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☆ Palestinian Americans fundraise for Gaza, as aid groups receive record donations
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-31 | by ( Aurora Ellis | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

Aid organizations that serve civilians in Gaza say they are receiving record amounts of donations in a sign of public support for relief efforts even as a growing stock of supplies remain stalled at Egypt's Rafah border crossing. In the Gaza Strip, where 2.3 million people live, civilians are in dire need of clean water, food and medicine, emergency medics say. However, with a web of political and logistical obstacles on getting aid in, much of the money and supplies intended for Gaza is in limbo, forcing aid groups to wait as they amass truckloads of goods. 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. The majority of support comes from donors based in the United States, he added, with individual donations averaging around $138.

Persons: Aurora Ellis, Steve Sosebee, Derek Madsen, Anera, Rabia, Anera's Madsen, Basma Bsharat, Diane Craft, Rosalba O'Brien Organizations: REUTERS, Palestine Children's Relief, Israel, Palestine Aid Society, UNRWA, Hamas, Palestinian American, U.S, Thomson Locations: Gaza, Bay Ridge, Brooklyn , New York, U.S, United States, Israel, Rafah, Canada, Ann Arbor , Michigan, Palestine, Crescent, UN, Palestinian, Palestinian American, Brooklyn, Clifton , New Jersey

☆ Doctors Without Borders in Gaza says 100% of the patients it has treated in the last 24 hours have been children
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-11 | by ( Katie Hawkinson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Doctors Without Borders in Gaza said 100% of patients treated on Wednesday were kids. Doctors Without Borders told Insider that, on Wednesday, in fact, 100% of their patients were children. That blockade is one of the biggest concerns for Doctors Without Borders staff, Brienne Prusak, a spokesperson with the nonprofit, told Insider. "Everything that was available has been purchased and distributed within the local markets, and it's impossible to get aid from outside," Sosebee told Insider. "When this ends, we can only imagine the amount of effort and attention that needs to go into trying to repair the damages in Gaza," Sosebee told Insider.

Persons: —, Yoav Gallant, Ayman Al, Djaroucha, Israel, Brienne Prusak, Prusak, Steve Sosebee, Sosebee Organizations: Service, Israeli, Palestinian Fatah, Borders, Palestine Children's Relief Fund, Palestine Children's, Palestinian Ministry of Health, United Nations Locations: Gaza, People, Gaza City, Palestinian, Israel, Philadelphia, Egypt

Donations purchased by a Brooklyn synagogue community to aid military and humanitarian relief efforts in Israel are seen being loaded into a car in Brooklyn, New York, U.S. October 10, 2023. Some 5.8 million Jews live in the United States, according to the Pew Research Center. While there is no sign that Israel is short on basic supplies like granola bars, the donations underscore the concern and connection Jews in the United States feel toward Israel. Elan Kornblum, the Brooklyn-based head of Great Kosher Restaurants Foodies, has turned his company's Facebook page of 91,000 members - who usually discuss favorite kosher restaurants - into a forum for coordinating Israel aid efforts. Legacy aid organizations have also leapt to raise money for lifesaving support in Israel and the Palestinian territories in the wake of the attack.

Persons: Rabbi Jonathan Leener, Jonathan Leener, Leener, Yuri Milner, Mike Bloomberg, Magen David Adom, Elan Kornblum, Kornblum, Chayal el, Mordy Botnick, Botnick, el Chayal, Gabriella Borter, Paul Thomasch, Lisa Shumaker Organizations: REUTERS Acquire, Israel Defense Forces, Pew Research Center, Billionaire, Jewish Agency for, Facebook, Newark Liberty International, IDF, Palestine Children's Relief, International Committee, Thomson Locations: Brooklyn, Israel, Brooklyn , New York, U.S, Handout, United States, Jewish Agency for Israel, New York City, Palestine, Gaza, Washington

☆ How to donate to help victims of the Israel-Gaza crisis
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-11 | by ( Annie Nova | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Image Source | Image Source | Getty ImagesPeople looking to help those affected by the Israel-Gaza crisis can consider donating to charities working on the ground. The folks at CharityWatch have put together a list of top-rated charities providing aid during the Israel-Gaza crisis. The list includes Doctors Without Borders, which has had medical programs in Gaza for more than 20 years, Styron said. Their list includes American Friends of Magen David Adom, known as the Israeli Red Cross, and the Palestine Children's Relief Fund, which works specifically in Gaza. That can be especially true when an issue is politically-fraught, like with the Israel-Gaza crisis.

Persons: Laurie Styron, CharityWatch, Styron, Magen David Adom, Shlomi Zidky, Zidky Organizations: Getty, American Jewish, Committee, Palestine Children's Relief Locations: Israel, Gaza, CharityWatch, American, Israeli, Ukraine, Afghanistan

[1/5] Majdi El-Tattar, a man with disability from Gaza trains children to swim as he became a high-in-demand swimming coach, in Gaza City August 5, 2023. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu MustafaGAZA, Aug 7 (Reuters) - Majdi El-Tattar was just nine years old when he lost his leg in an accident. Now he is an inspiration to aspiring swimmers in Gaza - as a qualified swimming coach who runs his own school. "I developed my skills and that enabled me to start a swimming school," Tattar told Reuters as a few dozen of his students trained in the water. Earlier this month, the U.S.-based Palestine Children's Relief Fund (PCRF) brought together 120 Gaza children who have upper and lower limb amputations, into a summer camp.

Persons: Abu, Tattar, Gazans, Saed, Nidal Almughrabi, Angus MacSwan Organizations: REUTERS, Reuters, Palestinian Swimming Academy, International Committee, Assalama Charitable Society, Palestine Children's Relief, Thomson Locations: Gaza, Gaza City, Abu Mustafa GAZA, Israel, U.S

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