Gaza Emergency Relief Project

Since 7 October 2023

The Gaza Emergency Relief Project has been active since 7 October 2023, responding to one of the most severe and prolonged humanitarian crises in recent history. Continuous bombardment, mass displacement, and restricted access to essential goods have left millions struggling to survive without adequate food, shelter, clean water, or medical care.

Hospitals remain overwhelmed, fuel shortages threaten life-saving medical services, and families — many displaced multiple times — continue to live in overcrowded and unsafe conditions with limited access to basic necessities.

“And whoever saves one life – it is as if he had saved all of mankind.”
Qur’an – Surah Al-Ma’idah (5:32)

Our Emergency Response

From the earliest days of the crisis, IAC teams and partners on the ground have worked continuously under extremely dangerous conditions to provide urgent humanitarian assistance to affected communities across Gaza.

Our response has evolved to address both immediate emergency needs and longer-term survival challenges faced by displaced families.

Food Parcel Distribution Across Gaza

As part of the ongoing emergency response, thousands of food packages were distributed to vulnerable families across both Northern and Southern Gaza.

With widespread displacement, destruction of infrastructure, and severe shortages of food supplies, many families were left struggling to secure even basic daily meals. Through coordinated field operations and local partnerships, food parcels containing essential staples were delivered to displaced households, helping families survive under extremely difficult conditions.

The distributions focused on reaching:

• Displaced families living in shelters and temporary camps
• Households cut off from regular food access
• Vulnerable groups including children, elderly individuals, and widows
• Communities facing severe food insecurity due to ongoing conflict and restrictions

Each food package was carefully prepared to provide essential nutritional support and sustain families for extended periods during the crisis.

Despite the immense logistical and security challenges, aid teams continued delivering food assistance across multiple regions of Gaza to ensure support reached those most in need.

Healthcare & Hospital Support

The collapse of the healthcare system and the overwhelming number of injuries created an urgent need for continuous medical support.

Our teams have worked over the past two years to:

• Supply essential medicines and emergency medical consumables
• Deliver medical equipment and healthcare supplies to support overwhelmed medical facilities
• Provide continuous fuel support to hospitals and emergency facilities
• Ensure critical hospital services remain operational despite severe fuel shortages and restrictions on fuel entering Gaza

Fuel has become one of the most critical needs in Gaza. Due to restrictions and extremely high costs, maintaining hospital operations became increasingly difficult. Through ongoing support, fuel deliveries helped keep essential services functioning, including:

• Emergency rooms
• Intensive care units
• Ambulances
• Surgical departments
• Life-saving medical equipment

Street Clearing & Humanitarian Access

As destruction spread across residential areas, damaged roads and debris made movement extremely difficult for civilians, ambulances, and aid delivery teams.

To support affected communities, we became involved in the use of bulldozers and heavy equipment to clear streets and remove debris, helping:

• Reopen damaged roads
• Improve access for emergency and relief teams
• Ease movement for displaced families
• Reduce daily hardships faced by civilians living among destruction

This intervention played an important role in restoring basic mobility and improving humanitarian access in severely affected areas.

Food Security & Daily Hot Meals

Food insecurity has reached catastrophic levels in Gaza, with countless families unable to cook or access basic food supplies.

In response, we established and supported multiple humanitarian kitchens in North Gaza and Middle Gaza, providing freshly prepared meals on a daily basis to displaced and vulnerable families.

Our food response includes:

• Daily hot meal distributions
• Ready-to-eat meal packs
• Monthly food parcels
• Emergency food support for displaced communities

Daily Kitchen Operations

Our field kitchens continue operating daily under extremely difficult conditions to ensure families receive warm meals despite shortages of fuel, food supplies, and safe cooking spaces.

Cost per hot meal pack: USD 7.12

Ramadan Iftar Gatherings

During the holy month of Ramadan, large-scale Iftar gatherings were organized for displaced and vulnerable communities across Gaza.

Hundreds of fasting individuals and families were provided with warm meals in communal gatherings that helped restore a sense of dignity, unity, and hope during an incredibly difficult period.

These gatherings served not only as food assistance, but also as moments of emotional and spiritual support for families enduring war and displacement.

Shelter & Winter Protection

With massive displacement across Gaza, thousands of families were left without safe shelter.

To address urgent shelter needs, we distributed hundreds of specially designed humanitarian tents to displaced families. These tents were selected specifically to:

• Help prevent rainwater leakage during winter
• Reflect heat and reduce temperatures during extreme summer conditions
• Provide safer and more durable temporary shelter solutions

Additional emergency relief items included:

• Blankets
• Warm clothing
• Mattresses
• Essential household items

Priority was given to:

• Children
• Elderly individuals
• Families living in open or unsafe areas

Clean Water Supply

Access to clean drinking water remains one of the most urgent humanitarian challenges in Gaza, especially in northern areas where infrastructure has been heavily damaged.

To support affected communities, we supplied clean drinking water to thousands of families in North Gaza who lacked access to safe water sources.

This intervention helped reduce risks associated with:

• Dehydration
• Waterborne diseases
• Unsafe water consumption

Water distribution became a critical lifeline for families struggling to survive amid collapsing infrastructure.

Cash Assistance Programs

Many displaced families lost their homes, livelihoods, and sources of income. To help families meet urgent daily needs, we implemented multiple cash assistance initiatives.

Support included:

• Monthly financial support for displaced Gazan families in Egypt
• Direct emergency cash aid for vulnerable households
• Assistance for families facing extreme hardship

Cash Assistance Achievements

• 10 families received USD 1,000 each
• 400 individuals received USD 500 each
• Hundreds of additional families received emergency financial support

These programs enabled families to purchase food, medicine, transportation, and other urgent necessities with dignity and flexibility.

Eid al-Adha Support – Corned Beef Distribution

Due to restrictions preventing the entry of live Qurbani animals into Gaza, many vulnerable families were unable to benefit from traditional Udhiya distributions during Eid al-Adha.

To ensure families could still experience the blessings of Eid, we distributed thousands of canned corned beef packages to displaced and impoverished households across Gaza.

This initiative helped provide:

• Essential nutritional support
• Protein-rich food supplies
• A sense of inclusion and dignity during Eid celebrations

Reach & Achievements

Through continuous emergency operations and field coordination:

• Thousands were supported across multiple areas in Gaza by 2026

Types of assistance delivered include:

• Food parcels
• Ready-to-eat meal packs
• Daily hot meals
• Medical supplies
• Shelter assistance
• Water distribution
• Fuel support
• Cash assistance

Our Team on the Ground

Despite constant danger and extremely difficult conditions, our teams on the ground continued working 24 hours a day to ensure aid reached those who needed it most.

Field teams operated amidst ongoing risks, displacement, infrastructure destruction, and shortages — standing beside their brothers and sisters in Gaza with dedication and commitment.

Every effort was made to ensure humanitarian assistance reached vulnerable families with dignity, fairness, and urgency.

Our Commitment

The Gaza Emergency Relief Project remains committed to:

• Saving lives
• Preserving dignity
• Sustaining essential services
• Supporting displaced and vulnerable families
• Standing in solidarity with the people of Gaza

This is not just emergency aid — it is a lifeline for thousands of families enduring one of the most devastating humanitarian crises of our time.

Together, we continue to deliver hope, relief, and humanity to Gaza.