Palestine: Petition challenging Israel’s ban of INGOs from operating in Palestine
March 31, 2026Following an initial hearing at Israel's High Court on 23 March, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) and 18 other leading humanitarian organisations reaffirm our decision to proceed with the petition we filed in February 2026 before the High Court, challenging Israel's...
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West Bank: While the world looks elsewhere Palestinian land is disappearing
March 26, 2026The military often comes at night, soldiers swarming the neighbourhood, breaking into our homes, destroying our property, and arresting people en masse. Our houses are being seized and demolished. And the settler attacks have grown more brutal and deadly. Most...
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Palestine: “The situation is inhumane”
March 13, 2026Rocío Simón Martínez, Nurse Activity Manager with Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), has just finished her second assignment in Gaza, where she was among the last international MSF staff to leave in late February 2026. Since then, all MSF international staff...
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Palestine: MSF’s vital humanitarian activities in Gaza at risk from Israeli registration rules
December 22, 202522 December 2025- Israel’s new registration rules for international non-governmental organisations (INGOs) risk leaving hundreds of thousands of people in Gaza without lifesaving healthcare in 2026, warns Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), one of the largest medical organisations operating in Gaza...
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Palestine: A Mental Health Perspective from the West Bank
December 9, 2025“Palestinians are preparing themselves for loss”- By a psychologist working with Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), who requested anonymity.While violence may not be new in the West Bank, Palestine, everything intensified after 7 October 2023. We’ve seen a sharp escalation: checkpoints,...
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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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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: Hundreds of patients, including newborns, at risk as multiple hospitals run low on fuel
January 10, 2025Babies in incubators and other patients in need of urgent care are at risk of dying as Israel continues to block sufficient fuel and other critical supplies from entering Gaza.In Gaza, Nasser Hospital, Al-Aqsa Hospital, and European Gaza Hospital are on...
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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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