The war has not only meant Sara and her family have had to flee from southern Lebanon but the sounds of explosions have also exacerbated Sara’s epilepsy, making it even harder for her to cope with the trauma of war. Embrace partner SKILD is working hard to help Sara and other children with additional needs caught up in the conflict.

Baby A was born in a marginalised neighbourhood in Beirut, in a warzone. Our partner, Tahaddi, are doing everything they can to support her and her family.

Dr Maher, Medical Director of Al Ahli Hospital in Gaza City, tells us what the last year has been like for him, his family and the hospital’s staff.

VIDEO - Elias Najjar of the Palestinian Bible Society tells Embrace staff how life in the West Bank has been affected by the war in Gaza, of the mounting challenges facing everyone there and how Palestinian Christians are responding.

VIDEO - The war in Gaza has not only had a profound effect on the health, education and community projects that Embrace has been supporting in Gaza, but it has also devastated the lives of many of our Christian friends and partners - such as Ramy Tarazi.

“Without Tahaddi’s help and God’s grace, my children wouldn’t have an education, and I might have succumbed to cancer.”

Lara and her mother left the shelter of the Holy Family Catholic Church in Gaza, desperate to try to reach Lara’s ill brother in Egypt. It was a perilous journey - and one that would end in tragedy.

Like many Christians in Gaza, Ramy, Marina and their 15-month-old-son, have lost everything. Now, their only home St Porphyrios Orthodox Church.

“My family wakes up every day in a large hall with 300 other people. We don’t sleep very well and wake up to the sound of bombs.” Rami tells us what daily life is like sheltering in St Porphyrius Church in Gaza.