Donate to Gaza and Lebanon

• 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.
• Homes, hospitals, bakeries and water facilities have been destroyed.
• All of Gaza is still at risk of famine, and children are already dying from malnutrition. The situation in North Gaza is especially dire.
• There is not enough clean, safe water in Gaza. Water and sanitation systems are shattered. The situation is desperate.
• 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.

The most urgent needs in Gaza right now are water, food, medical supplies, and shelter.

• 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.
• 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.

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, including fresh vegetables, food parcels, cash and vouchers to over 200,000 people.
• Clean water and sanitation for over 133,000 people, by trucking in water and repairing badly damaged water and wastewater pipelines.
• First aid kits and services to support around 20,000 people in refugee camps, as well as 600 urgent family health packages, 400 hygiene kits and 3,000 protection kits.
• Thousands of blankets, pillows, 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.

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.

While the current pause in hostilities is allowing more aid into Gaza, it must also be a starting point for lasting peace, justice and accountability.

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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.