Gaza: MSF is devastated by the death of colleague Abed El Hameed

Jerusalem, 5 October 2025 – It is with profound sorrow and outrage that Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) confirms the death of our colleague Abed El Hameed Qaradaya. Despite the care provided by the medical teams, he succumbed to his critical shrapnel injuries on Sunday, 5 October, following the attack on Thursday, 2 October, in which … Read more

MSF denounces killing of fourteenth staff member in Israeli attack in Gaza

This morning, an attack carried out by Israeli forces killed Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) staff member, Omar Hayek, and seriously injured four others. The attack took place on a street where our teams were waiting to take a bus to the MSF field hospital in Deir al Balah, Gaza. All staff were wearing MSF vests, … Read more

MSF forced to suspend activities amid intensified Israeli offensive in Gaza City

The relentless Israeli offensive in Gaza City has forced Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) to suspend its vital medical activities in the area due to the rapidly deteriorating security situation, including continued airstrikes and advancing tanks less than one kilometre from our healthcare facilities. The escalating attacks from Israeli forces have created an unacceptable level of … Read more

MSF mourns Hussein Alnajjar, thirteenth colleague killed in Gaza

17 September 2025 – Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is appalled and saddened by the death of our colleague Hussein Alnajjar who died on 16 September in Gaza from shrapnel injuries caused by an Israeli airstrike near his tent five days earlier. Hussein’s sister-in-law and nephew were also injured in the same incident. This is not … Read more

Risk of ethnic cleansing in the West Bank: Israeli forces and settlers are forcing Palestinians from their land and livelihoods

September 3rd, Jerusalem – Palestinians are facing forced mass displacement across the West Bank by Israeli forces and settlers, significantly heightening the risk of ethnic cleansing in the occupied territory, warns Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). More than at any point in its 36-year history of providing medical and psychological care in Palestine, MSF sees how … Read more

“It’s normal for us to hear explosions every day while we are working”- Testimony from Ramiro García, project medical referent

Nasser Hospital, Gaza- About 20 of us from Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) work in the building of Nasser Hospital where the pediatrics and maternity wards are. It’s normal for us to hear explosions every day while we are working. But on the morning of 25 August I suddenly heard one that was much much louder … Read more

Flash quote from Helen Ottens-Patterson, MSF’s Head of Mission in the Occupied Palestinian Territories

“On August 23, heavy gunfire broke out while people, including children, were gathered around one of MSF’s water-trucking distribution points in Khan Younis. In the chaos of the moment, it was not clear where these intense and consecutive bursts of gunshots were fired from. A young girl waiting for water at the truck was shot … Read more

Testimony by Sabreen Almaseri, Gaza City

The Israeli forces intensified military operations in Gaza City will have catastrophic humanitarian consequences. With 86 per cent of Gaza already under evacuation orders or militarised zones, the remaining areas are severely overcrowded and unfit for survival with almost no access to food, water, or health care. Medical facilities in the south are already beyond … Read more

Gaza: Double strike on Nasser hospital

Jerome Grimaud, MSF emergency coordinator in Gaza “We denounce in the strongest possible terms Israel’s horrendous attacks on the Nasser medical complex today – the only partially functioning public hospital in the south of Gaza. Israeli forces killed at least 20 people and injured 50 more in consecutive strikes, including healthcare workers, rescuers and journalists. … Read more

Gaza: Israel threatens to ban major aid organizations as starvation deepens

Over 100 organizations call for an end to Israel’s weaponization of aid 14 August 2025– Despite claims by Israeli authorities that there is no limit on humanitarian aid entering Gaza, most major international NGOs have been unable to deliver a single truck of lifesaving supplies since 2 March. Instead of clearing the growing backlog of … Read more