Israeli UNRWA ban will deepen Palestinian humanitarian catastrophe

October 30, 2024

The Israeli Knesset's ban on UNRWA's operations voted on 28 October represents a devastating blow to Palestinian life. It will further undermine people's survival prospects in Gaza and heavily impact communities in the West Bank. Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) denounces...

Israeli forces pushing people from north Gaza to the south will only worsen the humanitarian

October 9, 2024

Israeli evacuation orders for parts of northern Gaza, issued on 7 October, are pushing tens of thousands of people to immediately flee south as the area is targeted by airstrikes and a ground offensive. In this latest forced mass displacement,...

Israel’s all-out war on Gaza must end and its allies must stop enabling it

October 3, 2024

Jerusalem, 2 October 2024: For almost a full year now, Israel has carried out unmitigated slaughter in the Gaza Strip, Palestine. Since the atrocities committed by Hamas on 7 October 2023, killing up to 1,200 people and taking around 250...

No end in sight: The repeated trauma of displacement for people in Gaza

July 11, 2024

Since the horrifying war on Gaza, Palestine, began, at least 38,000 Palestinians - more than half of them women and children - have been killed, and 87,000 others have been injured. For those who have managed to survive the relentless onslaught of...

Gaza: Nasser Hospital at breaking point with influx of patients and critical supply shortages

July 8, 2024

Jerusalem, 5th July 2024- As the European Gaza Hospital has shut down due to new evacuation orders, Nasser Hospital, the last comprehensive hospital in south Gaza, risks being overwhelmed with mass casualties and wounded patients, warns Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)....

Statement on the accusations against MSF staff Fadi Al-Wadiya

June 28, 2024

On the evening of 26 June 2024, the Israeli authorities shared several new posts on social media about Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) staff member Fadi Al-Wadiya, who was killed by Israeli forces on 25 June, accusing him of being involved...

MSF colleague killed in Gaza City by Israeli forces

June 27, 2024

The Israeli forces have accused our Palestinian colleague Fadi Al-Wadiya, whom they killed yesterday while on his way to work at the Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) clinic in Gaza City, of being a “significant operative” of the Islamic Jihad armed...

Gaza: “Everything is missing, even the idea of a future”

June 21, 2024

As the unrelenting horror continues in Gaza, Palestine, our teams in Rafah and the Middle Area are seeing a spectrum of mental health issues among children and adults. Since the beginning of the year, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has provided...

“Holding onto life”: In Jenin and Tulkarem, Israeli forces render healthcare inaccessible when it is needed the most

June 14, 2024

By Itta Helland-Hansen, MSF Project Coordinator in Jenin and Tulkarem, two governorates located in the North of the West Bank, Occupied Palestinian Territory.Military incursions by Israeli forces in the West Bank are increasing in violence and frequency since the beginning...

The latest massacres in Gaza’s Middle Area illustrate the complete dehumanisation of Palestinians

June 12, 2024

Jerusalem, Barcelona, Brussels, Paris, 11 June 2024 – Since the beginning of June, more than 800 people have been killed and over 2,400 wounded in intense bombing and ground offensives by Israeli forces in the Gaza Strip, according to health...

Gaza: “We did not have time to bury them”

June 11, 2024

On the morning of Saturday 8 June 2024, Israeli forces heavily bombed the Middle Area of the Gaza Strip, including Al-Nuseirat refugee camp. These deadly Israeli attacks reportedly killed at least 270 Palestinians and left about 700 wounded according to...

GAZA: New crossing points and ‘floating dock’ are cosmetic changes, as humanitarian access disintegrates in Gaza, warn aid agencies

June 3, 2024

Jerusalem, 28 May 2024 – As Israeli attacks intensify on Rafah, the unpredictable trickle of aid into Gaza has created a mirage of improved access while the humanitarian response is in reality on the verge of collapse, warn 20 aid agencies....