With each passing day, the hunger crisis in Gaza deepens. 

One in three people are now going days without eating and children are most at risk.

Severe malnutrition is rising fast. UNICEF teams are on the ground, screening and treating children, delivering clean water, and supporting overwhelmed health centres.

Humanitarian pauses offer a narrow but critical opportunity to reach more children, but the need remains immense.

Help reach children and families who can’t afford to wait. 

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"We need immediate, safe and unhindered humanitarian access across Gaza to scale up the delivery of life-saving food, nutrition, water and medicine. Without that, mothers and fathers will continue to face a parent’s worst nightmare, powerless to save a starving child from a condition we are able to prevent." 
- UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell.

New data shows that over one in three people are now going days without food. 
In just two months, malnutrition among children under five has quadrupled.

For over a year, families in Gaza have endured relentless violence—losing homes, loved ones, and access to food, clean water, and healthcare. Now, they’re facing a hunger crisis they cannot survive alone.

Hanadi, a mother in Khan Younis, is living that reality. 

But mothers like Hanadi haven’t given up. And neither have we.  

UNICEF teams are still on the ground— providing essential support to children fighting malnutrition, clean water, keeping health centres running, and creating safe spaces where children can learn and hold on to a sense of normalcy, even in the middle of crisis.  

And we have more aid ready at the borders—waiting to enter the moment blockade is lifted. 

We are not stopping. Not now. Not when children need us most.  

With your help, we can stay and support children today—and be ready to reach even more the moment the borders open.  

Please, help us keep going.  

Situation of Gaza in numbers 

1.3 Million people in need

3,300,000

People in need of humanitarian assistance

displaced

1,700,000

Children in need of humanitarian assistance

1 million children in need

500,000

People are enduring famine-like conditions

How can you help?

UNICEF response will continue to focus on responding to the needs of millions of children and families currently facing an urgent and pressing need for protection and humanitarian assistance.

Your support can help reach more children and families with-

  • Nutrition supplies including ready-to-use infant formula, specialized supplementary food, nutrient supplements, and ready-to-use therapeutic food for the early prevention and treatment of acute malnutrition.
  • Safe and clean water through water trucking and distribution of bottled water. UNICEF is also reaching children and families with water containers, chlorine tablets for water purification, and fuel to operate water wells and desalination plants.
  • Helping children heal through mental health support and family reunification.
  • Immunizing children to protect them from deadly, preventable diseases
  • Setting up temporary learning spaces so children can continue their education and regain some sense of normalcy
  • Cash assistance for the most vulnerable households to meet their basic needs

Your donation helps UNICEF continue its critical presence in Gaza—supporting children and families with life-saving services every day.

It also ensures we’re ready to act the moment aid is allowed in.

Please, help us stay and respond—for children who have nowhere else to turn.

Disclaimer: 
 
*Donations received will be used to fund UNICEF’s response for children and families in Gaza with 10% of total donations going towards responding to the urgent needs of many more children and families facing the most challenging situations elsewhere in the world. Your donation today will help us be there for every child, even those living with very little to no support.
 
**As a United Nations entity enjoying privileges and immunities enshrined in the Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations, UNICEF does not have a tax registration number in any country because it is not subject to tax on its income in any jurisdiction and because it is not subject to the jurisdiction of any national authority, including any tax authority.  
 
***Please note that the stories of children and price point descriptions mentioned (if any) are to illustrate activities and the impact your donation can make to the lives of vulnerable children in Gaza and around the world. UNICEF, based on the need on the ground, will allocate resources to areas that need funds the most.