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    Israeli forces and settlers ramp up violence against Palestinians in West Bank
    Palestine
    Israeli forces and settlers ramp up violence against Palestinians in West Bank
    It’s 2.30 am and doctors are huddling outside the entrance to Jenin hospital in the West Bank in the occupied Palestinian territories. A brief lull in...
    War and conflict
    Palestine: Gazans displaced in West Bank long to return home
    Palestine
    Palestine: Gazans displaced in West Bank long to return home
    Following the attacks carried out by Hamas on 7 October, thousands of Gazans working in Israel had their permits cancelled. According to the Palestini...
    War and conflict
    Mental health
    STATEMENT: Doctors Without Borders international staff cross Egypt border
    Palestine
    STATEMENT: Doctors Without Borders international staff cross Egypt border
    All Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) international staff unable to leave Gaza since 7 October have successfully crossed the Eg...
    War and conflict
    “The situation in Gaza is catastrophic; the hospitals are overwhelmed."
    Palestine
    “The situation in Gaza is catastrophic; the hospitals are overwhelmed."
    Léo Cans, Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) head of mission in the Palestinian Territories, describes the situation in Gaza, si...
    War and conflict
    Gaza: Burn injuries are a chronic health problem
    Palestine
    Gaza: Burn injuries are a chronic health problem
    In the Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) clinic in Khan Younis, in southern Gaza, four physiotherapists get ready for a busy da...
    Surgery and trauma care
    Trauma in Gaza: “Nothing can prepare you for this”
    Palestine
    Trauma in Gaza: “Nothing can prepare you for this”
    The last six months have been the most difficult I have experienced in my 15 years with Doctors Without Borders in Gaza. And that’s compared to the wa...
    Surgery and trauma care
    Responding to the injured in Jerusalem: “The patients kept on coming like waves”
    Palestine
    Responding to the injured in Jerusalem: “The patients kept on coming like waves”
    On Friday, 15 April 2022, Israeli forces stormed the Al-Aqsa compound in Jerusalem and injured over 150 Palestinians, including children. Carlo Brugio...
    War and conflict
    Gaza: Some wounds never heal
    Palestine
    Gaza: Some wounds never heal
    From 10th to 21st of May 2021, Israeli airstrikes and shelling on the Gaza Strip killed 256 people, including 66 children. Around 2,000 Palestinians w...
    War and conflict
    Gaza: “Night and day, what we are living through is terrifying”
    Palestine
    Gaza: “Night and day, what we are living through is terrifying”
    The fighting between the Israeli military and Palestinian armed groups, principally Hamas, broke out once again after weeks of tensions in occupied Ea...
    War and conflict