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Since the beginning of hostilities in early October 2023, Oxfam has supported 20 local partners providing lifesaving assistance including food, clean water, sanitation systems, and hygiene support. Oxfam helps organizations in Gaza that are supporting farmers seeking to reestablish agricultural production, and helping women and girls surviving sexual and psychological violence.

Oxfam emphasizes the importance of free and safe movement for humanitarian workers to deliver aid effectively, and efficient coordination of the humanitarian response in Gaza.

By working closely with our partners in Gaza, Oxfam has helped reach more than 1.15 million people with humanitarian assistance.

Aid for families in Gaza

Food

• In the early months of the conflict in Gaza, Oxfam worked closely with six partner organizations to procure and distribute 18,709 ready-to-eat food parcels, with items such as beans, peas, tuna, sardines, dates and dried apricots. These parcels supported 91,173 people in Rafah, Khan Younis and Deir el Balah areas of Gaza.
  
  
• Oxfam partners also distributed 31,207 fresh vegetable parcels (including tomatoes, onions, potatoes, lemons and peppers) to 187,242 people. The vegetables were sourced from farmers in the West Bank, Rafah, Khan Younis and Middle Area, and distributed by our partners Economic Social Development Centre of Palestine and Agriculture Development Association to displaced families and host communities in Rafah, Khan Younis, and Deir el Balah.
  
  
• Oxfam assisted 300 farmers in Khan Younis and Deir el Balah with essential agricultural inputs such as soil sterilizers and fertilizers, while two nurseries were given support packages consisting of a solar power system, small equipment such as kitchen tools, and raw materials for food processing. Three women-led food businesses were also given raw materials and small equipment to continue their production of affordable food. Partners are also distributing seedlings, tools, and other agricultural inputs to families so they can grow their own vegetables.
  
  
• In 2025, Oxfam partners in Gaza plan to help more than 100 farming families with irrigation system components and technical support. This includes rehabilitating an agricultural nursery in Gaza City and supporting 100 farmers who will begin growing seedlings in newly repaired greenhouses.

With limited commercial trucks entering Gaza in recent weeks, our ability to scale up is severely restricted. The ceasefire announced on October 9th must immediately unlock full and unrestricted humanitarian access to Gaza.

Water, sanitation, hygiene

Beginning in October 2023, Oxfam and partners have delivered life-saving water and sanitation services to 587,136 people.

• For example, we supplied water by truck to people in Gaza City, Middle Area, Khan Younis and Rafah, reaching 152,213 people.
  
  
• In 2024, Oxfam managed to bring in five desalination units which were installed at wells across Rafah, Al-Mawasi, and Khan Younis in coordination with Palestinian Environmental Friends (PEF). The units operate with solar power for six hours daily, providing three liters of clean drinking water per person per day, reaching 48,422 people.
  
  
• Oxfam, together with Gaza’s Coastal Municipalities Water Utility, rehabilitated 15 damaged water networks in Gaza City, the Middle Area, and Khan Younis. This has given 309,129 people access to water. Damaged wastewater systems in 23 sites were also rehabilitated, supporting 143,000 people.
  
  
• Oxfam supplied latrine slabs, latrine superstructures, tap stands, and handwashing stations that enabled partners to build 216 latrines that supported 27,107 people.
  
  
• Together with partners PEF and Palestinian Medical Relief Society, Oxfam distributed 6,407 hygiene kits and 12,136 jerry cans and Oxfam buckets, supporting 62,802 people. The kits included items such as soap, shampoo, laundry detergent, menstrual pads, toothbrushes and toothpaste. Alongside supplying the kits, partners ran campaigns to inform communities about basic hygiene practices.
  
  
• In early 2025 and since the collapse of the ceasefire in March, Oxfam and partners continued to supply water to 120 areas hosting 27,500 displaced people, building and maintaining latrines, collecting solid waste, and providing water tanks and small cans for storing clean water. We are also continuing to promote good hygiene by conducting awareness raising sessions and training, and distributing soap and other hygiene items. Fuel shortages have been constraining delivery of water by truck.
  

Protection

Since 2023, Oxfam has supported efforts by our partners to provide psychosocial support to people in Gaza. This work has a specific focus on psychological first aid. Oxfam partners conducted awareness-raising sessions for 5,040 adolescent girls in the south of Gaza. The sessions provided adolescent girls with a space to share their needs and concerns about risks they face, including support for survivors of gender-based violence.

Other protection work carried out by Oxfam partners included:

• Identifying and registering unaccompanied and separated children in health facilities and shelters in Rafah. The children, especially those who were exposed to heightened safety risks, were referred to relevant services.
  
  
• Distributing assistive devices to 227 people with disabilities, and personal and medical supplies to 335 people with specific needs in Rafah.

Oxfam and PEF distributed 12,775 female protection kits, including clothing, such as head scarfs and dresses, and personal hygiene and self-care items, such as deodorant, menstrual pads and baby wipes. The kits were distributed to the same people who received hygiene kits.

Oxfam and partners are continuing to provide access to counseling to survivors of violence.

Advocating for peace in Gaza

Since the beginning of the recent conflict in Gaza in 2023, Oxfam has called on all parties to the conflict and UN members to ensure unhindered access to vital aid in Gaza, negotiate a permanent ceasefire, and for the release of all remaining hostages and unlawfully detained prisoners.

The ceasefire marks only the beginning. It stops the killing and must pave the way for the next phase: preparing the ground for a sustainable peace and genuine reconciliation. This process cannot succeed without justice and accountability at its core for all Palestinians and Israelis, to prevent impunity and ensure the cycle of violence is not repeated.

Oxfam is urging:

• Full and unrestricted humanitarian access to Gaza
• The beginning of a sustained and principled effort that leads to ending Israel’s unlawful occupation and blockade.
• Palestinians leading the rebuilding and governance of Gaza, and shaping their own future across all occupied territory.
• Justice and accountability for all Palestinians and Israelis, to prevent impunity and ensure the cycle of violence is not repeated.

As a driver of this deal, President Trump must do all in his administration’s power to ensure this plan proceeds to create a peaceful future for all Palestinians and Israelis. He and all world leaders must ensure that this ceasefire is upheld by all parties, that those who committed war crimes are investigated and prosecuted, and the inalienable right of the Palestinian people to self-determination is upheld.

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• Learn more: For updates on the situation, visit the UN OCHA website.
  
  
• How to help Gaza: Actions you can take to help Palestinians in Gaza recover from the conflict