By August 2025, families across Gaza had endured repeated displacement, severe food shortages, and restricted access to essential supplies for nearly two years. The scale of the emergency was immense, but every statistic represented people trying to find food, water, shelter, and safety.
On August 11, 2025, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs reported that more than 61,000 Palestinians had been killed since October 2023, citing Gaza’s Ministry of Health. The UN also estimated that at least 1.9 million people, approximately 90 percent of Gaza’s population, had been displaced at some point during the conflict.
A July 29 Integrated Food Security Phase Classification alert warned that the worst-case scenario of famine was unfolding and that food-consumption thresholds associated with famine had been crossed in most areas of Gaza. The World Health Organization reported that nearly 12,000 children under five were identified with acute malnutrition during July alone.
More than 168,000 hot meals served in July
Against this backdrop, the Human Development Fund (HDF) continued working through trusted local teams. HDF reported that its One Ummah, One Plate initiative served more than 168,000 hot meals across Gaza in July 2025. Local teams prepared the meals daily for displaced families, children without parental care, widowed women, and older people.
HDF also distributed 3,000 food parcels that provided essential food supplies for more than 16,000 people. These figures reflect assistance delivered during July 2025, not cumulative or current program totals.
Two aid trucks entered Gaza
Shortly after HDF prepared its initial report, the organization confirmed that two aid trucks entered Gaza through coordination with local teams.
Donors in Jordan packed one truck while visiting HDF’s wider humanitarian work in the region. HDF prepared the second during a mission trip that included Imam Omar Suleiman, who joined participants in loading supplies.
Inside Gaza, local teams also continued purchasing food in bulk through local traders, storing available supplies, and distributing them when access and security conditions allowed. HDF documented the process to give supporters clearer visibility into how entrusted funds moved from procurement to delivery.
“We are deeply committed to standing with Gaza during this historic crisis. As the blockade continues and starvation spreads, we will do everything possible to provide sustenance, dignity and compassion to those in need.”
Shaykh Abdirahman Kariye, HDF CEO
Remembering 11 people from the HDF community
HDF also remembers 11 people who had received assistance through its programs and were later killed in bombardment:
Mohammed Fadel Omar Abu Shahla, Ahmed Fouad Ismail Rayan, Yousef Ahmed Fouad Rayan, Hadeel Abed Rabah Ahmed Abu Sa’da, Nourseen Ihab Salah Abu Sa’da, Suhail Omar Mohammed Abu Sa’da, Mohammed Ali Khamis Al-Habl, Hassan Ali Othman Moqadad, Ahmed Ali Othman Moqadad, Sila Mahmoud Atef Shahada, and Mohannad Ismail Mahmoud Ahmed.
May Allah ﷻ grant them the highest ranks of Jannah and bring ease to their families.
Continue the response
Conditions and access routes can change quickly, but families still need food, clean water, medical assistance, and shelter. HDF continues to work through local teams and adapt distributions as access permits.
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