Emergency Appeals

Between July and August 2014, Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory experienced escalated levels of violence. Aerial, naval and land bombardments hit the Gaza Strip and rockets were fired from Gaza into Israel.

  • 1,492 Palestinian civilians and four Israeli civilians were killed.
  • At least 500,000 Palestinians were displaced from their homes – almost a quarter of the population of the Gaza strip.
  • Thank you
    £17m

    We raised more than £17 million (together with the Disasters Emergency Committee).

What we achieved

  • We provided medical treatment to more than 30,000 people.
  • We restored clean water to 100,000 displaced people.
  • We continue to give children and young people psychological support to deal with the trauma experienced during the crisis.