Emergency appeal
Donate to Gaza and Lebanon
Last updated: 14 March 2025
Israel’s war on Gaza has taken a devastating toll on civilians and fuelled further Israeli escalations in violence in Lebanon and across the wider region.
The fragile ceasefire in Gaza is currently under threat. Israel has blocked all aid into Gaza since 2 March, and cut off electricity to the only remaining water purification plant.
After 17 months of bombing, death and destruction, people in Gaza have a reprieve from violence. Hostages from Israel and illegally detained Palestinians have started to be released. Hundreds of thousands of people across Gaza have made long journeys back to find what, if anything, remained of their homes. Most are arriving to find their communities destroyed, with no clean water, food or shelter.
Please donate today to support people who have lost everything to this war.
Your donation will help provide emergency food, clean water and hygiene kits, and repair water and wastewater networks in Gaza. And your support will help people forced to flee their homes due to the violence in Lebanon.
“It is an enormous relief that even an interim ceasefire has been agreed. This pause in hostilities is beyond overdue.””
Halima Begum , Oxfam GB Chief Executive
Image: Oxfam
A map of Gaza, Lebanon and the wider region.
What's happening in Gaza?
- A 42-day (six weeks) temporary ceasefire came into effect from 19 January 2025. The next phases of the ceasefire still need to be negotiated.
- At least 46,000 people have been killed by the Israeli military, a third of them children.
- Israeli hostages and Palestinian detainees have started to be released.
- Hundreds of aid trucks have entered Gaza, bringing a small fraction of food, clean water, medical supplies, fuel and shelter to those who desperately need it. But the humanitarian need in Gaza is beyond catastrophic.
- People are returning to their homes to find them turned into rubble. Many will remain living in makeshift tents and shelters, with little protection against the harsh winter weather. Babies have been dying from the cold.
- There is not enough clean, safe water in Gaza. Water and sanitation systems are shattered. The situation is desperate.
- More than 40,000 people have been forcibly displaced in the West Bank since the Gaza temporary ceasefire came into force on 19 January.
Oxfam and partner organisations are desperately waiting to scale up their response. The most urgent needs in Gaza right now are water, food, medical supplies, and shelter.
What's happening in Lebanon?
- Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon forced more than one million people to flee their homes.
- A 60-day ceasefire agreement in Lebanon came into effect from 27 November 2024.
- People are in need of humanitarian aid. Many homes and villages have been destroyed.
- Lebanon can’t afford to bear the weight of this added disaster on its own.
- Prior to this war, millions of people fleeing from the conflict in Syria sought refuge in Lebanon and are now returning to Syria in desperation but the situation is fragile and many are in need of vital support.
What is Oxfam doing in Gaza?
The Israeli military bombardment, destruction of infrastructure, and restriction on goods entering Gaza, has made a full-scale humanitarian response extremely difficult.
Despite huge obstacles, Oxfam staff and partners are responding as best they can to scale up their humanitarian work during the interim ceasefire.
Oxfam teams and partners have reached more than 1.2 million people with essential support since October 2023, including:
- Emergency food assistance, food parcels, cash and vouchers.
- Clean water and sanitation; by trucking in water and repairing badly damaged water and wastewater pipelines.
- First aid kits, hygiene kits, protection kits and cleaning supplies.
- Blankets, mattresses and sleeping mats to families forced to live in tents.
Oxfam has worked in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and Israel since the 1950s to help build and protect rights to water, sanitation and hygiene, cash assistance and more.
Oxfam's early recovery work will focus on immediate needs. We will continue working with local partners in the coming weeks and months, helping people get life-saving support such as clean water, food and sanitation.
Our partners include:
The Palestinian Medical Relief Society, Juzoor, The Cultural & Free Thoughts Association, Palestinian Environmental Friends, Palestine Agricultural Relief Committee, Atfaluna, The Association for Woman and Child Protection, the Economic and Social Development Centre of Palestine, and Al Bayader.
"Life before the war was truly beautiful." - Duaa Image: Alef Multimedia Company/ Oxfam
The sound of the drones constantly buzzing never leaves us.”
– Duaa in her kitchen in Gaza.
What is Oxfam doing in Lebanon?
Oxfam is responding to humanitarian needs in Lebanon, providing essential support to people who were forced to flee due to Israeli airstrikes bombarding their homes and communities.
With our partners we are providing:
- Clean water and sanitation
- Emergency cash
- Food
- Hygiene kits
- Menstrual kits
Oxfam and our partners are supporting internally displaced people in shelters in Beirut, Mount Lebanon and North Lebanon.
What else can you do to help?
While the current pause in hostilities is allowing more aid into Gaza, it must also be a starting point for accountability, justice, and lasting peace.
More on the Gaza crisis
- Read our latest press releases.
- Read frequently asked questions.
How we spend your money
For every £1 you donate to this emergency appeal, we will allocate 9p of your donation to cover general support and running costs. There is a small chance that we will raise more money than is needed for this appeal. If this happens, we'll spend any additional funds on other Oxfam projects — wherever the need is greatest.