Tag: Palestine

Following an initial hearing at Israel’s High Court on March 23, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) and 18 other leading humanitarian organizations reaffirm our decision to proceed with the petition we filed in February 2026 before the High Court. The petition challenges Israel’s ban on 37 humanitarian organizations from operating in Palestine. We have taken the unprecedented step of petitioning to the High Court with a […]

Read More… from Palestine: MSF reaffirms decision to challenge Israel’s ban on 37 organizations from operating

“The military often comes at night,” says Sari Ahmad, who is from Al Fakhiet in the Masafer Yatta area of the West Bank, Palestine. “Soldiers swarming the neighbourhood, breaking into our homes, destroying our property and arresting people en masse. Our houses are being seized and demolished.” Sari, who suffers from diabetes, received treatment from […]

Read More… from Palestine: Settler violence in the West Bank

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 […]

Read More… from Palestine: MSF provides urgent care to survivors of Israeli strikes that killed 13 people in Gaza

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 […]

Read More… from Palestine: “The situation is inhumane and every day we see the medical consequences for people in Gaza…”

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.  […]

Read More… from Palestine: MSF’s vital humanitarian activities in Gaza at risk from Israeli registration rules

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