Bella Hadid joins Gaza’s Tents of Hope campaign with $50,000 donation

Palestinian-American model Bella Hadid donated $50,000 to shelter 100 displaced families in the Gaza Strip and urged her followers to contribute, even in small amounts, as thousands of tents are flooded and the cold intensifies.

Hilal Times Editorial DeskNovember 13, 2026, 08:19 PMUpdated: November 13, 2026, 08:39 PM

Bella Hadid joins Gaza’s Tents of Hope campaign with $50,000 donation

International model Bella Hadid, who is Palestinian-American, announced a $50,000 donation to the Tents of Hope initiative, part of the Winter Tent Bags for Gaza campaign. The contribution is enough to provide 100 displaced families with a waterproof tent, blankets and mattresses.

Hadid wrote in a message to her followers: “Winter has arrived in Gaza, and for hundreds of thousands of families, the only thing separating them from the cold is a worn-out tent.” She noted that field relief organizations estimate that the Gaza Strip needs at least 300,000 tents.

Bella Hadid on the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival in May 2026

She added: “I’m not sharing this because of the amount, but because I believe that if enough of us take action, the gap can be closed one family at a time.” She explained that $25 is enough for a blanket, $30 for a mattress, $75 to waterproof a tent and $250 for a complete tent. “Everything you can give matters,” she said.

Flooded tents and bitter cold

Hadid’s initiative comes after heavy rains flooded thousands of tents in the Gaza Strip. The International Rescue Committee said the first winter storm earlier this month flooded the tents and shelters of around 26,000 families, while relief organizations have only about 2,800 tents against an estimated need of 121,000. Gaza’s Ministry of Health announced on November 13 that a nine-month-old infant had died from severe cold, the first death of its kind this winter.

A child standing in rainwater among displaced people’s tents in Gaza

Hadid comes from a Palestinian family; her father, businessman Mohamed Hadid, was born in Nazareth. In June 2024, she and her sister Gigi Hadid donated $1 million to four organizations supporting Palestinians.

Her initiative came in the same week that Canadian singer Shawn Mendes urged fellow artists to speak out in support of Gaza. The two had taken part in January in the Artists for Relief benefit concert in Los Angeles, whose proceeds went to the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund and the Sudanese American Physicians Association.

Photos: Anadolu, Gabrielle Hutchinson / Wikimedia Commons

Bella Hadid joins Gaza’s Tents of Hope campaign with $50,000 donation