Palestinian Americans and aid groups in the United States are raising funds for Gaza, which is facing a deepening humanitarian crisis due to the Israel-Hamas war. Despite receiving record amounts of donations, supplies remain stalled at Egypt's Rafah border crossing, limiting the ability to provide relief to the besieged enclave. The Gaza Strip, home to 2.3 million people, is in dire need of clean water, food, and medicine.
Watch onNEW YORK - Palestinian Americans and aid groups in the United States are raising funds for Gaza , which faces a deepening humanitarian crisis as the Israel-Hamas war enters its fourth week - but they have as yet limited ability to get supplies into the besieged enclave.
"We've seen a significant increase in donations, unlike we've ever seen before," said Steve Sosebee, president of the U.S.-based Palestine Children's Relief Fund, which has a staff of 40 in Gaza that provide medical support. He said the fund, which usually has an annual budget of around $12 million, had raised $15 million in just 10 days.
Aid groups say they are building up supplies in hopes of eventually getting them through to civilians in Gaza, nearly half of whom are children. Anera was using the last of its stocks this week to distribute meals and vegetable parcels in Gaza. Its staff of 12, like everyone in Gaza, were facing"unbelievable, unimaginable trauma," he said.
Hamas-governed Gaza is one of the most densely packed places on earth and its medical authorities say over 8,000 Palestinians have been killed since airstrikes began, including more than 3,000 children.
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