All articles related to MSF activities in Palestine and Gaza.
After 15 months of Israel’s war on Gaza and the implementation of a ceasefire on Jan. 19, 2025, displaced Palestinians are attempting to return home to the southern city of Rafah. According to the United Nations, near 70 per cent of all structures in Gaza have been destroyed or damaged. Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières […]
“Since more than 400 days, we didn’t hear any kind of celebration, singing, dancing. Gaza, yesterday at night, started to celebrate, to sing, children in the streets, you can hear them singing songs.” My colleague, Mohammed Abu Mughaisib, a physician who works for Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in Gaza, said these words after […]
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is devastated to report the death of Bilal Okal, our colleague killed by Israeli forces in Jabalia, North Gaza, along with 10 of his family members. Bilal and his relatives, including his wife, seven children, his sister and his elderly mother, were killed by an Israeli airstrike in December […]
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Mustafa Hassan Abu Hamada and his family were living in Jabalia camp in northern Gaza during the recent brutal Israeli military siege, which has left the city completely destroyed and killed and injured countless civilians, including Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) staff. “People in front of us tried to escape at the Al-Awda junction, […]
The temporary ceasefire agreement in Gaza is a relief, but it arrives more than 465 days and 46,000 lives too late. While this temporary cessation of fighting and bombing must be both respected and long-term, this is only the beginning in addressing the immense humanitarian, psychological, and medical needs in Gaza. Israel must immediately end […]
Read More… from Temporary ceasefire in Gaza: Immense scale-up of life-saving aid must flow now
The announcement of a possible ceasefire, which has yet to be signed and implemented, is a vital respite, though it comes tragically late – after immense suffering and countless lives lost. While we are waiting for its implementation, we call for this fragile relief to be more than a pause; so that people can rebuild […]
Read More… from ‘A fragile relief’: MSF statement on possible ceasefire in Gaza
The H2 area of Hebron, one of the most restricted areas in the West Bank, comprises about 20 per cent of the city and is emblematic of the challenges faced by Palestinians living under Israeli control. Home to approximately 7,000 Palestinians and several hundred Israeli settlers, this neighbourhood is ruled by strict movement regulations, systemic […]
Read More… from Health care under occupation: Hebron’s H2 residents are suffocating
Nasser hospital, Al Aqsa hospital and European Gaza hospital are on the verge of closure due to a lack of fuel. This situation is threatening the lives of hundreds of patients, including newborns, who depend on electricity to stay alive, warns Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). Meanwhile, MSF teams are transferring fuel to Nasser […]
Read More… from Gaza: Newborns and other patients at risk as Nasser hospital has run out of fuel
Israel´s ongoing war on Gaza has forcibly displaced over 1.9 million people, leaving families to endure winter in fragile, makeshift tents with minimal protection from the cold. Children are especially vulnerable to various health risks as temperatures are dropping, and families continue to lack proper access to essential items such as water, food, and warm […]
Read More… from Gaza: Winter puts babies at even greater risk of disease and death
Repeated Israeli military attacks on Palestinian civilians over the last 14 months, the dismantling of the health care system and other essential infrastructure, the suffocating siege, and the systematic denial of humanitarian assistance are destroying the conditions of life in Gaza, according to a new Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) report, “Gaza: Life in […]
Read More… from Gaza death trap: MSF report exposes Israel’s campaign of total destruction