What’s happening in the West Bank?
Violence across the West Bank has escalated sharply since late 2023, driven by intensified military operations, settler attacks and severe restrictions on movement. This has led to widespread displacement, damage to civilian infrastructure and prolonged disruption to livelihoods and essential services.
By early 2025, military operations in areas including Jenin, Tulkarem and Tubas had resulted in dozens of fatalities, including children, and the displacement of more than 40,000 people, an unprecedented level in the West Bank. Hundreds of thousands of people have been cut off from health care, education and income as checkpoints and access restrictions expanded across the region.
Women, children, older people and people with disabilities are among those most affected, facing unsafe living conditions, limited access to hygiene supplies and heightened protection risks.
How World Vision is responding
World Vision Ireland is delivering a rapid emergency response to support displaced and conflict‑affected families in the Northern and Central West Bank.
The project runs from March to May 2025 and is funded by Irish Aid, reaching 1,300 people who have been displaced or directly impacted by recent violence.
World Vision has a long‑standing presence in the West Bank and is implementing this response directly through local field teams and community networks, working closely with local authorities and humanitarian coordination mechanisms.
What support are families receiving?
The response provides life‑saving basic assistance, combining immediate relief with support to local emergency response capacity.
Support includes:
- Essential non‑food items (NFIs) such as bedding to improve living conditions for displaced families
- Hygiene and dignity kits for displaced women and girls, supporting menstrual health, hygiene and personal wellbeing
- Multipurpose voucher assistance for displaced households, enabling families to purchase food and other essentials based on their most urgent needs
- Support to local Civil Defence Centres with disaster risk reduction tools and equipment to strengthen emergency preparedness and response
Where markets remain accessible, voucher assistance allows families to make their own choices while preserving dignity during crisis.
Who is prioritised?
The response prioritises households facing the greatest vulnerability, including:
- Displaced families affected by military operations and settler violence
- Female‑headed households
- Low‑income families who have lost livelihoods
- Older people and people with disabilities
- Children in displaced households
Targeting is informed by assessments and guided by needs‑based, neutral criteria, with strong attention to gender, age and disability inclusion.
Protection, dignity and accountability
All activities are designed to be conflict‑sensitive and to minimise risk to civilians.
World Vision applies strong accountability and safeguarding measures, including:
- Community consultation and feedback mechanisms
- Pre‑ and post‑distribution monitoring
- Gender‑sensitive and accessible distribution approaches
- Clear information on entitlements and selection criteria
Support to Civil Defence Centres strengthens local capacity to respond not only to conflict‑related emergencies, but also to climate‑related disasters, contributing to longer‑term resilience.