The Bank of Palestine provided an urgent donation of $500,000 to provide food supplies to displaced people in schools of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) in the Gaza Strip, through the United Nations World Food Program (WFP).

The Bank’s initiative comes with the aim of extending a helping hand and support to our people in the Gaza Strip who were displaced from their homes as a result of the war, and providing basic and food supplies to about 200,000 displaced people who are in UNRWA schools in the Gaza Strip, in response to the urgent distress call launched by the World Food Program yesterday, Tuesday, in The number of displaced people to the agency's schools continued to increase.

The Bank continues to monitor the urgent needs of the displaced with the World Food Program and UNRWA, with the aim of studying possible humanitarian and relief interventions in coordination with international humanitarian organizations, in support of relief efforts for the benefit of our affected people, especially in light of the acute shortage of basic materials, food and water in the Gaza Strip.

The Bank of Palestine appreciated the efforts of the World Food Program and UNRWA to continue providing humanitarian and relief support to tens of thousands of families in Gaza who were displaced to shelter centers in UNRWA schools.

The World Food Program had launched an "emergency operation" aimed at providing food to more than 800,000 people in Gaza and the West Bank.

It is worth noting that the Bank of Palestine has always provided humanitarian and relief support in commitment to its pioneering community and development role, which is in line with the sustainable development goals of the United Nations.