The ICRC has been providing assistance to people affected by the conflict and violence in Israel and the Occupied Territories (ILOT) since 1967. This page is an effort to make information easily accessible to all those who feel like the ICRC can help them in some way. This page also addresses frequently asked questions about our work and international humanitarian law (IHL) following the intensification of armed violence in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory on 7 October 2023.
Factsheet
Frequently asked questions on ICRC’s work in Israel and the occupied territories
See also
Report
Gaza up close
Everything you need to know about the closure on Gaza, from its high unemployment and shortages of electricity and clean water, to the policy choices of Israel that deny movement, violate rights and block development.
News article
Gaza conflict: how children’s lives are affected on every level
An article describing how children living in Gaza have never known anything but overcrowding, shortages, conflict and danger.
News article
Gaza crisis: Babies being born ‘into hell’ amid desperate aid shortages
Babies are being 'delivered into hell' in Gaza with many others likely dying as a result of conflict with Israel and increasingly dire conditions in the enclave, UN humanitarians warned.
Policy document
Gaza war: expected socioeconomic impacts on the State of Palestine
This policy brief highlights some of the direct impacts of the Gaza war on the lives of Palestinians, estimating losses in gross domestic product and showing the effects of Israeli measures and military operations on the health system in Gaza.
Report
Palestine – The political economy of Gaza – responding to economic vulnerability, 28 September 2021
A thematic report of the political economy of Gaza, involving the analysis of stakeholders, power relations, and social conflict across time and space.
Briefing
Palestine: Water crisis in the Gaza Strip
This report analyses the WASH crisis aggravated by current hostilities and seeks to provide an alert on the severity of the crisis.
Research article
Gender relations and power dynamics in WFP Palestine beneficiary households study – WFP and UN Women 2022
A study to assess gender dynamics and power relations in WFP Palestine beneficiary households and propose recommendations to improve the gender transformative potential of WFP programming.
Presentation
Health crises in Palestine – Panel Discussion
A FAIR network panel discussion with panellists Professor Yara M. Asi, Halla Keir, Professor Francesco Checchi and Zeina Jamaluddine, chaired by Professor Shelley Lees.
Podcast
Is aid sustaining Palestine’s occupation?
In this episode of 'Rethinking Humanitarianism', hosts Heba Aly and Melissa Fundira speak to guests Yara Asi and Chris Gunness about aid and humanitarian responses in Palenstine.
Journal article
Social and political determinants of health in the occupied Palestine territory (oPt) during the COVID-19 pandemic: who is responsible?
This article discusses the situation after the Palestinian authority reacted to the coronavirus outbreak, introducing strict lock down measures to limit community transmission.
Report
The political economy of health in the Gaza Strip (Occupied Palestinian Territory)
This document presents the results of a political economy analysis of the health sector in Gaza, based on a wide-ranging literature review and in-depth semi-structured interviews with policymakers, health officials and carers.
Journal article
Violence in Palestine demands immediate resolution of its settler colonial root causes
An editorial calling for the violence in Palestine to end.
Case study
Covid-19 in Gaza: Community perspectives on the pandemic
This interactive PowerPoint outlines the findings of a study into the perspectives of Palestinians living in refugee communities on a range of COVID-19 public health measures
Podcast
Video
From Israel’s blockade to the siege on Al Shifa Hospital: Public health in Gaza
In this episode of Occupied Thoughts, FMEP's Sarah Anne Minkin speaks with 2023 FMEP Palestinian Non-Resident Fellow Dr. Yara Asi about public health in Gaza.
Factsheet
Frequently asked questions on ICRC’s work in Israel and the occupied territories
This web page aims to make information accessible to all those who feel the ICRC can help them, as well as address frequently asked questions about ICRC's work and international humanitarian law.
Report
Gender alert: The gendered impact of the crisis in Gaza
This document provides an overview of the situation in Gaza and articulates UN Women’s work as part of its six-month multisectoral response to the crisis.
Blog
Beyond grief: To love and stay with those who die in our arms
Devin G. Atallah asks, 'What does it take to love our babies, our living, and our dead in the midst of Israel's genocidal colonial conquest?'
Report
Trapped: The impact of 15 years of blockade on the mental health of Gaza’s children
A Child's Rights Resource Centre report on the impact that living through five escalations in violence and a pandemic, as well as a life-limiting land, air and sea blockade, has had on children’s psychosocial wellbeing.
Blog
War on Palestine
In this blog post, Cultural Anthropology gathers together published articles on Palestine/Israel.
Blog
Language is a powerful weapon in the Israel-Palestine conflict
Ammara Maqsood and Amandas Ong describe how the terminology of the powerful too often trivialises war, dehumanises those who suffer and erases the past.
Blog
A Palestinian poet’s perilous journey out of Gaza
A 'letter from Gaza' from Mosab Abu Toha, who fled his home with his wife and three children, before the IDF soldiers took him into custody.
Report
‘Stop the war and let me return to my home, even if it is destroyed.’ Community priorities and perceptions of aid and support in Gaza (January 2024)
This report contains insights from a Ground Truth Solutions and Arab World for Research and Development study talking to people in Gaza to find out what the humanitarian situation looked like from their perspective.
Journal article
Coping with trauma and adversity among Palestinians in the Gaza Strip: A qualitative, culture-informed analysis
In this article, the authors propose that coping is not only an individual property but also a structural feature.
