Emergency Food Airlifted and Distributed to Families in Gaza

Seven airlifts have gone to the Middle East. Food is now being distributed to those in need in Gaza.

UPDATE (Aug. 15): Early this morning our Samaritan’s Purse 757 and DC-8 cargo planes took off with over 88,500 pounds of nutritional peanut-based food product packets for families in Gaza. These are our sixth and seventh airlifts in just the last month. Please continue praying for our teams on the ground as they work to get this life-saving aid to those in need.—Franklin Graham, via Facebook

UPDATE (Aug. 13): Samaritan’s Purse is deploying life-saving aid to the Middle East, where our teams are on the ground distributing food to families suffering in Gaza. Through ongoing relief flights and food distributions, we’ve helped thousands—bringing hope to innocent civilians caught in the crossfire. We’ve also begun providing first-aid care, treating nearly 100 patients so far. Please join us in praying for peace in the Middle East and for our staff as they serve in Jesus’ Name. —Samaritan’s Purse, via Facebook

UPDATE (Aug. 8): Samaritan’s Purse has airlifted more than 130,000 pounds of RUSF, a highly nutritious emergency food product in individual packets, to help families in Gaza. We were able to begin distributing these today. Pray for those who are suffering and for our teams on the ground.—Franklin Graham, via Facebook

Additional airlifts are scheduled.

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UPDATE (Aug. 4): Samaritan’s Purse staff in the Middle East are working hard to process and package [the] over 130,000 pounds of life-saving food supplies we airlifted into the region last week. These emergency food packets will soon be distributed to suffering families in Gaza in coordination with our trusted partners. Please continue to pray for peace in the Middle East—and for those caught in the crossfire of the conflict. Please also pray for the Samaritan’s Purse staff who are responding in Jesus’ Name.—Samaritan’s Purse, via Facebook

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UPDATE (Aug. 1): Early this morning, our Samaritan’s Purse 757 cargo plane took off with over 19 tons of nutrient-dense food packets for suffering families in Gaza. This airlift is the third in less than a week, with more planned. Please pray for peace in the Middle East.—Franklin Graham, via Facebook

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On July 26, Samaritan’s Purse airlifted over 48 U.S. tons of ready-to-use, supplemental food supplies aboard its DC-8 and 757 cargo aircraft to help suffering families in Gaza. The flights arrived in Israel earlier today. The life-saving, nutrient-dense food packets—supplied by MANA, an organization in the U.S. state of Georgia—will soon be transported into Gaza for distribution by trusted partners. This latest deployment is part of the larger Samaritan’s Purse response to ongoing conflicts across the Middle East.

“Innocent families are suffering in Gaza and Israel, and many lives have been lost since the start of this conflict,” said Franklin Graham, president of Samaritan’s Purse. “Samaritan’s Purse is working to help innocent civilians caught in the crossfire. These food supplies are a tangible reminder that God sees them, cares for them, and has not forgotten them in their suffering. Please join me in praying for peace in the Middle East.”

Since Oct. 7, 2023, Samaritan’s Purse has been actively providing life-saving aid to innocent civilians affected by the war in both Israel and Gaza in Jesus’ Name. The organization is working through partners to deliver food, clean water, shelter materials, and other critical supplies to families in need within Palestinian territories while also providing medical aid, trauma kits, and emergency food to Israeli families in need.

Additionally, 22 of 42 ambulances pledged by Samaritan’s Purse have now been delivered to Magen David Adom, Israel’s national emergency medical service. These vehicles, including armored units, are replacing those destroyed in attacks by Hamas and expanding the agency’s emergency response capacity.

Samaritan’s Purse is preparing to send additional relief flights into the region later this week, loaded with more ready-to-use supplemental food supplies.

Please be in prayer for our flight teams and our teams on the ground. Pray also for peace and for relief for all those who are suffering.