To avoid being forced to suspend our operations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory from March 1, 2026, following unreasonable demands to hand over personal information about our staff, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has informed Israeli authorities that, as an exceptional measure, we are prepared to share a defined list of Palestinian and international […]
Read More… from Palestine: MSF statement on staff registration and the continuation of medical care
Israel’s threat to withhold registration from Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) and other international non-governmental organizations (INGOs) is a cynical and calculated attempt to prevent organizations from providing services in Gaza and the West Bank, in breach of Israel’s obligations under international humanitarian law. Denying medical assistance to civilians is unacceptable under any circumstances […]
Read More… from Palestine: Israel’s threat to withhold registration for NGOs
Israel’s new registration rules for international non-governmental organizations (INGOs) risk leaving hundreds of thousands of people in Gaza without lifesaving healthcare in 2026, warns Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). The new requirements threaten to withdraw registration from INGOs beginning Jan. 1. This non-registration would prevent organizations, including MSF, from providing essential services to people in Gaza and the West Bank. […]
Five patients from the Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)-supported Nasser hospital share their stories while awaiting medical evacuation from Gaza. Two mothers speak about their children’s critical conditions and three adults describe their in need of lifesaving treatment abroad. Their testimonies document the struggle of Palestinians who can no longer access essential medical care […]
Read More… from Palestine: Patients in Nasser hospital in urgent need of medical evacuation
In 2025, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams continued to respond to some of the world’s most urgent crises. Wars in Gaza and Ukraine dragged on, violence in Sudan escalated, and millions of people were displaced amid growing barriers to migration and shrinking humanitarian support. These overlapping emergencies left countless communities without the assistance they desperately need, while insecurity and funding gaps […]
As Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) doctor, I’ve been part of 15 medical evacuations for patients coming from Gaza through Egypt and Jordan. In partnership with Swiss and EU authorities, MSF has participated in medical evacuations to Switzerland, Ireland, the UK and Spain. The official number of patients registered by the World Health Organization for medical evacuations is 16,500, but this is only a drop in the ocean. Many more patients […]
Read More… from Palestine: A drop in the ocean. Witnessing Gaza’s medical evacuations
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) welcomes the Swiss government’s recent medical evacuations from Gaza and urges resourceful nations to scale up their efforts to support as many patients as possible. Following two years of intense violence in Gaza, the healthcare system is destroyed. Thousands of people are suffering from complex trauma injuries caused by bullets and bombs, or from life-threatening […]
Read More… from Palestine: “These evacuations are life-changing and lifesaving”
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 […]
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