In the shadows of war: Increased violence and restrictions in the West Bank

May 16, 2024

“We walk for hours to reach the health facilities. Sometimes we use the donkeys to transfer sick people to the hospital or to the clinic,” says Mahmud Mousa Abu Eram, a Palestinian man from Hebron, in the West Bank. “There...

Strikes, raids and incursions: Seven months of relentless attacks on healthcare in the Occupied Palestinian Territories

May 16, 2024

In the last seven months the healthcare system in the Gaza Strip has been systematically dismantled. According to OCHA[1], 24 hospitals in Gaza are now out of service, while 493 health workers have been killed. Each medical centre or humanitarian...

Gaza: Thousands forced to flee as Israeli military offensive intensifies and aid is blocked in Rafah

May 9, 2024

Jerusalem/Barcelona/Paris/Brussels 8 May 2024 – Israeli forces have begun their offensive on Rafah and have seized control of the border, effectively cutting off lifesaving aid deliveries into the Gaza Strip. As thousands of Palestinians are forced to flee eastern Rafah following...

Gaza: Rafah offensive will have catastrophic consequences

May 7, 2024

MSF calls once again for an immediate and sustained ceasefire to spare the lives of civilians and to allow enough desperately needed aid to enter the enclave. "On May 6, Israeli forces issued an evacuation order for several blocks in...

Warring parties must ensure safety of staff and patients in Al-Shifa hospital

March 19, 2024

Jerusalem, 18 March 2024 - As Israeli Forces announced on 18 March that they were conducting a military operation inside and around Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City, northern Gaza, MSF staff sheltering close by said heavy fighting was taking place....

UNRWA funding cuts jeopardise lifeline for millions in Palestine

January 30, 2024

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is deeply alarmed by the decision of some countries to suspend their funding to UNRWA, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, which is a lifeline for millions of Palestinians in...

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...

Hospitals in south Gaza overflowing with hundreds of injured as Israeli forces step up bombardment

December 5, 2023

Since the fragile truce in the Gaza Strip, the Occupied Palestinian Territories, collapsed on 1 December, aerial and ground attacks by Israeli forces have resulted in hundreds of people killed and injured. Two hospitals supported by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)...

Gaza: “It must all stop now.” Letter to UN Security Council

December 4, 2023

MSF International President Dr Christos Christou writes to the United Nations Security Council, asking they use their leverage and help stop the bloodshed being committed in Gaza. I am writing to you on behalf of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) to implore...

MSF doctors killed in strike on Al-Awda hospital in northern Gaza

November 21, 2023

Médecins sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) is horrified by the killing of two MSF doctors, Dr Mahmoud Abu Nujaila and Dr Ahmad Al Sahar, and a third doctor working with Al Awda, Dr. Ziad Al-Tatari, following a strike on Al...

Gaza: An urgent call from Al-Shifa

November 14, 2023

After losing contact with MSF staff trapped inside Al-Shifa Hospital while it was under attack, we were able to reach a member of our team this morning. This is what they told us. Please note that the situation at Al-Shifa...

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...