Violence, demolitions, and displacement continue in the West Bank
Since the beginning of 2026, more than 1,100 Palestinians have been injured in settler attacks, and more than 1,100 Palestinian-owned structures have been demolished for lacking building permits, displacing more than 1,500 people. In August 2026, Israeli forces carried out a large-scale operation in Qalandia refugee camp that injured 51 Palestinians and disrupted health services. On Aug. 25, Israeli forces forcibly entered the Qalandia Training Center run by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA). That put the education of 340 young Palestinians at immediate risk.
How to help West Bank/Gaza – What CARE is doing
CARE has maintained a long presence in the area and scaled up its response rapidly since October 2023. CARE was one of the first humanitarian organizations to respond, distributing water and medical supplies it had stored in advance. Since then, CARE has reached more than 1 million people in Gaza and 180,000 people in the West Bank with humanitarian assistance. Between January and mid-August 2026 alone, CARE reached 240,530 people in Gaza and 27,748 in the West Bank.
CARE is working in the following areas:
Health: CARE opened a primary healthcare center in Deir Al-Balah in July 2024. It offers prenatal and postnatal care, women’s health services, child nutrition, primary care for infectious and chronic diseases, psychological support, and medications. In 2026, CARE is rolling out a digital patient management system at the center and repairing a clinic in Gaza City. Since January 2026, CARE and its Palestinian partners have reached 2,860 people in the West Bank with outreach services. These include eye care through St. John Eye Hospital and rehabilitation services through the Arab Society for Rehabilitation.
Water, sanitation, and hygiene: Trucking water to displacement sites, repairing wells, and desalination units, installing solar-powered desalination units (one unit at a collective center produces up to roughly 7,900 gallons of safe drinking water a day for up to 4,000 people), installing emergency latrines, distributing hygiene kits, and raising awareness about proper hygiene practices.
Women and girls: Distributing dignity kits and working with other organizations to make sure protection for women and girls is part of the wider humanitarian strategy. Dignity kits include hygiene items, clothes, and sanitary products. Protection services include psychological first aid, individual counseling, psychosocial support, and referrals to other services. Between January and mid-August 2026, 10,156 women and girls in Gaza received dignity kits and other protection services. In the West Bank, a safe space in Sinjil provided these services to 478 women and girls between June and August 2026. Hundreds of women received grants to start or expand small businesses.
Shelter: Providing tents, bedding sets, and kits to seal damaged walls and openings, repairing tents, and offering cash for minor shelter repairs (about $1,000 per household) so families can restore doors, windows, partitions, and bathrooms. A survey conducted after the repairs covered 191 of the 335 households supported, and every one reported safer shelter.
Food security and livelihoods: Providing food parcels (about 12,000 a month through January 2027) and cash assistance that families can spend on what they need most and, in the West Bank, ready-to-eat food parcels for at-risk households in the E1 area near Jerusalem, depending on access and market availability.
Speaking out: CARE calls for a ceasefire that is respected and sustained. It calls for the free flow of humanitarian aid into and across Gaza and full and unhindered access for humanitarian organizations. It also calls for the evacuation of people who are sick or wounded and action to uphold international law.
A ceasefire has not ended the crisis: Families in Gaza and the West Bank still need safe water, shelter, food, healthcare, and protection. With your support, CARE can help meet urgent humanitarian needs.
CARE has worked in Gaza since 1948, and works with trusted Palestinian partners, including the Agricultural Development Association, St. John Eye Hospital, the Arab Society for Rehabilitation, and Juzoor.
