Gaza humanitarian response

Surviving the aftermath: The toll of explosive weapons and gaps in victim assistance in Gaza

This report examines the gap between international commitments on Victim Assistance and the lived realities of civilians injured by explosive weapons in populated areas in Palestine.

• Research and Studies

The architecture of control: The Israeli colonial occupation, executive power, and the politics of aid in Palestine

This study examines the contraction of Palestinian civic space due to a complex architecture of control of Israeli occupation policies, the centralized executive power of the Palestinian Authority and conditionalities of international funding.

• Research and Studies

Islamic Relief Middle East learning study (2021 - 2025)

The study forms part of an ongoing strategic development and re-orientation process for IRW, both globally and within the MENA region.

• Evaluations and Lessons Learned

Invisible wounds: The life-saving imperative of mental health in Gaza and lessons learned

This report highlights the life-saving importance of Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) for communities and frontline workers and how tailored, context-specific care can restore dignity and resilience amid ongoing conflict.

• Evaluations and Lessons Learned

Barrier study on inclusion standards in the humanitarian response in the occupied Palestinian territories (oPt)

This study examines the extent to which persons with disabilities are included in humanitarian service delivery (education, protection, health).

• Research and Studies

“Save what remains of Gaza” - Community perspectives on aid, survival and humanity during the genocide

How are Palestinians in Gaza surviving – practically, socially, and emotionally – in a context of war, blockade and bombardment.

• Research and Studies

This is not aid. This is orchestrated killing.

The report draws on medical data, patient testimonies and first-hand medical witnessing to demonstrate that what has been branded as “aid distribution” is in fact a system of institutionalised starvation and dehumanisation.

• Research and Studies

Corporate humanitarianism? Gaza, Sudan and beyond

From Gaza to Sudan to Myanmar, is a privatised model of humanitarianism going to become dominant?

• Commentaries

Why humanitarians must act to end Israel’s genocide in Gaza

The article calls on humanitarian organisations to move beyond neutrality and aid delivery in Gaza, urging stronger advocacy, legal action, and collective strategies to challenge the ongoing blockade.

• Commentaries

Diez meses de seguimiento de la desnutrición aguda en menores y mujeres embarazadas y lactantes en hasta seis centros sanitarios de la asediada franja de Gaza

This report examines acute malnutrition among children and pregnant and lactating women in Gaza.

• Research and Studies

Reflection of Gaza War on persons with and without disabilities

This report captures the results of a community needs assessment in Gaza on shelter conditions, medical care, financial and livelihood needs, psychological support, exploitation and abuse, accessibility and inclusion, and access to education and protection.

• Research and Studies

Neutrality in humanitarianism: what can we learn from Gaza?

• Evaluations and Lessons Learned

Synthesising lessons and promising practices for country-level coordination in delivery of joined-up humanitarian cash and social protection

This report maps existing country-level evidence, analyses promising practices in six countries, and includes forward-looking recommendations.

• Research and Studies

Electronic cash assistance to war-affected people in Gaza through PalPay Mahfazati via RedRose Pilot project

This study examines the impact of a pilot project for digital cash delivery in Gaza.

• Evaluations and Lessons Learned

The cost of inaction and impunity: Examining Israel's compliance with ICJ aid measure

This analysis focuses on Israel’s compliance with the ICJ provisional measures, and highlights Israel’s obstruction of aid, its disregard for international law, and the urgent need for decisive measures by all states to address the ongoing humanitarian crisis and uphold the Geneva Conventions.

• Research and Studies

ورقة بحثیة بعنوان: الآثار النفسية لحرب أكتوبر 2023 على المرأة الفلسطينية النازحة في مراكز النزوح والخيام

This paper examines the psychological ramifications of the October 2023 war on displaced women and the barriers they encounter in accessing psychosocial support services.

• Research and Studies

The psychological impacts of the October 2023 War on Palestinian displaced women in displacement camps and shelters

This paper examines the psychological ramifications of the October 2023 war on displaced women and the barriers they encounter in accessing psychosocial support services.

• Research and Studies

بودكاست سواعد حمراء - الحلقة الرابعة

This episode focuses on the Palestine Red Crescent Society's support to children and elderly people in Gaza through mental health support and theater.

• Commentaries

“We do not want aid from the world. We want to stop the war.” Community priorities and perceptions of aid and support in Gaza

• Research and Studies

Impact of internal access constraints on humanitarian aid

The article shows how violence, bureaucracy, and political blockades restrict humanitarian aid, with cases from Ethiopia, Gaza, and Sudan underscoring the urgent need for stronger access and diplomacy.

• Commentaries