Gaza Strip
For years, Gaza has been facing a severe humanitarian crisis, which has now reached catastrophic levels due to the ongoing conflict. There is a shortage of everything—food, water, medicine, and access to medical care. We are providing aid to civilians by delivering medical and humanitarian support. So far, we have supplied medical supplies, clothing, and infant formula. We collaborate with local organizations, and the Jordanian doctors we finance are on duty at a hospital in Deir al-Balah.
Our aid in Gaza Strip
In the face of a catastrophic humanitarian situation, we are constantly working to save lives. Our priority is medical assistance and the formation of emergency response teams. We have funded Jordanian doctors’ shifts at the hospital in Deir al-Balah and facilitated safe entry into Gaza for medical professionals from Jordan, Qatar, and Oman. We have organized the delivery of medical equipment and supplies—providing three shipments of humanitarian aid, including medical resources, warm clothing, and infant formula. We also support hospitals, helping medical facilities continue to function despite the bombings.
Every disruption in hospital supplies poses a threat to patients’ lives and health. Reports speak of gunfire inside hospital premises and damaged hospital walls. Innocent people are dying there.
– Małgorzata Olasińska-Chart from Polish Medical Mission comments.
There is a severe shortage of basic necessities in Gaza. People are lying on the floors of destroyed hospitals, often waiting too long for medical assistance. The terrible sanitary conditions and lack of clean water have led to the first outbreaks of polio in years. Due to the lack of medicine and proper conditions, doctors are frequently forced to amputate injured limbs in children and adults to prevent infections and save lives. In normal hospital conditions, such tragedies would not occur—targeted treatment would suffice.
Additionally, life-threatening diseases such as acute diarrhea are spreading among children. Doctors from the Polish Medical Mission’s partner organizations report that they can only help about 30% of the patients who seek their assistance.
Our medical team can be evacuated at any moment. We operate on a monthly rotation system, but it remains uncertain when the next group of doctors will be able to reach Gaza. The route from Jordan to Gaza passes through the West Bank, where safety is also deteriorating.
– says dr. Yaroup Aljouni, Jordan Health Aid Society (JHAS), partner of the Polish Medical Mission.
Malnutrition is another major issue. Between May 1 and June 15, 2024, more than 2 million people in Gaza experienced extreme food shortages. Many children have little chance of survival, as their weakened bodies are unable to fight diseases. Reports of an agreed ceasefire between Hamas and Israel have raised hopes that the humanitarian crisis in Gaza will finally receive an adequate response. Until now, aid efforts have been severely hindered—only in the last quarter of 2024, the UN made 165 attempts to deliver aid to northern Gaza, but Israel blocked 149 of them. Even when aid convoys were allowed through, they were often looted.
The current situation finally offers a path to full-scale humanitarian assistance and the opportunity to stand by those in need.
