The West Bank and Gaza
1.9 million people across the Gaza Strip are displaced (approximately 90% of the population)
64.3% of the Palestinian population live in poverty
61% of the West Bank is off-limits for Palestinian use
73 years life expectancy
What is happening in The West Bank and Gaza?
Since the Oslo accords – which handed responsibility for security and civilian affairs over to the Palestinian Authority (PA) – around 60% of the West Bank is still under full Israeli civil and military control, impacting the flow of people and goods throughout the territory.
Given the desperate social and political situation in the area, nearly two million people find themselves forcibly displaced from their homes. The news of the ceasefire agreement in January 2025 is a huge milestone in the past two years, with the death toll rising to more than 45,000 Palestinian casualties in Gaza.
West Bank continues to face unrest, with displacement at all time high since 2009. Homes and refugee camps including Jenin have faced destruction and restricted water and electricity uses.
What’s the health situation?
Health facilities inside Gaza continue to be overwhelmed with the huge number of casualties seeking emergency treatment for injuries and other critical medical needs, which are rising quickly due to the overcrowded living conditions people are experiencing. No remaining hospitals in Gaza are fully functioning due to damage and/or lack of fuel. There is a huge shortage of all drugs and medical supplies due to the restricted access into the region.
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See how your donation makes a difference
£5 can help us to give 15 people treatment
£20 will provide 16 children with antibiotics
£100 will provide 83 pregnant women with life saving medicine.
£450 will provide am emergency medical kit to 60 families.
Whatever you give, you could be making a life-changing, even life-saving difference to someone every month.
See how your donation makes a difference
£5 is enough to source and send £600 worth of medical supplies a year to people in need; enough to help approximately 50 people around the world.
£10 is enough to source and send £1,200 worth of medical supplies a year to people in need; enough to help approximately 100 people around the world.
£25 is enough to provide around 750 treatments in a year, helping approximately 250 people in need; and for some, is the difference between life & death.
£100 is enough to provide medicines and supplies for approximately 1,000 people a year living in disaster-hit and vulnerable communites.
Whatever you give, you could be making a life-changing, even life-saving difference to someone every month.
What is IHP doing to help?
IHP works in The West Bank and Gaza with our partner, Anera, which has operated in the area since 1968. We support Anera to equip clinics and hospitals in both territories, to ensure that as many people as possible in the area can access high-quality healthcare.
IHP are bolstering the supply of critical trauma wound dressings and primary healthcare medication to pop-up clinics across Gaza and the West Bank. In 2024 we were able to support more than 2 million patients, and this will continue to be a key area of IHP’s work in 2025, with eleven shipments of essential medicines planned in the coming months.
Stories from the West Bank and Gaza
Our partner in the West Bank and Gaza
International Health Partners
Fox Court, 14 Gray's Inn Road,
London, WC1X 8HN
United Kingdom
Fox Court, 14 Gray's Inn Road,
London, WC1X 8HN
United Kingdom
Charity number: 1105455
Company number: 05044723
EORI number GB010120512000.
International Health Partners
Fox Court, 14 Gray's Inn Road,
London, WC1X 8HN
United Kingdom
Fox Court, 14 Gray's Inn Road,
London, WC1X 8HN
United Kingdom
