MSF in Palestine

Palestine: MSF’s vital humanitarian activities in Gaza at risk from Israeli registration rules

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22 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 today. The new requirements threaten to withdraw registration from INGOs beginning 1 January. This non-registration … Read more

Palestine: A Mental Health Perspective from the West Bank

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“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, roadblocks, and incursions by the Israeli forces and settlers have cut Palestinian towns and … Read more

Palestine: MSF teams treat patients injured in Israeli attacks 19 November

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MSF denounces yet more bloodshed in Gaza, as our teams continue to treat critically wounded Palestinians caused by Israeli airstrikes and quadcopters on 19 November, which have left dozens dead and scores more injured. Since Wednesday, our teams have treated both women and children with open fractures and gunshot wounds to their limbs and head. … Read more

Hebron: Never ending violence by Israeli settlers and military psychologically scars its Palestinian community

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Hebron, 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. There, the daily threats of forcible transfer, injury, and as we have seen in recent … Read more

Gaza: Mass displacements in northern West Bank take a dramatic toll on Palestinians, warns MSF

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JERUSALEM – 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 “Iron Wall” military operation in the occupied West Bank, forcibly displacing thousands and leaving them … Read more

“Inflicting harm and denying care” in the West Bank: MSF report on escalation of attacks and obstructions of healthcare

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Jerusalem, 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 Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF). In total, at least 870 Palestinians have been killed and over … Read more

Temporary ceasefire in Gaza: Immense scale-up of life-saving aid must flow into Gaza now

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The 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 in addressing the immense humanitarian, psychological, and medical needs in Gaza. Israel must immediately end … Read more

Gaza death trap: MSF report exposes Israel’s campaign of total destruction

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Amid 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, the suffocating siege, and the systematic denial of humanitarian assistance are destroying the conditions of … Read more

Gaza: Living conditions are putting the lives of Palestinian children and newborns at serious risk

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From 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 how dire living conditions, attacks in densely populated areas, poor access to food, and repeated … Read more

Israeli UNRWA ban will deepen Palestinian humanitarian catastrophe

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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