DIRECT UPDATES FROM GAZA:
Update #37:
11 November 2025 (10am): Day 766: Over 250 Palestinians have been killed since the so-called “ceasefire”, came into effect on 10 October. Over 69,000+ since 7 October. Hundreds more will die in coming weeks as the world looks away in resignation. Only 4,453 commercial trucks have entered Gaza in 4 weeks, (or far below 15,600 trucks promised a month ago). Food prices however remain very high in Gaza while access to clean water is still an issue. The market is flooded with non-essential foods (sugar based foods and chocolates) while nutritious foods (eggs, fruits, diary, medicine) are rare and remain very expensive. The best form of aid remains cash aid, as those in need know how best to spend whatever limited is donated to them. From medical aid, tents to clothing, emergency needs vary. Given our singular focus on Gaza, Stripe suspended our online donations platform in late August. We are currently exploring alternatives. To donate towards Gaza, please email keffiyeh@thegazafund.com thegazafund.com
53 Projects since October 2023
| TIMEFRAME | GAZA PROJECTS | TYPE | BUDGET (US$) |
| Oct 23′ | #1: Cash Aid/Relief | Zakah/Sadaqah | -11,000 |
| Feb 24′ | #2: Clinic Support | Sadaqah | -2,000 |
| April 24′ | #3: Soup Kitchen (Rafah) | Sadaqah | -3,000 |
| April 24′ | #4: Soup Kitchen (Rafah) | Sadaqah | -3,000 |
| Mar 24′ | #5: Evacuation: Save 1 life | Sadaqah | -10,000 |
| Mar 24′ | #6: Evacuation: Save 2 lives | Sadaqah | -20,000 |
| April 24′ | #7: Municipality Water | Sadaqah | -10,500 |
| July 24′ | #8: Cash Aid/Relief | Zakah/Sadaqah | -10,000 |
| July 24′ | #9: Soup Kitchen (Rafah) | Sadaqah | -6,000 |
| Aug 24′ | #10: Cash Aid/Relief (2 families) | Zakah/Sadaqah | -4,000 |
| Aug 24′ | #11: Medical Fees (University) | Sadaqah | -10,000 |
| Aug 24′ | #12: Widow/Family Support | Zakah | -5,000 |
| Aug 24′ | #13: Medical Research | Saadqah | -1,283 |
| Aug 24′ | #14: Cash Aid/Relief | Zakah/Sadaqah | -385 |
| Aug 24′ | #15: Cash Aid/Relief | Zakah/Sadaqah | -11,500 |
| Sept 24′ | #16: Soup Kitchen & Tent | Zakah/Sadaqah | -10,267 |
| Oct 24′ | #17: Cash Aid/Relief | Zakah | -1,300 |
| Oct 24 | #18: Cash Aid/Relief | Zakah | -1,300 |
| Oct 24′ | #19: Cash Aid/Relief | Zakah/Sadaqah | -1,027 |
| Oct 24′ | #20: Cash Aid/Relief (Families) | Sadaqah | -3,000 |
| Nov 24′ | #21: Cash Aid/Relief | Zakah/Sadaqah | -5,135 |
| Nov 24′ | #22: Dental Project (Hatem) | Sadaqah | -5,000 |
| Nov 24′ | #23: Kindergaten | Zakah/Sadaqah | -3,000 |
| Nov 24′ | #24: Water Filter (Al-Shati Camp) | Sadaqah | -15,000 |
| Nov 24′ | #25: Water Filter (Sheikh Ridwan) | Sadaqah | -8,000 |
| Nov 24′ | #26: Potatoes (Gaza City) | Sadaqah | -5,000 |
| Nov 24′ | #27: Cash Aid/Relief (Families) | Sadaqah | -3,000 |
| Dec 24′ | #28: Blind parents + sister | Zakah | -5,000 |
| Dec 24′ | #29: Flour/Food Parcels (Hatem) | Sadaqah | -4,000 |
| Dec 24′ | #30: Cash Aid/Relief (Families) | Sadaqah | -3,000 |
| Jan 25′ | #31: Cash Aid/Relief (Families) | Sadaqah | -3,000 |
| Feb 25′ | #32: Soup Kitchen (Nuseirat) | Sadaqah | -6,422 |
| Feb 25′ | #33: Al-Shati Masjid | Sadaqah | -10,000 |
| Feb 25′ | #34: Two Schools (Child, Women) | Sadaqah | -10,000 |
| Feb 25′ | #35: School Fees (Nxxxa) | Sadaqah | -1,700 |
| Feb 25′ | #36: Cash Aid/Relief (Families) | Sadaqah | -3,000 |
| Mar 25′ | #37: Hubs x 2 (Dr Imed) | Sadaqah | -10,000 |
| Mar 25′ | #38: Cash Aid/Relief | Zakah | -4,700 |
| Mar 25′ | #39: Cash Aid/Relief | Zakah | -10,000 |
| Mar 25′ | #40: Cash Aid/Relief (Families) | Sadaqah | -3,000 |
| April 25′ | #41: Cash Aid/Relief (Families) | Sadaqah | –3,000 |
| May 25′ | #42: Water Pipe (Al Shati) | Sadaqah | –5,000 |
| May 25′ | #43: Food Aid (Wholesale Market) | Zakah | –3,000 |
| May 25′ | #44: Cash Aid/Relief (Families) | Sadaqah | –3,000 |
| June 25′ | #45: Food Aid (Wholesale Market) | Zakah | -3,000 |
| June 25′ | #46: Cash Aid/Relief (Families) | Sadaqah | –3,000 |
| July 25′ | #47: Daily Sadaqah (US$10) | Sadaqah | -3,650 |
| July 25′ | #48: Food Aid (Wholesale Market) | Zakah | -4700 |
| July 25′ | #49: Cash Aid/Relief (Families) | Sadaqah | -3,000 |
| Aug 25′ | #50: Cash Aid/Relief (Families) | Sadaqah | -3,000 |
| Aug 25′ | #51: Cash Aid/Relief (Dr Iyad) | Sadaqah | -2,000 |
| Sept 25′ | #52: Cash Aid/Relief (Families) | Sadaqah | -3600 |
| Sept 25′ | #53: Water Desalination | Sadaqah | -2000 |
| TOTAL: | US$284,579 | ||
| HK$2,214,614 | |||
| £211,200 |
In the last 24 months, The Gaza Fund has completed over 53 small projects to aid the needy. We will continue to help whatever the costs involved.
Update #36:
7 October 2025 (9am): Day 732: Food aid is entering Gaza but only in the south where the largest population of Palestinians are living in dilapidated tents and shelters. There is nothing in north Gaza as Israel has reimposed a blockade. Meantime, the only thing in abundance across Gaza are bombs and corpses. The Gaza Fund recently completed the disassembly and reinstallation of a US$2000 water desalination unit in Gaza City (late September) to help with water supply. We are continuing to identify other high-impact projects to support. We are also currently helping limited number of families via cash aid but we need to do much more. Given our singular focus on Gaza, Stripe suspended our online donations and payments in late August. We are currently exploring alternatives but in the meantime can only receive donations via bank deposits. For details, please email keffiyeh@thegazafund.com thegazafund.com
Update #35:
19 September 2025 (9am): Day 719: In the past 3 weeks, the situation across Gaza has continued to worsen. While there are limited aid trucks entering the south, the north has been cut off from aid. To tighten the noose, hundreds of thousands are being continuously displaced from 1 shelter to the next. Those who do not receive aid are forced to buy food at inflated prices. Those that can’t afford, starve. Officially, 432 Palestinians have died from starvation (including 146 children), an utter shame for humanity. Carts of corpses move in and out of hospitals like a factory that never stops. The Gaza Fund continues to send cash aid to select volunteers with limited access to online banking. Cash withdrawals are near impossible. 95 percent of Gazans rely on humanitarian aid. We have completed 52 small aid projects since 7 October 2023 and remain committed to finding ways to help. Please email us to find out ways to donate. thegazafund.com
Project # 48: Food Aid (Wholesale market) – July 2025
Update #34:
24 August 2025 (1am): Day 688: Over the last 25 days only 2,187 aid trucks were allowed into Gaza. Gaza needs a minimum of 18,000 aid trucks/per month to feed its starving population. Also, not all aid (eggs, onions, garlic, lentils, peas, oil, tomatoes and even rotten potatoes) is going into charity warehouses for distribution. A large aid portion is finding its way into markets where it is illegally sold at high prices. Palestinians who make cash payments have to pay 25% more (previously 40%) while online app payments are bit cheaper. Those who can pay are the lucky ones. For the vast majority in Gaza with no access to aid or cash, they are on the path of death – if not from the bombs, forced displacement and summer heat, then the spoiled food or mouldy bread. Gaza however needs more than just food aid. It needs malnutrition treatment, healthcare, clean water and sanitation. We are therefore appealing for urgent donations. We at The Gaza Fund have completed 51 micro aid projects since Oct 2023 but we need to, and have to – do far much more. thegazafund.com
Update #33:
23 July 2025 (5am): Day 656: Nearly one person in three has not eaten for days. The cost of one kilo of flour is now US$100. Onions and garlic are scarce and available but sold in slices, due to high demand. The Gaza Fund is doing whatever possible to buy locally grown (Khan Younis, Gaza) vegetables in bulk and distributing it for free. Demand outstrips supply. Excluding the 1000+ Palestinians killed while seeking aid, over 71+ children have died from malnutrition and hunger. To combat dizziness and fatigue as a direct result of hunger, children are given (when available) a tiny pinch of salt to survive. In the words of our volunteer “Our body is eating itself until it dies“. We are continuing to appeal for urgent donations. Expressing outrage is important but not enough. Please don’t just read this. Act now. Pick a charity you trust and donate. We at The Gaza Fund have completed 48 micro-projects since Oct 2023 but we like others need to do far much more. thegazafund.com
Update #32:
26 June 2025 (4am): Day 629: Can anyone still hear us in Gaza scream or has the global media moved on? At least 800+ Palestinians were killed (thousands severely injured) over 12 days when the global attention shifted towards Iran. There is aid in Gaza but it comes with bullets and tank shells fired by snipers, tanks and drones. Over 550+ Palestinians have been killed since GHF started its “aid” operations in Gaza alone. Seeking aid has become a deathtrap. In the words of a Palestinian teenager, “Aid food with a taste of blood”. Markets in Gaza look more like graveyards and money is worthless paper without food. The only way to survive is to dig a well and survive on water. The appeal for The Gaza Fund is ongoing. Please donate whatever you can. Given how aid into Gaza is blocked, we are not able to deliver food aid to Gaza. At present, we only have 2 active projects: cash aid and water. Palestinians in Gaza are not asking for your mercy. They are asking for your conscience. thegazafund.com
Update #31:
24 May 2025 (1am): Day 596: In the last 5 weeks since our last update from Gaza, bombs have kept falling while graves have kept multiplying. There is no clean water, fuel, medicine, food or sense of safety. Malnourished children have become skeleton covered in skin. Between ongoing attacks, food and water shortages, those of us alive in Gaza have been stuck in a never ending nightmare inside a horror movie filled with airstrikes, vibrations, explosions and screams. Imagine being stuck under the rubble, waiting for either another airstrike or someone to rescue you. As night falls, people brace for the most terrifying hours of the day, not knowing if they will survive the tank shell and airstrikes. Families go to sleep together. Some wakeup whole. Others are killed or wake up to lifelong injuries and disabilities. It has been 3 months now and food aid is still being deliberately used as a weapon to kill us all. Over 3000 aid trucks are parked outside Gaza but refused entry. Food prices are very expensive. There is a severe shortage of cash. We continue to appeal for people to donate cash aid. Can the world hear us screaming for help? thegazafund.com
Update #30:
17 April 2025 (11am): Day 558: Zero aid trucks have entered Gaza in over 6 weeks. Only commercial aid trucks are allowed into Gaza but the prices of all canned food (chick peas, kidney beans, tomato sauce, etc.,) is quite high. The people of Gaza are pleading for Zakah/Sadaqah so that they can buy food – not to eat but to survive. Due to severe flour shortages, women in Gaza are grinding and kneading pasta and baking it into bread. Only the lucky ones have one meal a day. In a recent extensive study, it was found the average Gazan has lost 18kg since 7/10. To the vast majority of 2.2 million, eating is a luxury. Those alive and injured in Gaza envy the dead (martyrs) as they have found forever peace. Meanwhile, the overhead drones and airstrikes are as deafening as the silence and numbness of the ummah. A common whisper heard in the streets of Gaza is: Where is the ummah? With local unemployment at 85%+, The Gaza Fund recently helped support a WORKING HUB (Jreas Hub at Gaza City central) in Feb/March 2025. By paying rent and internet access, we were able to support knowledge workers in Gaza earn an income which they then used to support their families, creating a multiplier impact of Sadaqah thegazafund.com
Project # 37: Project Working Hubs (Sadaqah – March 2025)
Update #29:
Project # 38-39: Project Cash Aid (Zakah – Early March 2025)
27 March 2025 (3am): Day 538: It wasn’t easy during the ceasefire but it has been devastatingly terrible since 2 March, our second Ramadan under absolute suffering. No aid trucks have been allowed into Gaza for over 25 days. Only commercial trucks are allowed so only those with money/cash savings can purchase overpriced eggs, rice, flour, water, etc., All bank branches/ATMs are destroyed except 3. In Gaza, we are no longer just appealing for food, water and painkillers but blood donations from each other as well. We are also not seeking the world’s mercy, but for the world’s conscience. Why has the world fallen silent? Has the world normalised the siege and silent genocide of 2.2 million people? No one in Gaza we know fears death anymore. Instead, we pray should there be an airstrike, we hope the whole family dies together. This is far better than lifelong injuries or being left alone. Please continue to raise your voices and support the people of Gaza. thegazafund.com
Project # 24 & 25: Water Filters (Al-Shati Camp/Sheikh Ridwan) (Late February 2025)
Update #28:
23 March 2025 3pm: Day 534: Here is a status update of advanced water filters we installed in 2021:
- 29th March 2021: Dar Assalam Hospital, Gaza. (Near Khan Yunis, South Gaza)
- 18th April 2021: Ma’en Area, Khan Younis, Refugee Camp, Gaza Strip
- 13th July 2021: Sahaba Medical Complex Hospital, Gaza Strip
- 20th Sept 2021: Al-Rawah Mosque, Rafah, Gaza Strip
Update #27:
19 February 2025 (1pm): Day 502: In the last 3 weeks since the ceasefire came into effect on 19 January 2025, aid has begun to flow into Gaza. As during the genocide, the situation in the south is better than the north although aid is now reaching various parts of the north as well. Food prices have begun to fall but it needs to fall further. The fragile ceasefire needs to be turned into a permanent ceasefire. Meantime, most people returning to their homes are finding nothing but rubble. The number one priority in Gaza right now is to clear the rubble, rebuild proper housing, resume education, finding work for income and seeking healthcare. We will continue to support low profile, high-impact projects across the Gaza Strip including an ongoing chicken meal project (500 families) at Nuseirat camp (Central Gaza). With Ramadan less than 2 weeks away, we are relaunching our emergency appeal for Zakah, Sadaqah, Fidya or regular donation. The money will be used for food, water, Iftar, cash aid, work, housing, education and healthcare. Please urgently donate as much as you can. thegazafund.com
Project # 33: Masjid (Al-Shati Camp) Reconstruction (Mid February 2025)
Project # 32: Soup Kitchen in Rafah, Gaza (Late February 2025)
Update #26:
16 January 2025 (10am): Day 468: After 66 weeks of absolute terror, Palestinians will soon get the chance to look at their open wounds, martyred children, slaughtered families, destroyed homes and shattered lives. We will remain grateful. According to the ceasefire agreement, up to 600 aid trucks will be allowed to enter Gaza daily, starting Sunday, 19 January. For context, 500 trucks used to enter Gaza daily prior to the war, therefore 600 is far from enough but desperately needed. The hardships are far from over. The road ahead is long and hard. PLEASE DONATE HOWEVER MUCH YOU CAN, URGENTLY. thegazafund.com
Project # 29: Bread Distribution (15 January 2025)
Update #25:
9 January 2025 (4pm): Day 461: Has the world given up on Gaza? 75 children have been killed in the last 9 days alone, or since 1 January 2025. Where is the outrage? In recent weeks, 8+ babies have died due to freezing temperatures. Aid trucks are being restricted by Israel but limited commercial trucks containing food are still allowed in the south. Yes, north is starving but in south Gaza – eggs, tomatoes, onions, fruits and basic canned food are available but now cost 20x more than before the war. Sure, the bombing intensity is deafening but so are the hunger pangs and the loud cries of our children. People talk about 46,000 dead but please also think about 110,000 Palestinians with lifelong disabilities/serious injuries (or the 2.1 million alive but homeless Palestinians. In the heartbreaking words of our aid worker in Gaza “To protect ourselves from aerial bombings, we used to keep our phones (geo-location) away from us while sleeping. Now we place it next to our faces. Dying is better for everyone than surviving with lifelong injuries”. thegazafund.com
Project # 18: Cash Aid (Khanyounis):
Aid is severely restricted (83% of all aid going into Gaza is blocked) but food produce that is sold in Gaza is still allowed in, especially in the south. There isn’t much except canned food and limited fresh produce, but it is false that food is not going into Gaza.
People have to pay to eat and prices are now very high. This is why we need to keep sending cash aid.
Project # 29: Flour & Food Parcels:
Project # 38: Water Project:
Update #24:
28 November 2024 (12pm): Day 418: The 2nd winter with accompanying rains has arrived. Between airstrikes, hunger and displacement, where do ordinary Gazans go? 81 percent of 135,000 nylon tents in Gaza are damaged or worn out. Barter is also back in Gaza. People are exchanging canned peas for fava beans, can of cheese with a pound of flour, oil with sugar, canned chickpeas for lentils – that is, for 20% of Gaza that managed to receive some form of aid. The other 80% of Gaza are largely starving. Nothing is left to be said how catastrophic the situation is, in Gaza. Cash is king in Gaza. We are continuing to remit cash to those with access to online banking. Online payments are made within Gaza to pay for tomatoes, potatoes, flour, onions or anything they can get their hands on. Since 8 October 2023, we have completed 23 projects in Gaza, big and small (cash aid, tents, hot meals, water, etc.) We now only have a cash balance of 20 percent of funds raised. thegazafund.com
Update #23:
31 October 2024 (11am): Day 384: The situation in Gaza continues to descend from worse to even worse. With daily temperatures plunging to 10C/50F, Palestinians are barely surviving. People are forced to eat barley, soybean powder and animal feed once every 2 days as the only meal option available, if eat anything at all. Given the large number of mass killings, hospitals in the north have run out of funeral shrouds. While 83% of aid trucks are restricted, commercial trucks carrying goods sold in Gaza are allowed. As a result, the price of tomatoes, eggs, vegetables, oil, flour, powdered milk, etc., continues to soar. Between 1-20 October, only 396 trucks entered Gaza, according to the UN. Prior to 7/10, an average of 500 trucks used to enter daily. People in Gaza are relying on cash donations but the world is in its slumber. Being angry, posting on social media and protesting is far from enough. Since 8 October 2023, we have completed 18 projects in Gaza, big and small (cash aid, tents, hot meals, water, etc.,) thegazafund.com
Update #22:
4 October 2024 (7am): Day 357: In the last 12 months since 8 October 2023, we have completed 14 projects in Gaza, big and small. Aid is severely restricted (83% of all aid going into Gaza is blocked) but food produce that is sold in Gaza is still allowed in, especially in the south. There isn’t much except canned food and limited fresh produce, but it is false that food is not going into Gaza. People have to pay to eat and prices are now very high. This is why we need to keep sending cash aid. For full details of all our active projects, including photos and videos, scroll down. To donate, please click here. To view our expenses/P&L (8 Oct 23′-30 Sept 24′), please click here. Looking back, it seems like everything we have done is but a tiny drop in the ocean. There was a lot of work pressure dealing with aid trucks, border guards, exorbitant bank transfers, agent commissions, lack of clarity monitoring aid, loss of communication with volunteers, danger distributing aid, etc., but all our challenges combined pale in comparison to a single day of hardships the people of Gaza have endured for over 360+ days. thegazafund.com
Project #3:
Project #4:
Update #21:
1 September 2024 (5pm): Day 323: The UN is warning that the threats to aid delivery in Gaza are reaching crisis levels. UN, WFP and dozens of large charities like ours are operating in Gaza but on a very limited scale, given how aid workers are “operating at the upper-most peripheries of tolerable risk”, according to one aid worker. Blocking aid to civilians and attacking aid workers is a war crime under the Geneva Convention but feel free to add this to a long disregarded list of red lines already crossed. Like us, every charity is asking: (1) Do we offer cash aid now (knowing up to 20 percent of what we send into Gaza will go straight into the pockets of brokers, banks and agents in between as part of “bank transfer fees“) – when the urgent/desperate need is now/today (life or death), or do we wait for things to calm down (but when everyone is dead!)?; (2) With the borders tight shut and all aid entry strictly controlled by Israel, do we still sponsor soup kitchens knowing fresh chicken is no longer coming from Egypt but reportedly imported from Israel (Arab Israelis)? Aid to Gaza is like walking on egg shells but we remain undeterred, iA. (Note: The Gaza Fund has a 100% donation policy. All expenses including bank charges are paid for, from our pocket) thegazafund.com
Update #20:
31 July 2024 (1pm): Day 291: How many more red lines will Israel cross before this comes to an end, or will it all end only when everyone in Gaza is dead? We could cite the most recent statistic of the confirmed total number of people killed (70+ percent women and children) but you already know the equally outrageous number from yesterday, the week or month before – yet it seems the world has become numb to the carnage in Gaza. The 40,000+ confirmed dead are not just numbers. These are individual lives. Human beings. Children to some, parents to others, siblings to some, friends to others: At least 40,000+ lives gone. And yet the onslaught continues nonstop, day and night. We are no longer shocked by the brutality that can no longer be described in words. With Gaza largely flattened, we really thought the worst is over but the incessant bombings continue. We are starving, tired and hurting so please do not give up on us. Please raise your voice and express your outrage. Continue your boycotts and protests. Be loud. Please help end this. thegazafund.com
Project #16:
Project #9:
Update #19:
19 May 2024 (1pm): Day 218: Due to several internet blackouts over the last few weeks, we have not been able to report back. Last week (Mid-May), Israel took over control of the Rafah border. Prior to Israel taking over the border on the Egyptian side, an average of 163 trucks used to enter Gaza each day. Right now, it is unclear how many trucks are coming in. The price of flour, bread, chicken, water bottles and canned food had fallen slightly in recent week but has again shot up again due to severe shortages in Rafah. The situation in north Gaza was very bad and remains very bad. The situation in Rafah (south Gaza) is now getting serious. The displaced who were previously repeatedly displaced are being displaced once more. Cars have been turned into homes. Tents have been turned into medical clinics. We, the Palestinians have faith the tide will turn. Meanwhile, over 35,000 Palestinians have been killed including 70% that are women and children. At least 30 children have died as a direct result of malnutrition and dehydration. Please continue to support soup kitchens and field clinics at refugee camps. thegazafund.com
Update #18:
21 April 2024 (12:30pm): Day 190: We hope people of the world will refer to this less as a news update and more as a CALL TO ACTION. The situation in Gaza is far from stable. Over 34,000+ Palestinians killed and 77,000+ people badly injured, and over 9,000+ still missing. Ramadan came and went but the drone and airstrikes are still continuing, before and after. Since the killing of the 7 WCK aid workers, Israel now claims the number of aid trucks into Gaza has increased but check with any charity and they will confirm any aid truck (no exceptions) that is more than half full, is immediately turned away, meaning Gaza is only receiving less than 50% of the official number of aid trucks into Gaza. The price of chicken, flour, onion, pasta sauce or anything edible are at record highs. Jordan, Egypt, KSA and UAE could not stop the ongoing genocide in Gaza but readily offered their airspace to prevent Iranian missiles from hitting Israel. The mask is clearly off. The world clearly sees the Western double standards, Arab hypocrisy and abject failure of international organisations. What else is there to reveal/dismantle before this genocide stops? thegazafund.com
Project #1D:
One of several soup kitchens we organised for up to 5000+ hot meals near Rafah in Gaza
Update #17:
28 March 2024 (12:30pm): Day 166: With nearly 32,000+ Palestinians killed and 74,889+ people badly injured, 75% of the population have been repeatedly displaced, some up to 7 times. Children should be wrapped in the warm embrace of adults, not wrapped in shroud buried by their parents. Some Palestinians are collecting the remains of their loved ones in plastic bags to bury. Diseases are spreading fast due to insufficient sewage facilities and limited health supplies. It was bad eating animal feed but even that is out of stock now. Wild grass or Khobiza is also running out soon. Right now in many places especially in north Gaza, clean water is no longer a luxury, it simply does not exist. In March 2024, an average of 155 aid trucks reached Gaza daily according to UN, far below the 500 needed as a minimum, but still higher than the daily average of 95 aid trucks (between Oct 2023-Feb 2024). From world’s largest open air prison to largest open air graveyard, how many of us still need to die before the world acts? Yes, we need water purifying tablets, neonatal resuscitation kits and other medical aid but more urgently, we desperately need water, flour and canned food. thegazafund.com
Project #2:
A clinic near Rafah we supported recently
Update #16:
18 March 2024 (2:30pm): Day 156: Like Muslims around the world marking their 7-8th day of Ramadan, people in Gaza (including infants) too, have been “fasting” – except for almost 5 months now. Iftar Alhumdullilah means eating boiled grass, lemon, grinding corn grains, bread made out of rabbit, donkey, pigeon or animal feed. At least 27+ people have officially died due to starvation. We Palestinians are not starving. We are being starved. 100 Palestinians are mercilessly killed each day, on average with children accounting for 44% of all casualties. Since 7/10, 9800 aid trucks have entered Gaza. Prior to 7/10, 500 aid trucks use to enter each day. Does ICJ still think Israel may be committing “plausible genocide”? The betrayal, treachery and complicity of our Muslims rulers is shocking but the silence of the Ummah is equally deafening. Raise your voices. Make this stop. If you can’t protest, lobby or post on social media, send us aid. We need flour, water, canned food and medicines for our children, the sick, weak, injured and elderly. We know Allah is, and will continue to help. Ask Him to guide you to help us. thegazafund.com
Update #15:
1 March 2024 (11:30am): Day 139: Well over 30,000+ dead and over 8,000+ missing and we are all tired of this seemingly un-winnable genocide against the voiceless Gazans. If you are tired – imagine how tired, hungry, thirsty and disappointed the people of Gaza are. They are screaming for help, pleading for aid, crying for this to stop but all we see is one red line crossed after another. First it was no aid relief. Then it was a small amount of limited aid. Now it’s still small amounts of aid but get shot and bombed while receiving aid. Five months ago, it was the aerial bombs and tank shells. Now it’s the aerial bombs, tank shells, snipers and starvation. Fact: The weak, elderly, sick and children have begun dying due to lack of food and water. Is the world really sleepwalking through life? Where is your outrage? Death and despair surround Gaza. Do something. Ceasefire is a bare minimum. We hear 2,000 trucks are reportedly stuck outside the border and will gradually trickle into Gaza but please scale up aid. We desperately need food, water and pain relief medicine. Just as importantly, help us demand this genocide to stop. How many more graves do we have to dig? thegazafund.com
Update #14:
14 Feb 2024 (12:05pm): Day 123: Are aid trucks allowed into Gaza? For the nth time, Yes. Most aid enters Gaza via Al-Arish, Egypt (1-hour away from Rafah, Egypt). Once at the Rafah border, aid is inspected by Red Crescent (Egypt) and sent on a detour to the Israeli crossing for a second round of inspection. Once approved, the aid truck is told to travel back to Rafah and enter Gaza. The entire process from start to finish, takes 1-3 weeks, or minimum 2 weeks on average, per truck. UNRWA and PRCS remain two NGOs with the largest number of volunteers, warehouses, trucks and access to limited resources needed to run charity projects in Gaza. There are hundreds of other small/medium charities like ours, The Gaza Fund. Over 29,000+ Palestinians, 80% of them women, children, and elders have now been killed. Young children have started dying too from hunger while many sick and injured have died due to absence of medical facilities or medicine. Our aid relief is focused on canned food, water and pain relief medicine. The question is no longer whether aid trucks are going into Gaza. The two questions Gazans are asking are: Why are warehouses empty and why isn’t more help coming?thegazafund.com
Update #13:
17 Jan 2024 (12:30pm): Day 95: Aid is getting into Gaza but like medicine administered to an ICU patient on drip. Aid trucks are being looted soon after they enter Rafah. Often, trucks are not even able to reach the designated charity warehouses for redistribution, and are raided and emptied soon after crossing the border into Gaza. The widespread use of the word “famine” is also deceptive, as if crops and agriculture have stopped growing. There is no agriculture, farming or crops in Gaza. The problem is starvation, pure and simple, yet another tool of war used by Israel to get local Palestinians to rat out the resistance. From aerial bombings to contaminated water and lack of medicines, the Gazans are in need for urgent aid (flour, canned food, water bottles, medicines). While no more than 200 trucks are allowed into Gaza daily, there is actually an urgent need for at least 1,000+ trucks daily. But if we are not sending more aid today because aid trucks are in the queue outside the border, we are failing Gaza. thegazafund.com
Update #12:
10 Jan 2024 (11am): Day 88: We must not turn away from Gaza. This is exactly what U.S and Israel wants. They are tiring out the Gazans by the endless bombings and tiring out everyone else in the world by carrying on their genocide. Meanwhile, the finicky media is scrolling over to the next story, as if death and violence of civilian women, children, elderly and men in Gaza is normal. IT IS NOT. 23,084+ Palestinians killed, including 9600+ children and over 8,000+ women, with over 7,000 missing. Please don’t let this just be a statistic. The plea from Gaza is to speak up (again), raise your voice (again), post on social media (again), raise the issue outside your circle of contacts. Protests, boycott and donate if you can – but money alone won’t solve this problem. 1,000 aid trucks daily is not enough for Gaza but at present, only 200 aid trucks are entering Gaza daily while a lot of aid is stuck outside the border therefore what Gaza need is for the genocide, bombings and dehumanising misinformation against Palestinians to end. The plea from Gaza is, please help. thegazafund.com
Update #11:
20 Dec (11:45am): Day 75: Media coverage of Gaza has dropped in the last 2 weeks due to the telecoms/internet blackout but the bombings and atrocities are at the same level, if not worse. 50,000 pregnant women in Gaza are facing an uncertain birth (e.g., giving birth in unsterile conditions and undergoing caesareans without painkillers). There is a steep rise in stress-induced miscarriages, still births and premature births. Excluding these deaths, a child is killed somewhere in Gaza, every 6 minutes. People are begging for hot meals, bread, water, fava beans, expired canned food. There are now 360,000+ confirmed cases of diarrhoea, respiratory infections, jaundice, chickenpox, hepatitis A, meningitis, and intestinal flu (UN-OCHA) . Many tents have no ground sheets, so people spent the night on wet sand due to rains. If a warehouse full of aid is not being bombed, it is being ransacked by locals who are too desperate to wait. Yes, there are hundreds of aid trucks parked outside Gaza waiting to get in BUT much more aid is urgently needed. thegazafund.com
Update #10:
8 Dec (9:30am) Day 63: In the words of a Gazan, “If the bombs don’t kill us, the hunger, thirst, lack of medicine, the cold will”. Homeless Gazans are staying in makeshift nylon tents to protect against rain and cold (16C/61F). With well over 110,000+ confirmed cases of diarrhoea, gastrointestinal and respiratory infections across Gaza, experts fear typhoid, cholera, and measles outbreaks could be looming next. All sanitation services have ceased. Without fuel, it is not possible to pump clean water or clear waste accumulating in the streets, a public health catastrophe. Doctors, nurses, medics, rescue and charity workers are 110% exhausted. With bombs raining down from land, air and sea, there is an indescribable sense of tension, sorrow and fear in the air. Women and children are either covered in blood and dirt or those injured or killed are being carried by men on their backs or on mattresses. In the last 60 days or since 7/10, 3313+ trucks have entered Gaza, the equivalent of 6 days’ worth of aid for Gaza prior to 7/10. We have collectively failed Palestinians. We have lost our humanity. thegazafund.com
Update #9:
2 Dec (3:30pm) Day 57: At 7am on 1 Dec, Israel decided to resume bombing Gaza with full strength. Israel has also stopped the entry of all aid trucks into Gaza. Hundreds of trucks are currently piling up at the Rafah border, waiting for clearance. In total, 800 aid trucks were able to enter Gaza during the 7-day truce, according to UNRWA. Prior to 10/10, over 500+ trucks used to enter Gaza, daily. Like in previous wars, thousands of unexploded ordinance are likely to be on the streets, according to a mine action charity in Gaza. South Gaza was bombed heavily yesterday. In the last 6 weeks, north Gaza was largely levelled to the ground. There is no safety anywhere in Gaza. For now, we will not be sending any aid to Gaza via El Arish (Egypt) until borders reopen at Rafah (Egypt). Every charity worker in Gaza is seeking shelter and praying their aid supply stored for distribution in Gaza is not bombed to bits. thegazafund.com
AID TRUCKS: As soon as aid trucks to Gaza from El Arish (Egypt) located an hour away from Rafah arrive at the Gaza-Rafah border in Egypt, they are told to travel south to Nitzana (Negev Desert, Israel) border where everything is offloaded, sniffed, screened, and inspected before crossing back into Egyptian territory. The entire shipment is then sent back to the Rafah-Gaza border in Egypt, where everything is checked again before it is allowed to enter Gaza. This new 100km trip means up to 20+ hours delay per truck. Only 2,000 aid trucks have entered Gaza, or an average of 30 trucks/day (not enough for even 5% of Gaza’ daily needs) since 10/10.
Update #8:
29 Nov (12:15pm) Day 54: Around 400 trucks have entered Gaza since the “pause”, some for the very 1st time in north Gaza & Gaza city in 52 days or since 10/10, according to PRCS but the shipment of clean water is barely enough for 15% of the population. The other 85%+ will just have to keep waiting. South Gaza (close to Rafah border) is also in very bad shape. Demand for water, gas and food is outstripping aid supply 10:1. Palestinians are burning doors, furniture and window frames to cook, according to UN. Whole families are surviving on flat bread cooked on scavenged metal sheets over open fires. The cost of food has shot up: food (10%+); vegetables (32%+); wheat flour (65%+). water (100%+), according to PCBS. Overall according to World Food Programme, Gaza is at the cusp of famine. UNHCR/UNRWA, Islamic Relief & Palestinian Red Crescent are 3 most active charities in Gaza while many small charities including ours are operating in small pockets across Gaza. The extended “pause” will end on 30/11 @ 7am, but must be turned into a permanent ceasefire before the catastrophe is made worse. thegazafund.com
Update #7:
23 Nov (10:45am) Day 48: With 14,532+ Palestinians killed (including 6,000+ children and 3,920+ women), 1.7m+ people out of 2.3m population in Gaza are now internally displaced, according to UNRWA. 1 million+ children are forever traumatised with many unsure about a future without their parents. Most bakeries and wheat mills are largely shut. Hospitals are largely non-operational. Local markets have nothing to sell while farmers and fishermen have ceased activities. Waterborne illnesses (cholera and typhoid) are also spreading (HRW). The telecoms/internet blackout in the last 2 weeks has also helped Israel shield itself from mounting criticism. Once the “humanitarian pause” comes into effect, it is hoped aid convoys (reportedly 400 trucks containing food, water, medicines and restricted fuel) will enter Gaza, both in the south and hopefully in the north since almost nothing has entered north Gaza in 45 days. Israel says fuel will be restricted only for water and sanitation works, and not for hospitals, a huge problem for the people of Gaza. While there are a large number of small active charities in Gaza, UNHCR, Islamic Relief and Palestine Red Crescent remain the most active but maintain the 4-day “pause” will be good for nothing if it can’t be turned into a truce, or permanent ceasefire. thegazafund.com
Project #1C:
Update #6:
16 Nov (1pm) Day 41: No one is able to provide/confirm an updated death toll in Gaza for 5 straight days now (since 12 Nov: 11,078 killed). With no electricity, limited wi-fi, very strict control over movement of media, charity workers, first responders and paramedics, no one is there to document war crimes being committed. 22 of out 36 hospitals are non-functional (Source: WHO). The lives of 2,000+ cancer patients are at risk. Many patients previously on life support and babies in incubators are now likely dead. All desalination and wastewater treatment plants, public sewage pumping stations and pumps have stopped working (Source: UNRWA). 95% of bakeries are closed. Many meals are cooked on fire after scavenging wood/furniture from homes bombed. There is no clean water, fuel and medical supplies. There are record number of undocumented cases of respiratory infections and diarrhoea in Gaza right now. 850 aid trucks have entered in 35+ days. Prior to 9/10, 500+ trucks used to enter, daily. Most of these trucks belong to UNHCR, Islamic Relief and Palestine Red Crescent, 3 most active charities in Gaza. There are many other charities too – but most like us handle medium to small projects like cooked meals, since it is incredibly difficult to send money into Gaza right now. The bombings, territorial encroachment, occupation needs to end, now. thegazafund.com
Project #1B:
Update #5:
7 Nov (9am) Day 32: 10,000+ Palestinians have been killed in 1 month, including over 4000+ children. (Note: 44% of the 2.3m population is under the age of 14). Every hour – 42 bombs are dropped, 12 buildings destroyed, 15 people are killed or 1 child every 10 minutes, according to Al Jazeera. The next target for Israel appears to be water tanks and solar panels. 800,000+ Palestinians are taking refuge at schools and hospitals, sleeping along the corridors, waiting rooms and in the courtyard, according to UN-OCHA. People whose homes are bombed are using their bare hands to remove rubble and look for survivors. 2200+ people are believed trapped or missing under rubble. Some rescuers are using donkey carts to rush patients to hospitals. At hospitals, fridges used to keep bodies are no longer working. Some emergency surgeries are performed on the ground and without anaesthesia. Patients with burns cannot be treated properly as there are no means to keep hospital equipment clean. 42 babies in incubators, 57 patients dependent on kidney dialysis machines and 62 patients on artificial ventilation are at great risk, or have died. The health ministry has confirmed a dozen cancer patients have also died since key hospitals started shutting down. Out of 20 bakeries, 11 have been bombed and only 9 are in service but will soon shut down soon due to fuel shortages. Less than 500 aid trucks has entered Gaza since 10 October. Prior to this, 750-850 trucks used to enter daily, according to the Palestinian Red Crescent Society therefore, the current aid is not even enough for 5% of Gaza. Whatever anyone is doing, including we at The Gaza Fund are doing is galaxies from enough. thegazafund.com
Update #4
1 Nov (12:30pm) Day 26: Relentless bombing. With 8,600+ killed including 3500+ children, every single family knows someone who has been killed. Unknown number missing under the rubble. Israel is using the periodic telecoms/internet blackout to blitz Gaza to bits. With limited media coverage, Israel is hoping to reduce global solidarity towards Gaza. Both, large and small aid agencies are struggling to stay in touch with their workers in Gaza. Over 100+ medics, rescue and charity volunteers have also been killed. Only 217 trucks (containing canned fish, food parcels containing pasta, wheat flour, canned tomato paste and canned beans) have entered Gaza in 24 days. People are drinking sea water. Hospitals are out of bed with patients treated on the floor. Fuel is urgently needed to generate electricity, power hospitals, restart water and sewage works. The situation has truly gone from very bad to desperate. The Gaza Fund (with very limited supplies) is currently offering cooked meals for families taking shelter at a UNHCR-backed school. thegazafund.com
Project #1A:
Update #3:
27 Oct (9am) Day 21: Since 10 October, 74+ trucks containing food parcels, medicines and water bottles have entered Gaza, (compared to 500+ aid trucks that used to enter daily, prior to the attack). While grateful, people in Gaza are asking “How to cook rice, lentils and pasta with no water, fuel & gas?“ Large charities like UNRWA, Islamic Relief, and Palestine Red Crescent and a few others seem better organised. Others like us are trying hard but with borders still shut and bank transfers still a challenge, cooked food is near impossible. Oxfam says, starvation is being used as a “weapon of war” in Gaza. Gazans urgently need water, medicine and electricity (to power hospitals and desalinate water). More Palestinians have died in the last 19 days than in the past 15 years combined, according to UN-OCHA. With a prior cash balance of US$11,000 before the attacks, we have thus far spent US$5,000+ on emergency cash relief to displaced persons. We now have a cash balance of US$6,000 on the ground. We are finding ways to send the balance US$15,000+, asap. thegazafund.com
Update #2:
21 Oct (5pm) Day 15: 20 trucks (a PR stunt by Israel) passed into Gaza on 21 October with NGOs calling it a “drop in the ocean”. Before 7 October, 500+ trucks carrying aid would enter Gaza each day, according to the UN. The aid shipment included 44,000 bottles of drinking water, enough for 22,000 people for one day, a tiny fraction of the more than 2.3 million people who live in Gaza, according to UNICEF & WFP. Meanwhile, the bombing campaign remains intense, with over 4,200+ Palestinians killed (including at least 1661+ children), as of 21 October. Sending money into Gaza also remains impossible. Borders are tight shut. Most charity workers are currently engaged in emergency search and relief, pulling people out of rubble and taking them to the nearest medical facility. With no water, electricity or fuel, 130+ premature babies on incubators and 100s of ICU patients are at risk. Cholera and other water-borne diseases is another threat, according to UNDP, UNFPA and WHO. thegazafund.com
Update #1:
13 Oct (5pm) Day 7: The purpose of this appeal is to buy supplies, medicines, food aid packs, and hand out cash aid. However, the borders are tight shut in Gaza. Shops, banks, schools & offices are also largely closed. For now, there is no possible way of sending money into Gaza. Only large charities with a prior cash balance in Gaza are doing things on the ground and even then, the scale is at less than 10% capacity. We at The Gaza Fund have US$11,000 parked in cash in Gaza for emergency relief, and are able to mobilise this right away, but our #1 priority is the safety of all of our volunteers and their families – as the bombings are random, incessant, and highly dangerous. Based on reports on the ground, most charity workers are currently engaged in emergency search and relief, pulling people out of rubble and taking them to the nearest medical facility. When things quiet down, charities & NGOs will restart cash aid distribution, and provide other forms of relief. thegazafund.com
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Grand Total Raised since 8 October 2023:
HK$2,207,934 = US$278,979= £207,984