All articles related to MSF activities in Palestine and Gaza.
While the ceasefire in Gaza was implemented on Jan. 19, after 15 months of all-out war on people trapped there, all components of society have been destroyed, making it almost uninhabitable. Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams are now able to reach northern Gaza — previously besieged by Israeli forces — to assess the […]
Read More… from Gaza: In the north, health system reduced to ashes
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 Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). In total, at least 870 Palestinians have been killed and over 7,100 injured between […]
Read More… from West Bank, Palestine: “Inflicting harm and denying care”
In recent weeks, we have observed an escalation of extreme violence occurring in the West Bank, Palestine, particularly in Jenin, Tulkarem and Tubas, since the ceasefire was implemented in Gaza. On Jan. 21, Israel launched a military operation called “Iron wall,” which has killed at least 50 Palestinians, including a two-year-old girl, forcibly displaced 20,000 […]
The 15 months of war in Gaza and Israel’s accompanying blockade have left Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) physiotherapy teams struggling to provide essential care to patients who are war-wounded. We have not had the proper equipment to support people healing from severe burns, amputations and other life-altering disabilities. As a result, MSF teams […]
After 15 months of Israel’s war on Gaza and the implementation of a ceasefire on Jan. 19, 2025, displaced Palestinians are attempting to return home to the southern city of Rafah. According to the United Nations, near 70 per cent of all structures in Gaza have been destroyed or damaged. Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières […]
“Since more than 400 days, we didn’t hear any kind of celebration, singing, dancing. Gaza, yesterday at night, started to celebrate, to sing, children in the streets, you can hear them singing songs.” My colleague, Mohammed Abu Mughaisib, a physician who works for Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in Gaza, said these words after […]
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is devastated to report the death of Bilal Okal, our colleague killed by Israeli forces in Jabalia, North Gaza, along with 10 of his family members. Bilal and his relatives, including his wife, seven children, his sister and his elderly mother, were killed by an Israeli airstrike in December […]
Read More… from MSF mourns the killing of its ninth colleague in Gaza
Mustafa Hassan Abu Hamada and his family were living in Jabalia camp in northern Gaza during the recent brutal Israeli military siege, which has left the city completely destroyed and killed and injured countless civilians, including Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) staff. “People in front of us tried to escape at the Al-Awda junction, […]
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… from Temporary ceasefire in Gaza: Immense scale-up of life-saving aid must flow now
The announcement of a possible ceasefire, which has yet to be signed and implemented, is a vital respite, though it comes tragically late – after immense suffering and countless lives lost. While we are waiting for its implementation, we call for this fragile relief to be more than a pause; so that people can rebuild […]
Read More… from ‘A fragile relief’: MSF statement on possible ceasefire in Gaza