displaced people sheltering there. We also hosted a protection from sexual exploitation and abuse awareness session for 20 women representing the shelters.

With support from Dubai Cares, we distributed 39,626 gallons (150,000 liters or 150 cubic meters) of potable water and 5,400 hot meals to people in southern Gaza. We also distributed 450 packs of cleaning supplies, 50 tarps and 70 hygiene kits with support from UNICEF. And in northern Gaza, we distributed 13,209 gallons (50,000 liters or 50 cubic meters) of water with support from a private fund.

Today, our Khan Younis field primary healthcare center saw 270 patients through its urology, orthopedic, physiotherapy, nutrition, laser therapy, and wound clinics. We continue to conduct tent visits to provide physiotherapy to patients unable to reach our clinic.

And we continue preparing the new Gaza City branch of our field primary healthcare centers.

Today, our field primary healthcare center in Khan Younis hosted wound, dermatology, noncommunicable disease, internal medicine, deworming, and physiotherapy clinics, seeing 451 patients.

Our Khan Younis and Deir Al Balah field primary healthcare centers have now created volunteer opportunities for recently graduated doctors. Our goal is to both strengthen our medical services and invest in the next generation of local healthcare professionals, allowing them gain valuable experience while helping to fill in the critical shortages of medical staff in Gaza.

With support from Dubai Cares, in the south of Gaza we delivered 7,365 hot meals today. And in northern Gaza, we distributed 13,209 gallons (50,000 liters or 50 cubic meters) of drinking water to 16,660 people.

Today, with support from Dubai Cares, in southern Gaza we distributed 36,984 gallons (140,000 liters or 140 cubic meters) of potable water for 46,600 people, and delivered 7,215 hot meals. And in northern Gaza, we distributed 10,567 gallons (40,000 liters or 40 cubic meters) of water to 13,300 people.

Yesterday and today, our Americares-supported field health clinics continued serving displaced families in highly vulnerable areas. We provided gynecology, pediatric and general and internal medicine, and therapeutic nutrition services for 337 people. We also distributed 2,475 nutritional and therapeutic items.

Alongside medical care, we provided brief consultations and reminders on their rights to safe, respectful, and dignified healthcare. We also shared protection from sexual exploitation and abuse-related messages with children and their caregivers, emphasizing the importance of protection and how to report any concerns.

Today, our World Food Programme-supported Gaza Food Distribution project distributed date bars and cooking oil to 2,153 families, supporting 129,180 meals. Yesterday, we distributed the same foodstuffs to 2,096 households, providing about 125,760 meals. Given the shortages of food, cooking gas, and firewood due to the ongoing siege, this assistance is vital to allow people to continue.

Today, we distributed a total of 8,250 meals, including hot meals to 900 families in Khan Younis and 1,550 families in Deir Al Balah. And, with support from Türk K?z?lay (Turkish Red Crescent), we delivered food parcels to 250 families.

With support from UNICEF, we distributed 380 hygiene kits and 210 jerrycans to families.

And with support from private donors, we distributed potable water to 50 families in Deir Al Balah, and 40 families across North Gaza (Al-Saftawi area) and Gaza City (Al Yarmouk Street and Shate’ Camp).

Today, our Americares-supported health clinics program provided care for 221 people, delivering critical medical and nutrition support as families are still struggling to access even the most basic health services. The clinic provided general clinical care, antenatal and postnatal services for pregnant and nursing women, and nutritional feeding and therapeutic supplies.

Today, we distributed a total of 8,415 hot meals, including to 900 families in Khan Younis and 1,650 families in Deir Al Balah.

With support from private donors, we also distributed potable water in Deir Al Balah, North Gaza (Al-Karamah), and Gaza City (Shaik Redwan and Tal Al Hawa neighborhoods).

With support from UNICEF, we distributed hygiene kits to 450 families in Khan Younis.

Today, through our Gaza food distribution project supported by the World Food Programme, we distributed date bars and cooking oil to 1,906 families, equivalent to 118,172 meals. These are not nutritionally optimal meals but as trucks of flour and ready-to-eat meals remain stuck outside Gaza behind closed crossings, we are prioritizing distributing any available calories to hungry families.

And our psychosocial support project, funded by the READ Foundation and operated in partnership with NAFS for Empowerment, hosted recreational activities for children ages 4-11 at the Asmaa Bint Abi Bakr Girls School. The activities are designed to offer fun and educational sessions that offer an opportunity for emotional release and expression.

Today, we distributed a total of 8,151 hot meals to 2,470 families in Deir Al Balah.

And with support from private donors, we distributed potable water to 50 families in Deir Al Balah, 80 families in Khan Younis, and to 50 families across North Gaza (Al-Saftawi area) and Gaza City (Abu Iskander, Al Nasser, and Shate’ Camp).

With support from UNICEF, we distributed jerrycans and 6,400 bars of soap to 3,200 families in Khan Younis.

Today, we resumed our Americares-supported health clinics program, providing health and nutrition services including pediatric and chronic disease care, general medicine, nutrition and gynecology services. Today we saw 191 people, including many pregnant or nursing women, children and others.

We addressed malnutrition cases by providing therapeutic nutritional aids like high energy biscuits, lipid-based nutrient supplements, and ready-to-use therapeutic food. The deprivation is deep — it is essential for us to continue showing up.

We’re working to expand our health services to Gaza City. Today, we began work to establish a new healthcare center in western Gaza City. This comes at a time when many health facilities in Gaza have been destroyed or damaged, and the scarcity of healthcare services continues to grow worse. This new center will complement our existing facilities in Khan Younis and Deir Al Balah, strengthening our presence and support across Gaza.

And at our Khan Younis field primary healthcare center today, we hosted wound management; laser therapy; urology; orthopedic; physiotherapy (including ‘home’ visits); and nutrition clinics, serving 225 patients.

Today, we distributed a total of 7,986 hot meals to 2,420 families in Deir Al Balah.

And with support from private donors, we also delivered potable water to 40 families in Deir Al Balah, to 100 families in Khan Younis, and to 60 families in North Gaza (Al-Karamah, Al-Saftawi, and Abu Iskander) and Gaza City (Shaik Redwan and Al Nasser neighborhoods).

In the West Bank, two of our staff were stopped at container checkpoint en route to a site visit today, turning the one hour drive into a three hour ordeal. Going to the restroom is a real challenge in such situations. The only option today was a single filthy unisex bathroom with a nonfunctional door. The incident is reflective of typical experiences rather than an exceptional occurrence.

Today, we resumed our recreation and psychosocial support activities in Al Astal Camp, Mawasi, Khan Younis this week, with funding by READ Foundation.

And with support from Dubai Cares and World Central Kitchen, we distributed 2,100 hot meals in southern Gaza today, helping to feed 6,300 people. Today, our community kitchen, or tekia, in Deir Al Balah, resumed its operations after a five-month absence. We distributed 900 hot meals at four makeshift camps across Deir Al Balah in response to the urgent food shortages caused by the now 39-day closure of Gaza’s crossings and the halt of goods and humanitarian aid.

We have opened two community kitchens, or tekias — one in Deir Al Balah and one in Mawasi, Khan Younis — serving displaced families. The kitchens package the hot meals for takeaway for convenience and to preserve people’s dignity. The available stock will only last about two weeks unless the crossings are reopened.

Abdul Salam, 30, and his one-year-old son, Fadi, join other displaced people at a water truck supported by Anera to collect drinking water in a makeshift camp west of Maghazi in the central Gaza Strip. Abdul Salam shared the hardships faced by displaced families in accessing clean water for drinking and daily needs, often walking long distances to gather and fill heavy water containers. He expressed hope that donor efforts will persist in supplying water to the camps and displaced people, emphasizing, “Water is life.”

In northern Gaza, we distributed 15,850 gallons (60,000 liters or 60 cubic meters) of clean water, providing hydration to 20,000 people.

And at our Khan Younis field primary healthcare center, we saw 391 patients through our wound management; general surgery; gynecology; dermatology; and physiotherapy (including outreach visits to families in their tents) clinics.

Today, with support from Dubai Cares, we distributed hot meals to 3,825 displaced people in southern Gaza.

And in northern Gaza, we distributed 15,850 gallons (60,000 liters or 60 cubic meters) of potable water, supporting 20,000 people.

At our Khan Younis field primary healthcare center we hosted wound management; internal medicine; nutrition; ear, nose, and throat; deworming; noncommunicable disease; and physiotherapy clinics, serving 385 patients today, including through home/shelter visits.

Today, our field primary healthcare center in Khan Younis operated wound management; pediatric; laser therapy; gynecology; general surgery; psychiatric; and physiotherapy clinics; as well as physiotherapy ‘home’ visits, serving 315 patients.

In northern Gaza, with support from Dubai Cares we distributed 15,850 gallons (60,000 liters or 60 cubic meters) of potable water for 20,000 people.

Today, with support from Dubai Cares we expanded our water trucking project to southern Gaza to provide drinking water in 20 camps of displaced people (5,200 families) in Deir Al Balah and Khan Younis, delivering a total of 15,850 gallons (60,000 liters or 60 cubic meters) of potable water for 20,000 people.

Also in Deir Al Balah, our field primary healthcare center continues to provide essential medical services. The center has hosted eight specialized health clinics since March 22, serving a total of 1,339 patients and providing specialized care in wound management; pediatrics; gynecology and obstetrics; dermatology; internal medicine and noncommunicable diseases, ear; nose; and throat; orthopedic; and therapeutic nutrition services.

And our field primary healthcare center in Khan Younis operated urology, orthopedic, physiotherapy, nutrition, laser therapy, and wound clinics, seeing 195 patients. The physiotherapy team also conducted ‘home’ visits to some patients in their tents.

Today, with support from Dubai Cares, Anera’s team in the south distributed 10,567 gallons (40,000 liters or 40 cubic meters) of potable water, supporting 13,300 people.

With all of Rafah and much of Khan Younis under forced displacement orders, our field primary healthcare center in Khan Younis is seeing a surge in patients seeking medical care. This comes at a time when all health facilities are suffering from severe shortages in medicines and supplies due to the closure of all crossing points for more than a month.

Today, we hosted wound management, dermatology, internal medicine, deworming, noncommunicable disease, and physiotherapy clinics, serving a total of 525 patients.

One of our colleagues in northern Gaza shared this update today:

“A life of sheer nothingness, stripped of all basic needs. We are cooking over wood fires, without gas for cooking Bakeries have shut down and flour is becoming scarce in the markets. Subsisting on canned food and whatever little remains in the market, after the crossings have been shut for over a month. Endless suffering in every single detail of daily life. The relentless bombing and brutal targeting of civilians only deepen the tragedy, fueling displacement and forcing evacuations. There is no safety, no hope, no life. Our hearts have become graves, hollowed out by despair.”

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Today, our field primary healthcare center in Khan Younis hosted wound management; pediatric; ear, nose, and throat; orthopedic; physiotherapy; and urology clinics, serving 311 patients.

In the northern Gaza, we distributed 15,850 gallons (60,000 liters or 60 cubic meters) of clean drinking water, supporting 20,000 people.

Today, in northern Gaza we distributed 18,492 gallons (70,000 liters or 70 cubic meters) of potable water, supporting 23,300 people.

And our field primary healthcare center in Khan Younis reopened following the Eid break. We hosted wound management, general surgery, dermatology, physiotherapy, and gynecology clinics, seeing 324 patients.

Yesterday, one of our staff was forced to evacuate his house due to Israeli military activity. He is greatly distressed. We were also compelled to evacuate one of our distribution centers.

Today, in Gaza City we continue our water trucking program to provide clean drinking water to displaced families, distributing more than 15,850 gallons (60,000 liters or 60 cubic meters) of potable water.