Food Aid to Gazan Families in Palestine

Care Association has provided food parcels to hundreds of our Muslim brothers in the Gaza Strip, where almost 2 million Palestinians live and have been under blockade by land, sea and air since 2006.

Despite the curfew in the Gaza Strip, the total number of cases in the outbreak of the new type of coronavirus (covid-19) exceeded a thousand. According to the Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza, the total loss of life in the region increased to 8, the number of cases increased to 1,151, and the number of patients recovering increased to 89.

Thousands of patients in Gaza are forced to cross the Israeli-controlled border named Beyt Hanun (Erez) and they go to hospitals in the occupied West Bank, East Jerusalem or Israel due to lack of medical facilities in the region, but Israel often turns away patients and does not allow their entrance.

Despite all these conditions, we did not want to leave our Muslim brothers alone and we prepared aid packages for the Gaza Strip. Ahmed Suphi Elmadana, a Palestinian official from Care Association, told us that they have identified families in need in the center of Gaza and surrounding areas and have prepared a list. Food parcels were prepared and delivered to these families with donations from you. Elmadana also told us that despite the curfew, we received many prayers from families with whom we delivered the food parcels.

We have reached about 300 brothers and sisters with these food aid in Gaza. Elmadana, a Palestinian official of the Care Association, appreciated the donors of the Care Association on behalf of the people of Gaza, and said that Gazans affected by the outbreak of the new type of coronavirus (Covid-19) also need hygiene supplies.