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

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

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: Hundreds of patients, including newborns, at risk as multiple hospitals run low on fuel

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Babies 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 the verge of closure due to a lack of fuel. This situation is threatening … 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

Gaza: The long road to recovery for war-wounded children

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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

Jenin after nine days of military incursion

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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