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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
