Women, men and children are being killed and losing their homes as violence intensifies across the Middle East.
More than 1,200 people have been killed and more than 3,750 injured in Lebanon alone. Nearly 1.1 million people are now displaced in the country, including 630,000 women and girls, who face escalating risks of gender-based violence in overcrowded or unsafe shelters. Among them are an estimated 13,500 pregnant women.
Despite increasingly difficult circumstances, ActionAid's local partners are continuing to deliver life-saving assistance in countries where we work across the region.
We urgently need your help to support our local partners to scale up their responses and reach the hardest-hit communities.
Please donate now to help our partners reach families who urgently need support.
Escalating violence in the Middle East
In Gaza, the borders have shut once again cutting off critical supplies of food, water, fuel and medicine which are desperately needed. In the West Bank, the closures of checkpoints continue to affect daily life with access to basic services like hospitals cut off creating deadly consequences for Palestinians.
ActionAid is calling for all parties in the conflict to abide by international humanitarian law and immediately refrain from unlawful attacks. They must take all feasible precautions to protect civilians from harm.
Middle East Appeal: how can I help?
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About ActionAid
ActionAid is an international charity that works with women and girls living in poverty.
Our dedicated local colleagues and partners are changing the world with women and girls. We are ending violence and fighting poverty so that all women, everywhere, can create the future they want.
We operate in rural and urban communities across Asia, Africa and Latin America.
We're committed to ending the cycle of violence in communities around the world, enabling women's economic empowerment, and supporting women's and girls' rights during humanitarian crises.
Where your money goes
90% of your donation will go directly to the Middle East Appeal.
10% of your donation will be retained for ActionAid’s Emergency Action Fund which will only be used for ensuring we are prepared and able to respond quickly and more effectively to future emergencies and crises.
If the total amount raised for this appeal exceeds the funds needed for the response, ActionAid will transfer the remaining balance to the Emergency Action Fund. All Gift Aid claimed on donations will fund ActionAid’s work across the world, wherever the need is greatest.
Page updated 28 April 2026