{"id":197329,"date":"2025-12-22T02:01:15","date_gmt":"2025-12-22T02:01:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/197329\/"},"modified":"2025-12-22T02:01:15","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T02:01:15","slug":"report-photos-from-on-the-ground-in-gaza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/197329\/","title":{"rendered":"Report & photos from on the ground in Gaza"},"content":{"rendered":"

All Hands & Hearts Family,<\/p>\n

I recently returned from spending a week on the ground in Gaza, visiting our local AH&H team working non-stop to deliver humanitarian aid to families. With your support,\u00a0we have now delivered over 550,000 pounds of fresh vegetables and fruit. This is so critical, as while access to food is vastly improved since the ceasefire, many families cannot afford to buy anything nutritious. These vegetables are packaged by the AH&H warehouse team into bundles that reached 35,000 displaced families living in camps. We also distributed 3,100 cartons of UHT milk and infant formula.\u00a0Next week, we hope to do our first delivery of frozen meat and eggs\u00a0to get children much-needed protein. Your donations make this possible.<\/p>\n

But fresh food is just one part of the work. Thanks to our partners,\u00a0we have brought into Gaza 50,000 hygiene kits\u00a0that contain important items such as soaps, laundry detergent, toothpaste\/toothbrushes, towels, feminine products, and more. We have also\u00a0delivered 680,000 sachets of RUSF for the treatment of moderate acute malnutrition\u00a0in children, pregnant and lactating women to health facilities in Gaza.<\/p>\n

Shelter items are so important right now as 850,000 people are living in makeshift camps, and\u00a0the AH&H team\u00a0has now distributed 40,000 tarpaulins\u00a0to families. Winter Storm Byron recently hit Gaza, bringing heavy wind and flooding that ripped apart many tents. The tarps help repair holes and add protection as temperatures drop, especially in the evening. With the freezing nights in Gaza now here,\u00a0this week we brought in 2,500 winter coats and sweatshirts for children. We have blankets and more tarps & tents on the way to be distributed over the next couple weeks.<\/p>\n

Rather than just write about what it\u2019s like on the ground in Gaza right now,\u00a0I thought it would be easier to share some photos I took below\u00a0(including a lion I met), so you can see directly why the work All Hands & Hearts is doing with our partners is so critical. Please consider\u00a0donating<\/a>, as every little bit helps and goes directly to support these families.<\/p>\n

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In southern Gaza, the tent encampments stretch as far as the eye can see.<\/p>\n

\"\"Hair dryer used to create a makeshift stove. It\u2019s hooked up to a solar panel for power.\"\"Built using tarps, this outhouse is shared by 5 families in one of the camps I visited.\"\"<\/p>\n

It\u2019s getting very cold at night along with the arrival of heavy rains, so tarps are used by families to create covered spaces with fire to cook and heat.<\/p>\n

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Just before the big storms hit Gaza, I spent time in some of the displacement camps where we have been delivering tarps, fresh food and hygiene supplies. I tried to record\u00a0this video<\/a>\u00a0to show you what it\u2019s like, and the kids really wanted to join in so it might be hard to hear.<\/p>\n

\"\"Fuel is very expensive, so donkeys are the new taxis in Gaza.\"\"Repairing money is an important service for families who are living on very little.\"\"<\/p>\n

There is now access to food with pop-up markets like this in the camps, but fresh produce remains expensive for most families. This is why we have brought in 550,000 pounds.<\/p>\n

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Driving into Gaza City, the damage is everywhere. Still, families are living in some of these buildings, or setting up camps in courtyards. We are delivering aid all across Gaza City.<\/p>\n

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This is the Holy Family Catholic Church in Gaza City, which takes care of the local parish and thousands of families in the surrounding neighborhood. The AH&H team delivers fresh produce bundles here every week, along with hygiene kits. We are also working to bring materials for the classrooms they have built for the children.
Pope Francis called Father Yusuf here single every night right up until his passing.<\/p>\n

\"\"Delivering hygiene kits in Gaza City.\"\"Contents of the hygiene kits.\"\"<\/p>\n

While trash is being collected in Gaza City, it ends up here at a massive outdoor dump.<\/p>\n

\"\"Even amidst the destruction\u2026\"\"\u2026some businesses have reopened.\"\"<\/p>\n

Vegetable bundle delivery to camps in Gaza City.<\/p>\n

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The AH&H Gaza Team delivering tarps to families in the camps after the recent rains.<\/p>\n

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Evacuated from the Rafah Zoo, these lions now live in the middle of Gaza. We are working to bring in medication for them and the other rescued animals.<\/p>\n

\"\"People can charge their phones at shops like this that have a solar panel.\"\"Pop-up stores like this are everywhere in the southern camps and in Gaza City.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Here\u2019s a look at one of our hygiene kit distributions in the Mawasi camps in southern Gaza.<\/p>\n

\"\"Trying on winter coats delivered by AH&H.\"\"Prepared for the cold nights in Gaza!Make a Difference<\/p>\n

Each delivery helps to bring a sense of safety, comfort and hope to families returning after the ceasefire to damaged homes or makeshift tents, facing empty markets and soaring food prices.<\/p>\n

Thank you for standing with Gaza in their greatest time of need.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"All Hands & Hearts Family, I recently returned from spending a week on the ground in Gaza, visiting…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":197330,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[50,85,46,43],"class_list":["post-197329","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-israel","tag-gaza","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197329","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=197329"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197329\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/197330"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=197329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=197329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=197329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}