Category: Palestine

Physical injuries, mental trauma and restricted access to medical care are an everyday reality for many Palestinians living in and around the West Bank city of Hebron, warns Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in a new report published today. In “Occupied lives: the risk of forcible transfer of Palestinians in Hebron”, MSF details the […]

Read More… from Hebron, West Bank: “You can’t get sick here, it’s not allowed”

In Khan Younis, southern Gaza, fighting is approaching ever closer to Nasser hospital, putting it under threat and jeopardizing people’s access to medical care. This comes as Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams at Nasser and Al-Aqsa hospitals have responded to 10 mass influxes of badly injured people in July alone, following bombings in […]

Read More… from Nasser hospital must be protected as the last main hospitals in Gaza struggle amid deadly July

Relentless bombings and airstrikes by Israeli forces continue to kill hundreds of people across Gaza, while medical staff in hospitals are stretched to their limits trying to provide care to the critically injured. In July alone, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams have responded to multiple mass casualty incidents at Nasser hospital, in south […]

Read More… from “We keep on losing patients”: Medical staff at breaking point by unrelenting waves of injured and killed in Gaza

When Hanin first sought care for her malnourished daughter in Khan Younis in southern Gaza, the clock began ticking on her chances of survival. “[My] child was in a critical condition. They referred me to the hospital but there was no means of transportation,” explains Hanin. Finally, they reached the Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières […]

Read More… from Al Nasser hospital, Khan Younis: Living conditions and lack of care threatening the lives of pregnant women and newborns

As the European Gaza Hospital has shut down due to new evacuation orders, Nasser Hospital, the last comprehensive hospital in south Gaza, risks being overwhelmed with mass casualties and wounded patients, warns Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). Meanwhile, MSF teams working in the hospital are seeing acute shortages of medical supplies, leaving patients at […]

Read More… from South Gaza’s last comprehensive hospital at breaking point with influx of patients and critical supply shortages

On the evening of June 26, 2024, the Israeli authorities shared several new posts on social media about Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) staff member Fadi Al-Wadiya, who was killed by Israeli forces on June 25, accusing him of being involved in military activities in Gaza. MSF is deeply concerned by these allegations and […]

Read More… from MSF statement on the accusations against MSF staff Fadi Al-Wadiya

The Israeli forces have accused our Palestinian colleague Fadi Al-Wadiya, whom they killed yesterday while on his way to work at the Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) clinic in Gaza City, of being a “significant operative” of the Islamic Jihad armed group. We have no indication that this is true and have received no direct communication […]

Read More… from MSF colleague killed in Gaza City by Israeli forces

Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams in Gaza are facing critical shortages of essential medicines and equipment as we have been unable to bring any medical supplies into Gaza since the end of April. The closure of the Rafah crossing, following Israel’s offensive in the south of Gaza in early May, coupled with the […]

Read More… from Critical shortage of medical supplies in MSF-supported facilities across Gaza