All articles related to MSF activities in Palestine and Gaza.
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) denounces yet more bloodshed in Gaza, as our teams continue to treat critically wounded Palestinians caused by Israeli airstrikes and quadcopters on Nov. 19, which have left dozens dead and many more injured. Since Wednesday, our teams have treated both women and children with open fractures and gunshot wounds to their limbs and head. “At around […]
Over the past two years, Israel’s genocidal campaign in Gaza has caused unimaginable loss and devastation. People in Gaza, including our colleagues, have been killed, injured, starved, besieged and displaced. Our colleague Mohammad Al Hawajri, who worked in Gaza as an operating room nurse, recounts how he and his family tried to find safety that never came and how he […]
Read More… from Palestine: A chance at life amid genocide. A father and son’s journey from Gaza
One month into this fragile ceasefire, the situation in Gaza remains desperate. Palestinians are still being killed and injured by Israeli forces almost every day in the areas close to the yellow line, behind which Israel maintains control. Palestinians often risk their lives by going back to look for their houses, as this line is still not always clearly marked. To make […]
Read More… from Palestine: One month into Gaza ceasefire, Palestinians continue to face hardship
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is deeply concerned by the Canadian government’s plan to reduce funding for international assistance and global health programs – especially at a time when more people than ever need urgent medical and humanitarian support. In our programs around the world, we’ve already seen first-hand how other recent cuts to […]
Read More… from MSF statement on Canada’s 2025 Federal Budget: Cuts to global aid will cost lives
More than one million people are still being forced to survive on a tiny patch of land in southern Gaza, where conditions are dire and dangerous to their health. Along with the massive destruction of civilian infrastructure and the health system by Israeli forces, this displacement is creating the perfect storm for disease and […]
After careful monitoring and assessment, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has partially resumed our activities in Gaza City, after being forced to leave on Sep. 24, 2025, amid the intensified Israeli offensive. On Oct. 15, MSF reopened our wound care clinic in Gaza City. Since then, our teams have received more than 640 patients — the majority of […]
Read More… from Palestine: MSF has resumed activities in Gaza City
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is calling on governments around the world to drastically and urgently increase medical evacuations for thousands of patients who are unable to access the care they need in Gaza. These evacuations must be accompanied by a sustained effort to maintain the fragile ceasefire which has been violated multiple times […]
Read More… from Palestine: Ceasefire not the end of extreme suffering in Gaza
Médecins sans Frontières/Doctors without Borders (MSF) is deeply disappointed that Dr Mohammed Obeid, a respected orthopaedic surgeon, and long-time MSF colleague, remains detained and was not released as part of the recent ceasefire agreement. We call for his immediate and unconditional release. Dr Obeid was arrested on 26 October 2024 by Israeli forces during a […]
Read More… from MSF calls for the immediate release of our detained colleague
The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region faces some of the world’s longest and most complex crises. From Palestine to Sudan, Syria, Yemen and Lebanon, people have endured wars, occupation, economic collapse and forced displacement. Entire communities have lived under chronic pressure and uncertainty for decades. These conditions can have a profound impact on […]
Read More… from Middle East and North Africa: Behind the armour, men’s mental health
In Khallet Athaba, families are enduring daily harassment, intimidation and violent attacks from Israeli settlers, often under the protection of the Israeli forces According to testimonies from the community, since February 2025, Israeli forces conducted four mass demolitions, reducing more than 85 per cent of homes and shelters to rubble. The destruction has left the […]
Read More… from Palestine: Ethnic cleansing in the West Bank