Rocío Simón Martínez, nurse activity manager with Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), has just finished her second assignment in Gaza, where she was among the last MSF international staff to leave in late February 2026. All our international colleagues have been forced to leave following the Israeli authorities’ decision to deregister 37 non-governmental organizations […]
Content accurate as of Feb. 27, 2026. Given evolving administrative and access conditions in Gaza/West Bank, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)’s registration and operational context may change. This content reflects the most current information available at the time of publication. MSF calls for a massive scale-up of lifesaving assistance and unhindered humanitarian access amid the ongoing catastrophe in […]
Read More… from Palestine: Huge influx of aid urgently needed amid catastrophic conditions in Gaza
Following many months of unsuccessful engagement with Israeli authorities, and in the absence of securing assurances to ensure the safety of our staff or the independent management of our operations, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has concluded that it will not share a list of its Palestinian and international staff with Israeli authorities in the current […]
Read More… from MSF statement on sharing staff information and humanitarian operations in Palestine
To avoid being forced to suspend our operations in Palestine 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 staff names, subject […]
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”