A list of ways you can aid the humanitarian crisis in Palestine

There is a worsening humanitarian crisis in Gaza, described as “unprecedented” by the British Red Cross, as “having a catastrophic impact on children and families” by Unicef, and leaving Gaza in “urgent need of humanitarian support” by Oxfam.

1.4 million people are estimated by the UN to have been displaced, with around 580,000 people staying in 150 UN-run emergency shelters, dealing with increasingly poor conditions and mass overcrowding.

Hospitals, schools, mosques, churches and a refugee camp have been bombed. Food, water, fuel, medicene and other essentials are running out, with the supply of aid and resources into Gaza severely restricted.

The crisis follows the Security Cabinet of Israel approving a state of war against the Gaza Strip on October 7, in retaliation to the attack by Hamas, the militant group which governs Gaza, against Israel that same day.

The attack by Hamas was called 'The Al-Aqsa Flood', killing at least 1,400 Israelis, including the attack on Supernova psytrance festival, with at least 200 others abducted and held hostage by Hamas.

Since Israel declared war, relentless bombing by the Israel Defence Force (IDF) from land, sea and air, and the siege of Gaza imposed since October 9, has killed more than 8,700 Palestinians, including over 3,640 children, according to Gaza’s health ministry.

Israel’s President Isaac Herzog has indicated his view that all people living in the Gaza Strip are responsibile for Hamas’ attack.

Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor reported last week that thousands of Palestinian civilians are among the dead, while more than 1,750 are missing amongst the rubble of demolished buildings, and almost 20,000 injured - of which more than half are women and children.

On October 31, the IDF carried out an aerial attack on the Jabalia refugee camp in Gaza, killing dozens with at least six airstrikes hitting residential areas. A Gazan doctor told the BBC that his hospital had received 400 casualties, including 120 dead, following the air strike. The IDF said the strikes targeted and killed senior Hamas commander Ibrahim Biari, who is linked to the October 7 attack on Israel.

Hospitals in Gaza are overwhelmed with patients and many have been ceasing to function due to water and fuel running out; operations have taken place without anaesthetic, under the light of mobile phone torches, using vinegar as antiseptic.

Palestinian ministry spokesman Ashraf Al-Qudra has stated that four hospitals are now out of use and 14 basic healthcare services have stopped functioning. There are only "hours left" until the power generators at al-Shifa Hospital stop, Al Jazeera reported today (November 1).

The UN has said that water has now become a “matter of life and death” for people in the Gaza Strip, with clean water running out and Gaza’s only power station now out of fuel. The BBC reported earlier this month that water for basic needs in the area could run dry, while relief supplies into the Gaza Strip have been heavily obstructured.

Children are facing what is said to be a "catastrophic situation" in Gaza, according to the UN children's aid agency Unicef, with parents left with no choice but to give their children salty water. Oxfam has said starvation is being used as a “weapon of war” against civiilians.

More than 800 scholars and practitioners of international law, conflict studies and genocide studies signed an open letter on October 15 warning of “the possibility of the crime of genocide being perpetrated by Israeli forces against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip”.

Members of the dance music community have shown their solidarity with the people of Palestine, calling on others in the industry to show their support and call for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.

Nearly 300 DJs, producers, collectives and venues connected to London’s underground music scene have signed an open letter calling for the electronic music scene to “urgently speak out against Israel’s brutal and ongoing attack on Gaza”, including Ahadadream, Bok Bok, Florentino, Manuka Honey, Objekt, Ross From Friends, Sarra Wild, Tash LC and Yazzus.

Palestinian techno DJ Sama’ Abdulhadi announced the cancellation of her North American shows this weekend “due to the escalation of the attacks on Palestine and Gaza specifically”. She said: "For now, we really need your help putting pressure on your governments to stop the massacre in Gaza. I have personally lived this experience on a much smaller scale in the second intifada... I can't even imagine what they are going through over there."

The modern day Israel-Palestine conflict dates back decades, with many considering the starting point as the 1947 United Nations’ vote by British mandate to partition the land of Palestine into two states – one Jewish, one Arab – following the violence against Jewish people in Europe during the Second World War and Holocaust. The partition was not accepted by Palestine or neighbouring Arab countries, leading to multiple wars and violence in the region. There has been increasing Israeli occupation of Palestinian territory since 1967.

Find a list below of ways you can aid the humanitarian crisis in Palestine and protest the violence against civilians in Gaza, alongside additional comments and solidarity from the music world.

Donate:

- Palestine Children's Relief Fund
- Medical Aid for Palestinians
- UNICEF Gaza Emergency
- Grassroots Al-Quds
- Alliance For Middle East Peace
- Islamic Relief
- International Committee of the Red Cross
- Human Appeal
- Norwegian Refugee Council's Gaza Appeal


Buy music:

- Outsider-curated fundraiser compilation
- 'Hurryia For Gaza' fundraiser compilation
- Ayesha's 'Rhythm is Memory' fundraiser album
- Toumba's 'For Palestine' fundraiser album
- 'It's Not Complicated' fundraiser compilation
- ZULI's 'Komy' fundraiser EP
- Aleksandir's 'NOCTURNE' fundraiser single
- Cease 2 Exist-curate fundraiser compilation
- TSVI's 'Stella Remota' LP (Note: Only applicable to sales on Bandcamp Friday, November 3)


Act:

- Day of Action (UK-wide)
- Write to your local MP (UK)
- Write to your local MP (Ireland)
- Sign an open letter demanding an immediate ceasefire (artists and cultural workers only)
- Create your own fundraiser


Attend:

- INR / Palestine Fundraiser at La Cheetah, Glasgow - Wednesday, November 1
- Medical Aid Palestine Fundraiser at Stereo, Glasgow - Thursday, November 2
- Palestine Fundraiser at The DBA, Manchester - Thursday, November 2
- Barbershop Pub Takeover for Palestine at The Plough, London - Friday, November 3
- Dance Collective: Palestine Fundraiser at 24 Kitchen Street, Liverpool - Saturday, November 4
- Gaza Fundraiser at Miscellania, Melbourne - Monday, November 6
- Prizes for Peace - A charity auction and raffle, London - Tuesday, November 7
- Fundraiser for Palestine at La Sotterenea, Montreal - Friday, November 10
- Dance and Donate for the Palestinian Children's Relief Fund at The Peer Hat, Manchester - November 18


Information:

- Information from the Palestine Solidarity Campaign
- Know your rights as a protestor
- Toolkit of general information and resources
- Further reading on the history of Palestine


We will continue to update this article with additional links and information.