NRC In Palestine

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We have redirected you to a site for your country, if this was not correct, please use the link to go back. Go back Hide NRC in Palestine Displaced Palestinians make their way back to their homes in northern Gaza. Photo: Amjad Al Fayoumi/NRC Gaza is enduring an ongoing humanitarian catastrophe. The majority of the population have been displaced, with countless lives lost – and the situation continues to deteriorate. Updated 10. Oct 2025 Palestine

Latest updates:

• 53 International NGOs warn Israel’s recent registration measures will impede critical humanitarian action
• Dangerous falsehoods about humanitarian work in Gaza
• Gaza: Saving lives amid a fragile truce

The West Bank, including East Jerusalem, is also facing severe challenges. Israeli military action – coupled with government-backed settler violence – continues to displace Palestinian families and further destabilise the region.

Despite severe restrictions on aid, the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is continuing with its efforts to save lives and ease suffering.

What’s happening in Palestine?

In October 2023, attacks by Palestinian armed groups resulted in the deaths of approximately 1,200 Israelis and foreign nationals, with over 250 people taken hostage. In response, Israel launched devastating strikes on Gaza, leaving entire communities in ruins. Many homes were demolished, leaving families in desperate need of shelter.

The Israeli siege severely restricted aid access, resulting in critical shortages of food, clean water and medical supplies that put countless lives at risk.

In the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, violence continues to rise, with Israeli settler attacks increasing in frequency and intensity. Bedouin and herding communities are among those most affected, regularly being displaced as illegal settlement expansion seizes more Palestinian land.

The international community must act now to prevent further loss of life and uphold the rights of Palestinians.

Our response

We’re working with our partners in Gaza and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, in the following areas:

• Water, sanitation and hygiene – responding to flood emergencies and ensuring communities have safe drinking water and adequate sanitation facilities.
• Shelter and settlements – helping families to rebuild war-damaged homes and providing them with essential household items, like mattresses and blankets.
• Livelihoods and food security – enabling people to access livelihood opportunities and become more self-sufficient, as well as providing cash assistance to vulnerable families.
• Education – training teachers and counsellors in schools and displacement camps, and providing psychosocial support to children who have experienced trauma.
• Protection from violence – helping communities to protect themselves and working with specialist child protection and gender-based violence services.
• Information, counselling and legal assistance – helping to protect people from demolition, eviction and confiscation orders, as well as access restrictions and discrimination.

Download the factsheet for NRC in Palestine

Our operations

NRC office established: 2009

Areas of operation: West Bank, including East Jerusalem, Gaza

Country Director: Alix Journoud

Contact: [email protected]

Our impact

In 2024, we assisted 284,068 people through our programmes in Palestine:

• 17,472 Education
• 189,432 Shelter and settlements
• 7,876 Protection from violence
• 27,209 Information, counselling and legal assistance
• 167,080 Water, sanitation and hygiene
• 106,319 other NRC activities

Note: some people received more than one type of assistance.

News and stories

Press release

Middle East: We witness how civilians are suffering

04. Mar 2026 | Middle East|Iran|Israel|Lebanon|Palestine Press release

Palestine: Court suspends immediate shutdown of humanitarian organisations

27. Feb 2026 | Palestine Press release

Humanitarian organisations petition Israeli High Court as closure deadline approaches

24. Feb 2026 | Middle East|Palestine More news and stories

Publications

oPt Humanitarian Access Snapshot #13

12. Dec 2025 | Palestine

Gaza’s energy crisis threatens lives and humanitarian response

20. Jun 2025 | Palestine

From Gaza to the West Bank: The systematic undermining of humanitarian aid making life untenable for Palestinians

04. Mar 2025 | Palestine More publications

Region: Middle EastPopulation: 5.5 millionTotal displaced: 6.4 millionRefugees hosted: 2.5 million