Gaza: “Staff at Al-Shifa are struggling to care for patients because the needs are huge”

January 31, 2024

Last November, Al-Shifa hospital, located in Gaza City, Palestine was brought to a standstill after the Israeli army massively bombed the area around the facility. The hospital was hit several times, then surrounded before being evacuated. The largest hospital in...

With Nasser hospital out of commission, people in southern Gaza run out of healthcare options

January 26, 2024

Amid ongoing heavy fighting and bombing in Khan Younis, South Gaza, Palestine/OPT, vital medical services have collapsed at Nasser hospital, currently the largest functioning health facility in the enclave. Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF) deplores a situation...

Inside Gaza: “Staying alive is only a matter of luck”

December 18, 2023

Ricardo Martinez is a logistics coordinator with Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) who is just back from four weeks in Gaza. We know that the humanitarian situation in Gaza is horrific. What did you witness personally?“First of all, an...

No safe place in Gaza as people are being crushed by intense, continuous bombing

December 18, 2023

Two months into the war, Israel’s unrelenting, indiscriminate strikes on Gaza have turned the north of the Strip into a pile of rubble and are now pounding the Middle Area and the south with increasing brutality. The suffering of Palestinians...

Patients and medical staff trapped in hospitals under fire – Attacks must stop now

November 11, 2023

Over the past 24 hours, hospitals in Gaza have been under relentless bombardment. Al-Shifa hospital complex, the biggest health facility where MSF staff are still working, has been hit several times, including the maternity and outpatient departments, resulting in multiple...

Israeli forces and settlers ramp up violence against Palestinians in West Bank

November 9, 2023

It’s 2.30 am and doctors are huddling outside the entrance to Jenin hospital in the West Bank in the occupied Palestinian territories. A brief lull in the ricocheting gunfire is followed by the sound of men shouting and the screeching...