Bella Hadid
Bella Hadid donates $50,000 to provide winter shelter for Gaza families
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- The donation will provide waterproof tents, blankets and mattresses as winter conditions worsen in Gaza.
- Hadid highlighted aid groups’ estimate that Gaza needs at least 300,000 tents to provide basic shelter for displaced families.
- She urged followers to contribute, noting that donations as small as $10 could help fund a shelter kit.
Model Bella Hadid has donated $50,000 to support displaced Palestinian families in Gaza as winter approaches, funding emergency shelter supplies for 100 families living in makeshift tents.
In a post on Instagram, Hadid said she made the donation to Tents of Hope’s Winter Tent Kits for Gaza initiative, which provides families with waterproof tents, blankets and mattresses to protect them from the cold.
Hadid said the donation would cover 100 complete family shelter kits, stressing that the scale of Gaza’s shelter crisis should not obscure the individual families struggling to survive the winter.
She highlighted estimates from aid groups that Gaza needs at least 300,000 tents to provide basic shelter for displaced Palestinians, warning that hundreds of thousands of families are facing winter conditions with little more than worn-out tents for protection.
The model described the situation as a humanitarian crisis, questioning why Palestinians have been forced from their homes and made to live in tents in their own homeland. She also emphasized that families need more than temporary shelter, highlighting their right to live safely and with dignity.
Hadid broke down the cost of individual supplies to encourage her followers to contribute, saying $25 could provide a family with a blanket, $30 a mattress, $75 waterproofing for a tent and $250 a complete tent. She added that even smaller donations could help fund a shelter kit.
"Whatever you can give, it matters," she wrote, urging her followers to share the appeal and help protect children, families and animals from hypothermia and other dangers associated with the winter conditions.
Hadid's longstanding support for Palestine
The latest donation builds on Hadid's longstanding public advocacy for Palestinian rights, which predates the war in Gaza.
The Palestinian-American model has repeatedly used her platform to highlight the displacement and suffering of Palestinians, including her family's history of displacement during the 1948 Nakba. Her father, Mohamed Hadid, was born in Nazareth.
In June 2024, Bella and her sister, fellow model Gigi Hadid, donated a combined $1 million to four organizations supporting Palestinians: Heal Palestine, the Palestine Children's Relief Fund, World Central Kitchen and UNRWA.
Bella has also spoken about the professional consequences of her activism. In a 2022 interview, she said her outspoken support for Palestine had cost her modelling opportunities and friendships, adding that she would not stop speaking about her family's history and Palestinian rights.
Her latest appeal comes as Gaza faces another winter amid widespread displacement and a severe shortage of shelter.
According to the International Rescue Committee, a winter storm earlier this month flooded the tents and shelters of around 26,000 households, while aid groups had only about 2,800 tents available against an estimated need of 121,000. The organization also warned that restrictions on bringing shelter materials into Gaza were worsening the crisis.
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