UNFPA has been warning about the hunger crisis in Gaza for months. Now, experts report that a famine could be declared “within weeks.”

Every day is a fight for survival, especially for babies and children. New mothers are not getting enough food to nurse their newborns. Our team reports that newborns are often too weak to cry. Doctors are even reporting that newborns are dying because they weigh too little.

Healthy pregnancies in Gaza are no longer possible, creating a nightmare for pregnant women too. With each meal missed, the odds of a woman delivering an undernourished, undersized baby rise.

UNFPA has delivered enough lifesaving medicines and equipment to support more than half of the births — 21,000 — in Gaza since October 2023. But the amount of aid entering Gaza is only a drop in the bucket of what’s needed to mitigate this hunger crisis and ensure safe childbirths.

Will you make an emergency gift to deliver lifesaving care to pregnant women, newborns, and all those suffering in Gaza and around the world? Our Humanitarian Response Fund in Gaza is only 47% funded — these women and babies are counting on your gift today.

The suffering must end and peace must prevail. We condemn the violence in Gaza, the West Bank, and Israel, including all sexual violence, and echo the UN Secretary-General’s call for a sustained humanitarian ceasefire and the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages by Hamas.

Thank you for being there for women and girls.

— USA for UNFPA