Palestine: MSF provides urgent care to survivors of Israeli strikes that killed 13 people in Gaza
Amid ongoing attacks, MSF treats critically injured children and adults while offering trauma and mental health support to those affected.
On March 15, 2026, Israeli strikes killed 13 people and injured many more during attacks in Deir-El-Balah, Gaza, according to Gaza’s Ministry of Health. In response, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams treated nine patients at our field hospital.
In the morning, MSF received four patients: a boy who was dead on arrival and his three siblings with moderate injuries. Both parents were killed. In the afternoon, the team treated five more patients with shrapnel injuries, including severe cases.
The injured children lost their mother in the attack, who was pregnant with twins. “She was due in three months,” says the children’s aunt. “Now, the kids lost both parents and their older sibling. The scene was horrific. Bodies flew in the air and shrapnel exploded everywhere,”
Israeli attacks continue to kill and injure people in Gaza despite the ceasefire. In the aftermath, patients will endure long-term, life-altering physical and psychological wounds. MSF is providing trauma, surgical and rehabilitative care, as well as mental health support.
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