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Palestine: Israeli lockdown in Hebron forces MSF to temporarily suspend care

Posted on 9 November 2026 (9 November 2026) by Melanie

For 10 days, Palestinians in Hebron and surrounding communities have faced military raids, forced evictions, arrests, demolitions of houses and businesses and severe movement restrictions, with disastrous consequences for their access to healthcare. Many people were prevented from reaching medical facilities, while healthcare workers and Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) staff were unable to […]

Palestine: MSF surgeon must be released after two years of arbitrary detention 

Posted on 4 November 2026 (4 November 2026) by Melanie

Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) calls for the immediate and unconditional release of physician Mohammed Obeid. He remains detained by Israel without any charges since Oct. 26, 2024.   Mohammed Obeid, an orthopedic surgeon, was arrested while providing lifesaving medical care in the Kamal Adwan hospital in the north of Gaza. Since his detention he […]

Palestine: MSF no longer able to support burn patient

Posted on 30 October 2026 (30 October 2026) by salwa

“We produced the last 3D-printed mask for victims of severe burns in Gaza on October 14, 2026,” says Dr Feras Swairjo, an MSF physiotherapist manager.“ Due to restrictions and blockages by the Israeli authorities of essential items, we are unable to continue supporting patients who have suffered extensive injuries and burns on their faces. We […]

Palestine: Drawing Gaza through the eyes of children

Posted on 21 October 2026 (21 October 2026) by Melanie

The queue to collect food. Rain pouring through a tent. A tank bulldozing buildings. An omnipresent quadcopter. Friends they used to play with. Dina, Rahaf, Motassem and several other children from Gaza quietly explain the meaning of their drawings, but their stories are anything but quiet. The drawings were made during group psychosocial sessions organized […]

Palestine: MSF calls for community protection after Israeli settlers injure staff member

Posted on 19 October 2026 (19 October 2026) by Melanie

On the evening of Oct. 15, Israeli settlers violently assaulted a Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) colleague with a hand-sized rock launched by a slingshot during a targeted attack by settlers on his village in the south of the West Bank. Our colleague required immediate medical attention. This incident is not isolated. Over the […]

Palestine: Three years on, Israel continues to asphyxiate Gaza

Posted on 8 October 2026 (7 October 2026) by Melanie

Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) warns Israel is progressively asphyxiating Gaza and continuing its genocide. The space in which people can live is vanishing, while the conditions needed to survive is being systematically destroyed through continued violence, the deliberate blockade of essential supplies and the destruction of healthcare and essential infrastructure. In the past […]

Palestine: MSF urges release of detained Palestinian medics in Israel

Posted on 6 October 2026 (6 October 2026) by Melanie

More than 1,700 healthcare workers have been killed during the genocide in Gaza. Israel has detained hundreds more without charges. Doctors, nurses and paramedics who stayed to treat the wounded have themselves become casualties of this war. When medical staff are killed, imprisoned or disappear, it is not only healthcare workers who pay the price. […]

Palestine: Israel blocks crucial supplies from entering Gaza

Posted on 17 August 2026 (19 August 2026) by salwa

Thousands of people in Gaza, Palestine, are at heightened risk of death and severe illness, as Israeli authorities restrict the entry of engine oil and spare parts into the enclave. These supplies are essential for hospital generators, ambulances, water pumps and water trucks to remain running. The impediment of these supplies is emblematic of Israel’s […]

Palestine: MSF staff member recounts surviving Israeli gunfire in Gaza

Posted on 30 July 2026 (30 July 2026) by Melanie

Despite a decline in overall violence since the announcement of the October ceasefire, Palestinians in Gaza continue to be killed, injured and forcibly displaced by Israeli forces. According to the Palestinian Ministry of Health, more than 3,500 people have been injured since Oct. 11, 2025. In June 2026, 121 people were killed, making it the […]

Palestine: Again and again, people wounded in Israeli attacks are arriving at MSF hospitals

Posted on 29 July 2026 (29 July 2026) by Melanie

On July 25, once again, our medical teams in Gaza, Palestine, treated patients with devastating blast injuries caused by Israeli forces’ airstrikes. Seven airstrikes hit different areas of Gaza between 12 and 6 pm. A total of eight wounded patients were referred to the Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) field hospital in Al Zawayda, […]