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P017234001: Gaza and the West Bank continue to face severe humanitarian conditions following prolonged hostilities, widespread displacement, and extensive damage to civilian infrastructure and essential services. Health systems are under extreme strain, access to basic needs remains limited, and vulnerable populations, including displaced families, injured people, older persons, and persons with disabilities, face heightened health and protection risks.
With support from Global Affairs Canada, the Canadian Red Cross is working with the Palestinian Red Crescent Society to deliver life-saving health and humanitarian assistance in Gaza and the West Bank. Project activities include: (1) delivering emergency medical services, including ambulance services, medical evacuations, and trauma stabilisation; (2) operating hospitals, field hospitals, medical points, clinics, and mobile medical units in response to population movements; and (3) providing mental health and psychosocial support for affected communities, staff, and volunteers. The project benefits conflict-affected civilians in Gaza and the West Bank, with a focus on internally displaced persons, women and children, injured individuals, and persons with disabilities. | P017234002: Gaza and the West Bank continue to face severe humanitarian conditions following prolonged hostilities, large-scale and repeated displacement, and widespread destruction of civilian infrastructure and essential services. In Gaza, the vast majority of the population requires humanitarian assistance and faces acute shortages of health care, shelter, water, sanitation, food, and electricity. Damage to hospitals, primary health care facilities, ambulances, and critical infrastructure, combined with shortages of medical supplies, fuel, and safe water, has significantly degraded the heath system’s capacity to respond. Repeated displacement and overcrowded living conditions have heightened protection risks and exposure to communicable diseases, particularly for women, children, older persons, persons with disabilities, and injured individuals. In the West Bank, escalating violence, movement restrictions, military incursions, and settler attacks have resulted in casualties, damage to infrastructure, displacement, and restricted access to emergency medical and basic services. Access constraints and operational challenges continue to impede humanitarian actors’ ability to deliver timely and principled assistance across Gaza and the West Bank, exacerbating humanitarian needs in health, protection, shelter, relief, and water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) sectors.
In parallel, approximately 150,000 Palestinians have evacuated from Gaza to Egypt, including many medical evacuees requiring specialised care. With limited financial means, many require continued medical treatment and social support. The PRCS Palestine Hospital in Cairo plays a key role in providing care and follow-up to these patients, complementing the broader humanitarian health response.
With Global Affairs Canada’s support, the Canadian Red Cross is working with the Palestinian Red Crescent Society and the Egyptian Red Crescent, to deliver lifesaving assistance in Gaza and the West Bank. Project activities include: (1) delivering emergency medical services, including ambulance services, medical evacuations, and trauma stabilisation; (2) operating hospitals, field hospitals, medical points, clinics, and mobile medical units, including strengthened services at the PRCS Palestine Hospital in Cairo through expanded capacity, staffing, and provision of medicines and supplies for patients evacuated from Gaza; (3) providing mental health and psychosocial support services, including for affected populations in Egypt; (4) distributing emergency relief supplies, including food, water, hygiene items, and shelter assistance; and (5) supporting regional supply chain and logistics operations, including coordination of medical evacuations and support at the Rafah border.