Gaza and West Bank Response Log | January 2025

At our primary healthcare center in Deir Al Balah, we treated 258 patients, many of whom are dealing with injuries and chronic conditions that have worsened due to months of displacement and hardship. The wound management clinic saw 51 cases, including 23 new injuries, while pediatric care was critical for 70 children in need of urgent attention.

Food security remains a pressing concern as families struggle to access even the most basic staples. To help ease the burden, Anera distributed 12,900 hot meals in Khan Younis and the middle area. At the same time, we delivered 1,000 bags of wheat flour and 2,000 food parcels through our partnership with WFP. Hygiene also remains a challenge, particularly for displaced families, so we provided 300 households with hygiene kits to support sanitation and disease prevention.

Today, we distributed a total of 108,140 meals, including hot meals and food parcels. Through our community kitchen tekias in Khan Younis and Deir Al Balah, we prepared and distributed 12,900 hot meals.

In the north, with our own funds we provided fresh produce parcels to 4,000 families. Each 24-pound parcel contains fresh lemons, tomatoes, onions, potatoes, and avocados.

Today was momentous, as tens of thousands of Gazans that had been displaced in the south were finally permitted to return north. Our team in the north welcomed returnees home, distributing some 2,000 pastries and 3,000 juice boxes.

In Khan Younis, our field health center continued serving those still sheltering in Mawasi. Today, we operated wound management, pediatrics, laser therapy, psychiatric, and general surgery clinics, serving 218 patients.

Today, Anera distributed a total of 107,187 meals, including hot meals and food parcels. Through our Sanabel and Nael Abu Assad community kitchen tekias, we prepared and distributed 12,900 hot meals in Mawasi, Khan Younis and Deir Al Balah.

With support from UNICEF, we also distributed a total of 4,620 11-liter bottles of water and boxes of women’s pads to 14,700 families in Khan Younis and Deir Al Balah.

In the north, we distributed fresh vegetable parcels to 3,960 families, supported by Anera’s individual and institutional donors.

Our field health centers in Deir Al Balah and Khan Younis operated eight clinics today, offering specialty care in wound management, orthopedics, physiotherapy, gynecology, laser therapy, dermatology, internal medicine and noncommunicable diseases, serving 353 patients. Our Deir Al Balah center added new specialists to the team today, enabling the center to offer specialist medical care in dermatology, internal medicine and noncommunicable diseases.

Today, we distributed a total of 108,140 meals, including hot meals and food parcels. Through our community kitchen tekias in Mawasi, Khan Younis and Deir Al Balah, we prepared and distributed 12,900 hot meals.

With support from UNICEF, in Khan Younis we also distributed hygiene kits to 92 families, 240 11-liter water bottles, boxes of women’s pads to 720 families.

And in the north, we distributed parcels of fresh vegetables funded by Anera’s donor community to 4,000 families. Each 24-pound parcel includes fresh lemons, tomatoes, onions, potatoes, and avocados.

Our field health centers served 608 patients in Khan Younis and Deir Al Balah today. Our team of health specialists hosted wound management, dermatology, noncommunicable diseases, internal medicine, deworming, ear, nose and throat, and orthopedic clinics. Today, our Deir Al Balah health center added orthopedic services to its list of specialty care services.

Today, our Khan Younis center dispensed up to two months of chronic disease medications to patients planning to return to northern areas of Gaza in order to prepare them as much as possible for the uncertainties ahead. We hope we can establish another health center in the north.

We have also begun to distribute a medical aid shipment from International Health Partners to our partner health facilities who are suffering from huge shortages in medicines. The shipment contained included antibiotics, antidiabetics, antihypertensive medications, among others.

Today, we prepared and distributed a total of 12,900 hot meals through our Sanabel and Nael Abu Assad community kitchen tekias in Mawasi, Khan Younis and Deir Al Balah.

With support from UNICEF, we also distributed a total of 3,800 11-liter water bottles and 1,950 boxes of women’s pads in Khan Younis and Deir Al Balah.

Today, we distributed a total of 144,900 meals, including hot meals and food parcels. Through our Sanabel and Nael Abu Assad community kitchen tekias in Khan Younis and Deir Al Balah, we prepared and distributed 12,900 hot meals.

In Gaza City, we distributed 6,000 parcels of fresh fruits and vegetables to a like number of families, supporting 132,000 meals.

In Khan Younis, we distributed 2,500 hygiene kits, supported by UNICEF.

Our field health centers were also open today. Our primary healthcare center in Deir Al Balah City, between January 21, 22 and today, operated wound management; pediatrics; gynecology and obstetrics; and ear, nose and throat clinics, serving 264 patients. In Khan Younis today, we hosted wound management, orthopedics, pediatrics, urology, ear, nose and throat, and physiotherapy clinics, serving 322 patients.

Today, Anera’s Gaza team distributed a total of 144,900 meals, including hot meals and food parcels. Through our Sanabel and Nael Abu Assad community kitchen tekias in Khan Younis and Deir Al Balah, we prepared and distributed 12,900 hot meals.

In Gaza City, we distributed 6,000 fresh fruit and vegetable parcels, supporting 132,000 meals.

In Khan Younis, we distributed 3,400 hygiene kits, with support from UNICEF.

Our field health centers also operated today. In Khan Younis, we conducted wound management; physiotherapy; dermatology; gynecology; and general surgery clinics, seeing 356 patients.

In Rafah, people returned to their neighborhoods to see what remains of their homes today, searching amid the rubble for personal belongings that can be salvaged.

Today, we distributed a total of 26,650 meals, including hot meals and chicken. Through our Sanabel and Nael Abu Assad community kitchen tekias in Khan Younis and Deir Al Balah, we prepared and distributed 12,900 hot meals.

In Gaza City, we distributed 5,500 chickens to and equal number of families, in partnership with HEAL Palestine, supporting 13,750 meals.

In Deir Al Balah, we distributed 2,500 hygiene kits (one per family), supported by UNICEF.

Our field health centers also hosted wound management; ear, nose and throat; nutrition; internal medicine; and noncommunicable disease clinics, serving 375 patients.

Turning to the West Bank, last week in Hebron with support from Direct Relief we delivered an electric forklift to Al Ahli Hospital. This hospital is one of the largest in the West Bank, treating thousands of patients every day. It has a significant need for transporting medicines and supplies. Due to the financial crisis the hospital is facing, employees had to transport medicines by hand, diverting a lot of their time and effort away from patient care.

Today is the first full day of the ceasefire. Anera will continue to maintain this blog as the ceasefire takes effect to share updates on our ongoing response efforts.

Today, Anera distributed a total of 25,400 meals, including hot meals and chicken. Through our community kitchen tekias, we prepared and distributed 12,900 hot meals in Mawasi, Khan Younis and Deir Al Balah.

In Gaza City, we distributed 5,000 chickens (one per family), in partnership with HEAL Palestine, supporting 12,500 meals.

And in Deir Al Balah, we distributed 4,700 water bottles and 2,295 boxes of menstrual pads (one per family), with support by UNICEF.

We also operated our field healthcare centers today. In Deir Al Balah City, between January 19 and 20, we hosted wound management, pediatric, and gynecology and obstetrics clinics, treating 158 patients. In Khan Younis, we conducted wound management, pediatric, laser therapy, psychiatric, and general surgery clinics, serving 248 patients.

To accommodate the demand for medical care at our Khan Younis center, our clinic staff have begun arriving earlier, opening at 7:30 am.

Today we hosted eight field health clinics. At our new primary healthcare center in Deir Al Balah City, we conducted wound management and gynecology clinics, treating a total of 122 patients. In Khan Younis, we held clinics in wound management, orthopedics, pediatrics, urology, ear, nose and throat, and physiotherapy, serving 489 patients.

We also received 17 pallets of medical aid today from our generous donor, International Health Partners. The shipment contained a number of valuable medications that will enable us to continue serving patients in need through our own healthcare centers and through our partner health facilities.

And we hosted our mother and child health clinics on January 8, 11, and 15 at the UFA clinic in Zawaida, seeing 1,167 pregnant and nursing women, children, and a handful of others. We diagnosed three children with severe acute malnutrition, 26 more children with moderate acute malnutrition, and 133 women with malnutrition. We provided breastfeeding counseling to 74 women; and awareness sessions about solid waste disposal, hepatitis A, personal hygiene, and anemia to 224 women and children. We also hosted psychosocial support sessions to five children.

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Today, Anera’s Gaza team distributed a total of 41,845 meals, including hot meals and food parcels. Through our community kitchens, Anera’s team in the south prepared and distributed 12,900 hot meals through our Sanabel tekia in Mawasi, Khan Younis and our Deir Al Balah tekia.

Our team in Khan Younis, with support from UNICEF, distributed 690 boxes of high energy biscuits, 250 boxes of sanitary pads, and 1,000 jerrycans for water.

In Gaza City, we distributed 590 World Food Programme food parcels (22.3 kilograms each) to 295 families, supporting 28,945 meals.

And our field health clinic program achieved another milestone today as we upgraded our Deir Al Balah wound clinic into a primary healthcare center, supported by UMCOR and Muslim Aid USA. The newly transformed facility hosted three specialized health clinics today — wound management, pediatric, and ear, nose and throat — and treated a total of 144 patients. Future days will also include specialized care in obstetrics and pharmacy services.

To accommodate this expansion of services we have reinforced the tent structure, established separate clinic rooms and a waiting hall, moved to a digitized health records system, and installed solar panels to power the clinic, among other infrastructure improvements. More specialized medical services will be added when possible.

And in Khan Younis, we hosted five health clinics — wound management, physiotherapy, dermatology, gynecology, and general surgery — serving 405 patients. Yesterday, our Khan Younis health center operated five clinics — noncommunicable diseases, wound management, ear, nose and throat, nutrition, and internal medicine — seeing 366 patients.

Anera’s Gaza team distributed a total of 157,490 meals, including hot meals, vegetable baskets and food parcels. Through our tekia (community kitchen) in Mawasi, Khan Younis, Anera’s team in the south prepared and distributed 6,900 hot meals.

The team in Deir Al Balah, with support from the READ Foundation, distributed 400 fresh vegetable baskets, providing a total of 8,800 meals. With support from Fajr Scientific, the team also distributed 800 25-kilogram bags of flour, supporting 44,000 meals.

In Gaza City, Anera’s northern team distributed 500 food parcels with support from JHCO, providing food aid for 24,200 meals. They also distributed 1,500 WFP food parcels that are providing 73,590 meals.

With support from UNICEF, the team in Gaza City distributed 500 hygiene kits, while our staff in Khan Younis distributed 1,000 tarps to protect displaced people from the winter rain.

Anera supported 300 children at temporary learning spaces in Gaza City by providing 600 packets of biscuits with support from WCK and 300 sachets of Plumpy’Nut supported by Distribute Aid. Plumpy’Nut (a peanut-based paste used to treat severe acute malnutrition.

Anera’s work continued today with our healthcare team treating a total of 308 patients across six clinics. In Khan Younis, the pediatric clinic treated 95 children; the general surgery clinic served 11 patients; the psychiatric clinic provided care for 11 patients; and laser clinic attended to 16 patients. Finally, our wound management clinics in Deir Al Balah and Khan Younis saw 96 patients.

Anera’s team in Gaza distributed 12,900 hot meals and 2,700 flatbreads through our community kitchen tekias in Mawasi, Khan Younis and Deir Al Balah. Anera also distributed 25-kilogram bags of flour to 500 families, with funding from Al Fajr Scientific.

With support from the UAE, our northern team distributed 200 buckets. In Deir Al Balah and Khan Younis, the team distributed 2,400 tarps and 500 hygiene kits, both funded by UNICEF.

Anera’s work continued today with our healthcare team treating a total of 308 patients across six clinics. In Khan Younis, the orthopedic clinic treated 106 patients; the gynecology clinic served 74 women; the physiotherapy clinic provided care for 23 patients; and laser clinic attended to six patients. Finally, our wound management clinics in Deir Al Balah and Khan Younis saw 99 patients.

Anera’s team in Gaza distributed 12,900 hot meals and 2,700 flatbreads through our community kitchen tekias in Mawasi, Khan Younis and Deir Al Balah.

With support from the Read Foundation, in Deir Al Balah, the team distributed 15-kilogram vegetable baskets to 1,500 families, providing enough food for 49,500 meals.

Our northern team distributed 1,000 food parcels to 500 families, in partnership with Heal Palestine and supported by WCK. Each family now has enough food for 30,000 meals.

Today, we distributed 12,900 hot meals through our community kitchen tekias in Mawasi, Khan Younis and Deir Al Balah.

In the north, we distributed 500 boxes of food parcels donated by JHCO to displaced families in Gaza City. The parcels include both dry and canned food items and some ready-to-eat meals, enough for 22,000 meals.

Anera’s work continued today with our healthcare team treating a total of 485 patients across seven clinics. In Khan Younis, the ear, nose and throat clinic treated 89 patients; the pediatric clinic served 86 children; the physiotherapy clinic provided care for 13 patients; the orthopedic clinic treated 116 people; and the urology clinic attended to 81 patients. Finally, our wound management clinics in Deir Al Balah and Khan Younis saw 100 patients.

Today, Anera’s Gaza team distributed a total of 86,100 meals, including hot meals and food parcels. Through our tekias (community kitchens), Anera’s team in the south prepared and distributed 6,900 hot meals at the Sanabel tekia in Mawasi, Khan Younis. In Gaza City, the team distributed 1,800 food parcels provided by JHCO, offering food aid to support 79,200 meals.

Anera’s healthcare center in Khan Younis provided critical medical services through five specialized clinics, serving a total of 384 patients. The clinic teams worked tirelessly to address a range of health needs, ensuring both new and returning patients received comprehensive care.

• Wound Management Clinic: 53 patients were treated, including 14 new cases and 39 follow-up visits.
• Physiotherapy Clinic: 18 patients benefited from targeted rehabilitation services.
• Dermatology Clinic: 172 patients received specialized skin care treatments.
• Gynecology Clinic: 84 women accessed essential reproductive health services.
• General Surgery Clinic: 57 patients were seen for various surgical consultations and follow-ups.

At our wound management clinic in Deir Al Balah City, we provided care to a total of 50 patients. Each patient received the appropriate and necessary treatment from our dedicated clinic team. Among the cases, 21 were new patients, while 29 were follow-ups.

Today, Anera’s Gaza team distributed a total of 20,760 meals, including hot meals and fresh fruit and vegetable parcels. Through our tekias (community kitchens), Anera’s team in the south prepared and distributed 6,900 hot meals at the Sanabel tekia in Mawasi, Khan Younis. The team in the middle area, with support from UNICEF, distributed 5,100 jerrycans and 15,400 menstrual pads. In Gaza City, the team distributed 900 fresh fruit parcels (7 kg each) from World Central Kitchen to 700 families, offering food aid to support 13,860 meals.

Anera’s team in Khan Younis treated 390 patients across six clinics. The wound management clinic saw 59 patients, 25 of whom were new cases and 34 were follow-ups. We also served 9 children in the deworming clinic, 98 people in the ENT clinic, 44 patients in the nutrition clinic, 61 in internal medicine, and 119 in the NCD clinic, which included follow-ups, suspected cases, and a few new diagnoses of hypertension.

At the wound management clinic in Deir Al Balah, our team cared for 30 patients today, including 11 new cases and 19 follow-ups, continuing our commitment to treating those suffering from various wounds and injuries.

Today’s meal distribution was extensive, with Anera’s Gaza team distributing a total of 137,460 meals. In our south-based community kitchens, we prepared 11,400 hot meals, while 2,000 packs of adult diapers were distributed to help those in need. In Gaza City, we provided 1,000 WFP food parcels, benefiting 500 families and supporting 49,060 meals. Additionally, 5,000 fresh fruit parcels were distributed, supporting 77,000 meals across various families.

Our healthcare center in Khan Younis had another busy day, serving 284 patients across five clinics. The wound management clinic treated 67 patients, including 22 new cases. We also treated 115 patients in the pediatric clinic, 77 in the general surgery clinic, and 11 patients in the psychiatric clinic. The women and children clinic treated 14 individuals. At our wound management clinic in Deir Al Balah, we treated 37 patients, with 14 new cases and 23 follow-ups. The combined efforts of our teams continue to meet the diverse healthcare needs in Gaza.

At our wound management clinic in Deir Al Balah City today, we treated 33 patients, 14 of whom were new cases, with the rest being follow-ups.

Our healthcare center in Khan Younis, which has been providing a wide range of services to the local community, served 242 patients today. This included 55 people in the wound management clinic, 97 in the orthopedic clinic, 65 in the gynecology clinic, and 17 in the physiotherapy clinic. Additionally, 8 patients were treated in the laser clinic. The wide range of services offered at the center continues to address the growing healthcare needs of the community.

In terms of food distribution, Anera’s team delivered 66,570 meals today. This included 17,400 hot meals prepared in our community kitchens, as well as 150 fresh produce baskets, which helped support 2,970 meals. We also distributed 400 packs of baby diapers, 4,000 packs of menstrual pads, and 3,000 fresh produce parcels, which provided enough food for 46,200 meals.

Today at Anera’s wound management clinic in Deir Al Balah City, our team provided essential care to 50 patients, including 23 new cases and 27 follow-up visits. The clinic continues to offer much-needed support to those recovering from wounds in the area.

Meanwhile, at our healthcare center, we successfully served a total of 514 patients across various specialties. The wound clinic saw 107 patients, 47 of whom were new cases. In addition to this, our dermatological clinic treated 177 patients, while 141 individuals visited our NCD clinic, including 136 follow-ups and a few suspected and newly confirmed cases of hypertension. Our internal medicine clinic cared for 83 patients, and the deworming clinic assisted 6 children.

On the distribution side, Anera’s Gaza team worked tirelessly to provide critical relief. We distributed a total of 70,860 meals, including 17,400 hot meals prepared at our community kitchens. In the South, our Mawasi and Khan Younis locations prepared and delivered thousands of meals to vulnerable communities. Additionally, 2,700 fresh produce baskets were distributed, supporting 53,460 meals, while 315 tarps were given to displaced people in Khan Younis and the middle area. In Gaza City, we also provided 300 packs of baby diapers, 2,500 menstrual pads, and 500 winter clothing kits, offering some comfort to families in need.