Hebron: Never ending violence by Israeli settlers and military psychologically scars its Palestinian community
July 18, 2025Hebron, Palestine- The constant fear of aggression and violence, committed by Israeli settlers and armed forces, takes a massive toll on the mental health of Palestinians in the West Bank, especially those living in Hebron’s southern countryside like Masafer Yatta....
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Gaza: Mass displacements in northern West Bank take a dramatic toll on Palestinians, warns MSF
March 21, 2025JERUSALEM - Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) warns that tens of thousands of displaced people in the northern West Bank, Palestine, are without proper shelter, essential services, and access to healthcare. Following the January 2025 ceasefire in Gaza, Israel launched the...
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“Inflicting harm and denying care” in the West Bank: MSF report on escalation of attacks and obstructions of healthcare
February 6, 2025Jerusalem, 6 February 2025 – Israeli forces and settlers have increased the use of extreme physical violence against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank since the all-out war on Gaza began in October 2023, according to a new report by...
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Temporary ceasefire in Gaza: Immense scale-up of life-saving aid must flow into Gaza now
January 18, 2025The temporary ceasefire agreement in Gaza is a relief, but it arrives more than 465 days and 46,000 lives too late. While this temporary cessation of fighting and bombing must be both respected and long-term, this is only the beginning...
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Gaza death trap: MSF report exposes Israel’s campaign of total destruction
December 19, 2024Amid continued attacks, siege, and blockade, Israel is destroying conditions of life in Gaza. PARIS/BRUSSELS/BARCELONA/JERUSALEM, December 19, 2024—Repeated Israeli military attacks on Palestinian civilians over the last 14 months, the dismantling of the health care system and other essential infrastructure,...
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Gaza: Living conditions are putting the lives of Palestinian children and newborns at serious risk
November 22, 2024From June to October 2024, MSF treated more than 10,000 children under 5 for upper respiratory tract infections at Nasser Hospital After more than one year of relentless war and destruction in Gaza, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams are witnessing...
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Israeli UNRWA ban will deepen Palestinian humanitarian catastrophe
October 30, 2024The 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...
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Gaza: The long road to recovery for war-wounded children
September 23, 2024As the sun streaks through the small window of the sterile hospital room, warm orange lines fall on to the side of 17-year-old Karam’s face, highlighting ridges of white scars across his left cheek. As he gets up slowly into...
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Jenin after nine days of military incursion
September 22, 2024In the early morning of 28 August, Israeli forces launched a large-scale military incursion in the cities of Tulkarm, Jenin, and Tubas in Palestine. This was the most intense incursion since 2002. A total of 39 Palestinians were killed according to...
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New MSF Report: The risk of forcible transfer of Palestinians in Hebron
August 6, 2024Hebron, Occupied Palestinian Territories, 6 August 2024 – Physical injuries, mental trauma and restricted access to medical care are an everyday reality for many Palestinians living in and around the West Bank city of Hebron, warns international medical organisation Médecins...
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Gaza strip: Nasser hospital must be protected as the last main hospitals in middle and south Gaza struggle amid deadly July
July 30, 2024Jerusalem, 29 July – In Khan Younis, southern Gaza, fighting is approaching ever closer to Nasser hospital, putting it under threat and jeopardising people’s access to medical care. This comes as Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams at Nasser and Al-Aqsa...
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A day in the life at the last remaining hospital in southern Gaza
July 24, 2024Relentless bombings and airstrikes by Israeli forces continue to kill hundreds of people across Gaza, Palestine, while medical staff in hospitals are stretched to their limits trying to provide care to the critically injured. In July alone, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)...
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