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The conflict in the Middle East has taken a devastating toll on innocent lives. Before the ceasefire was agreed, civilians endured unimaginable suffering as violence escalated.

While the death, destruction, and displacement in the region are overwhelming, there's still hope. With your support, our partners can provide lifesaving supplies to civilians caught up in this conflict.

Donate and share hope

Every prayer, every gift, every action brings hope to people hit by crisis.

What's happening in the Middle East?

For the last 18 months, civilians have seen relentless bombardment, displacement and deprivation

More than 50,000 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza, many of those children. With homes and infrastructure flattened, nearly 2 million people have been displaced, forced to face extreme hunger and disease in overcrowded shelters. We've seen the same trend of death, destruction and displacement in Lebanon too.

While a temporary ceasefire between Israel and Hamas brought hope of peace, we are once again seeing Israeli airstrikes killing civilians in huge numbers along with a blockade preventing food, medicine, fuel and other essentials reaching people in Gaza. 

A sustainable peace will not be possible until the illegal occupation of Gaza, and the West Bank – including East Jerusalem – is ended and Palestinians and Israelis are treated as equals. 

World leaders need to immediately support a locally led reconstruction plan for Gaza to provide hope for the future.

It brings a mix of joy and sorrow. On one hand, it allows us to reunite with family, loved ones, and friends. On the other, it forces us to confront the painful absence of those we have lost, and the haunting reality of people still trapped beneath the rubble.

- Amal Syam, Director of the Women’s Affairs Centre (WAC)., President of the Palestinian Children’s Council, in a letter to the UK Prime Minister.

How are Christian Aid responding?

Our established partners in Gaza and Lebanon are responding as best they can, under intense pressure, with medical relief and food, shelter, sanitation and cash.

Our partners are deeply rooted in their communities and have therefore been the first responders to this crisis. Our locally-led approach has meant that people have been supported to help themselves, in the absence of a ceasefire and sufficient aid.

- Katie Roxburgh, Programme Manager – Israel and occupied Palestinian territory, Christian Aid..

How your donations help

How your donations helps Every donation helps us meet the escalating needs of people fighting for their very survival.

  • £4

    or €12 could provide blankets for two people to keep them warm.

  • £19

    or €60 could provide emergency food for five families for one week.

  • £37

    or €120 could provide emergency shelter for five families.

You can help people in urgent need

With conflict escalating across the Middle East, and the humanitarian situation worsens, we’ll direct our resources to send support to where it’s needed most.

Illustration of a prayer candle

Pray for a just peace

God, hear our prayers for peace in the Middle East.
May all people in the region be protected, safe from harm.
We pray that this crisis will end now, with no further loss of life.
God, may the injured and distressed know your healing presence.
May the powerful and the decision-makers follow the paths of justice, mercy and peace.
We pray for recognition of the dignity and value of every life.
May the clamour of violence cease,
Replaced by the beating of swords into ploughshares.
God, in your name, 

Amen

Together, we must do all we can to protect the lives of our global neighbours. They need us right now, more than ever.  

Save lives. Give hope.

Share our resources

Read or download resources and new stories to share with your church congregation.

Life for children living under bombardment in Gaza

In this blog, read diary entries shared with Christian Aid from children living in Gaza about their fears and daily struggles under near constant Israeli bombardment.

Middle East Crisis Appeal Church Powerpoint

A presentation about the Middle East Crisis Appeal to use in services for a church collection

Struggles facing families in Gaza

In this blog, Christian Aid’s consultant in Gaza Ahmed Sourani describes the many struggles facing people in Gaza as well as their hopes for an immediate ceasefire and a just, lasting peace.

Voices from Gaza

In this blog, hear directly from Christian Aid’s medical partner in Gaza about the challenges medical workers are facing right now.

Diary from a warzone

In this blog, read a firsthand account of what daily life is like in a displacement camp inside Gaza

Statement

Christian Aid Ireland statement on the escalation of violence in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory.