MSF is devastated by the recent events in Gaza. Our teams have shared the following updates.
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MSF calls for immediate enduring cessation of the indiscriminate bloodshed. Thousands have been killed or injured, and hospitals have been destroyed. MSF calls for a permanent lifting of the blockade, allowing essential supplies like food, water, medicine and fuel to cross into Gaza. MSF also calls for the protection of civilians and healthcare facilities on both sides, at all times.
The unrelenting assault on Gaza’s hospitals has intensified. The horrors unfolding in Gaza clearly shows that calls for adherence to the International Humanitarian Law have been blatantly ignored.
Many Palestinian MSF staff are continuing to work across the Gaza Strip, providing lifesaving humanitarian care and assisting hundreds of patients. They face significant risks because even basic protections for hospitals and medical personnel are not guaranteed.
“The medical needs are huge, and MSF is ready to scaleup its activities, but we need basic guarantees of safety and unrestricted access of medical and humanitarian supplies into Gaza," said Christophe Garnier, MSF project coordinator in southern Gaza. "A ceasefire is a must, now more than ever, to stop the bloodshed that is happening.”
No one in Gaza can go on like this. A humanitarian pause is not enough. An immediate enduring ceasefire is the only option to spare the lives of Gazans, lift the blockade and restore the flow of humanitarian aid on which the survival of the population of Gaza depends. We are calling on all parties to ensure the safety of civilians and medical facilities.
MSF WORKING IN PALESTINE
We began working in Palestine in 1989. We have run medical programs in Gaza for more than 20 years.
Between October 2023 – November 2025, MSF provided more than 866,000 outpatient consultations, 193,000 emergency presentations, 50,000 antenatal consultations, 60,000 non-communicable disease consultations, and almost 50,000 individual mental health consultations. We have assisted on the deliveries of over 11,000 babies, treated more than 54,000 for diarrhoea, and admitted more than 37,000 patients to hospitals.
Prior to the conflict we were offering comprehensive care for people suffering from burns and trauma, including surgery, physiotherapy, psychological support and occupational therapy. MSF’s projects were crucial because Gaza’s national healthcare system is overstretched, underfunded and has been deeply impacted by over a decade of blockade.
MSF is an independent, neutral, and impartial organisation. We run our programs in Palestine to address huge, unmet medical-humanitarian needs. We do not run medical programs in Israel because it has strong emergency and health services.
We have offered support to Israeli hospitals treating casualties both during this war and in previous escalations. To date they have respectfully declined our offers.
Our reporting is rooted in the direct witnessing of our staff and the people that we treat in our facilities in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
We are calling for your support for our immediate and long-term response to help people affected by the war.
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