DEC Middle East Humanitarian Appeal

Over the past year, conflict in the Middle East has devastated lives across the region, and millions have fled their homes in search of safety. Right now, millions of people across Gaza, Lebanon and the wider region are in urgent need of food, shelter and medical care.

In Gaza, people are dying of hunger and disease, as well as injuries caused by the conflict. Food and clean water are desperately scarce. Ninety percent of the population are displaced, and more than 42,000 people have been killed. In Lebanon, more than a million people have had to leave their homes in recent weeks. Shelters are overwhelmed, and hospitals are struggling to treat the thousands of people injured. In the West Bank, vital water, sanitation and hygiene infrastructure has been damaged by ongoing violence and families have been displaced from their homes. In Israel, families of those held hostage desperately await news of their loved ones, tens of thousands of people are displaced along the borders with Gaza and Lebanon and many more are dealing with trauma caused by the conflict.

DEC member charities are responding right now in Gaza, Lebanon and the West Bank. They are providing lifesaving food, water, shelter, medicine and so much more, where the needs are greatest. DEC will continue to monitor the situation and needs in Israel and as the crisis evolves across the region

But they urgently need more funds to meet the huge levels of need in Gaza and Lebanon right now. Save lives. Donate now.

The UK Government will match pound-for-pound the first £10 million donated by the public to this appeal.