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 this legislation, which represents an inhumane ban on vital humanitarian aid. The Knesset’s vote is … Read more
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, residents of Beit Hanoun, Jabalia and Beit Lahia have been urged to move to the … Read more
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 hostages, Israeli forces have pursued an all-out war on people in the Gaza Strip, killing … Read more
As 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 sitting position at the hospital run by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in Amman, Jordan, he uses … Read more
In 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 the Ministry of Health. In Jenin, these nine days saw extreme destruction. A large part … Read more
Jerusalem, 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 hospitals have responded to 10 mass influxes of badly injured people in July alone, following … Read more
Relentless 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) teams have responded to multiple mass casualty incidents at Al-Nasser hospital, in southern Gaza. Dr … Read more
When Hanin first sought care for her malnourished daughter in Khan Younis in southern Gaza, the clock began ticking on her chances of survival. “[My] child was in a critical condition. They referred me to the hospital but there was no means of transportation,” explains Hanin. Finally, they reached the Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) inpatient … Read more
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 bomb blasts, shelling and gunfire, staying alive has meant moving continually from place to place … Read more
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). Meanwhile, MSF teams working in the hospital are seeing acute shortages of medical supplies, leaving … Read more