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Friend, the escalation of hostilities in Rafah and throughout the Gaza Strip is creating even more suffering for hundreds of thousands of children.


Earlier in May, a long-feared military operation began in Rafah forcing nearly 800,000 people from their homes and into unsafe areas and overburdened camps in Al-Mawasi and Deir al Balah, closing key border crossings and further disrupting the delivery of aid — all while essential resources remain in short supply and the threat of famine looms.


In the face of blockades and insufficient access to border crossings, UNICEF has found ways to reach children in Gaza with critical humanitarian relief. In late April, teams moved more than 98 trucks into the Gaza Strip with emergency supplies including:

- 6,800 cartons of Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food
- Over 305,000 packs of Ready-to-Use Infant Formula
- 10,000 cartons of high energy biscuits
- Over 13,000 hygiene kits
- Over 56,000 sets of children’s clothes
But with the intensification of violence in Rafah this month, UNICEF and other humanitarian organizations have faced increased challenges to transport assistance into the Gaza Strip. Humanitarian operations that serve as the only lifeline for the whole population across the Strip are being threatened every day.

The situation is dire. If key border crossings are not reopened to fuel and humanitarian supplies, the consequences will be felt almost immediately: life support services for premature babies will lose power; children and families will become dehydrated or consume dangerous water; sewage will overflow and spread disease further.

Simply put, lost time will soon become lost lives.



That’s why UNICEF continues to call for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire and an end to blockades on assistance. At the same time, teams in and around Gaza are focused on doing everything possible to deliver relief and pre-position supplies for children for when more aid is allowed in. No matter how difficult the circumstances, UNICEF will not stop doing all we can to help the children of Gaza.


We are committed to helping meet children’s needs.
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Thank you for supporting children,


UNICEF USA




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