By Katie Hagley | Head of Community Engagement, Amos Trustent
"It feels like the world will just watch us starve and say nothing.” Suhaila Tarazi, Director, Al Ahli Hospital
The current situation
According to official figures from the Gaza Ministry of Health, more than 60,000 Palestinians — including over 18,000 children — have been killed in Gaza since 7 October 2023. A further 146,000 have been injured, with many others missing and presumed dead. This means around 10% of Gaza’s population has been killed or injured.
The whole of Gaza is now facing famine conditions. As of 30 July, 150 people have died of malnutrition and more than 17,000 children are suffering from acute malnutrition. Over 1,000 desperately hungry people have been killed while queueing for aid distribution. This is solely due to Israel’s ongoing restrictions and refusal to allow food, water, fuel or medical aid into Gaza since 22 March 2025.
The population has been displaced multiple times by evacuation orders and military strikes and is now crowded into ever-shrinking areas of land. 87% of Gaza’s 365 km² is either within an Israeli militarised zone or under a displacement order. 95% of homes in Gaza City have been destroyed or badly damaged, and vital infrastructure has been obliterated.
On 14 July, Dr Ahmad Attallah Qandil, a surgeon at our partner Al Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza City, was killed by the Israeli military in a targeted drone strike as he returned home from a shift. 1,580 medical workers have been killed in Gaza since 7 October 2023, and fewer than half of Gaza’s hospitals are even partially functioning.
Amos Trust partners in Gaza
In recent weeks our partner Al Ahli hospital has been reeling from the massive levels of bombardment that have been unleashed on Gaza City. Attacks on schools and other facilities sheltering people have meant that the 350 beds at the partially reopened Shifa Hospital, or the two rooms at Kuwait Hospital for those who have experienced acute traumatic injuries, have been overrun and more people have been brought into Al Ahli.
Once again, Al Alhi is now running as an emergency centre undertaking 20-35 operations a day with 150 inpatients. It is now the only outpatient hospital and general medical facility serving a vast part of Gaza City, including the Jabalia, Beit Hanoun, Zeitou and Shejayah areas. Most of the inpatients and the 600-700 outpatients seen each day are now being treated in two large tents that cover most of the hospital courtyard.
In addition, more than 650,000 children in Gaza have no access to education. UNICEF reports that over 1 million children now need mental health and psychosocial support. Our partner DSPR continues to support many families by providing psychosocial support. And our partners We Are Not Numbers have been setting up tent schools for primary age children.
We continue to work with our local partners to distribute what food and water they can still source, but supplies in most areas have run out and inflation is now over 730%. In June our partner MA’AN distributed clean drinking water to over 14,000 families.
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