Medical Aid for Palestinians have endorsed a statement by heads of UN agencies and international NGOs opposing the creation of so-called "safe zones" in Gaza.

Civilians must be protected wherever they are, and their mass forcible displacement ended and reversed.

The statement outlines that humanitarian chiefs will not participate in the establishment of any ”safe zone” in Gaza that is set up without the agreement of all the parties, and unless fundamental conditions are in place to ensure safety and other needs are met.

Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) calls for the immediate protection of healthcare workers in Gaza amid widespread attacks on healthcare.

Since 7 October 2023, at least 340 healthcare workers have been killed during Israel’s indiscriminate bombardment and siege, and more than 160 others have been detained, according to the Ministry of Health.

Following this week's UN Security Council meeting on the risk of conflict-induced famine in Gaza, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) and Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) call for urgent international action as malnutrition reaches critical levels in Gaza, particularly in the north, which is completely cut off from aid.

Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) demands the urgent protection of thousands of patients, medical staff, and displaced civilians trapped in the Nasser Hospital in Gaza, following the Israeli military’s storming of the facility this morning.

Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) welcomes the decision of the International Court of Justice to issue provisional measures in the case presented by South Africa on Israel’s conduct in Gaza. States must now take urgent and immediate action to ensure these are implemented in full, and the unimaginable suffering of 2.3 million people in Gaza ended.

International Rescue Committee (IRC) and Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) can confirm further details of a near-fatal airstrike by the Israeli military on a residential compound housing our Emergency Medical Team (EMT) and members of MAP’s local team and their family members in Al Mawasi – the alleged ‘safe zone’ – in Gaza on 18 January, which caused injuries to several team members, significant damage to the building, and required the withdrawal of the six international members of the EMT fr

Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) welcomes the decision of the International Court of Justice to issue provisional measures in the case presented by South Africa on Israel’s conduct in Gaza. States must now take urgent and immediate action to ensure these are implemented in full, and the unimaginable suffering of 2.3 million people in Gaza ended.

This morning, at approximately 6am, the compound in Gaza housing staff members of the Emergency Medical Team from the International Rescue Committee (IRC) and Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) was severely damaged as a result of a missile strike.

A number of team members and the compound’s security guard suffered non-life-threatening injuries. The team have been evacuated to another location inside Gaza and are currently unable to continue their life-saving work at Nasser Hospital.

Dear friend,

It has become hard to find the right words to express the horrors of the last few months. Like you, I have watched the images coming out of Gaza each day with dread. More than 20,000 Palestinians have been killed in Israel’s assault, most of them women and children. Families are being displaced, again and again, chased ever-southwards by the bombs. Everyone is hungry. Some are starving.

In 1984, a group of doctors and humanitarians, horrified by the massacre of Palestinian civilians they had witnessed in the Sabra and Shatila refugee camps in Lebanon, grouped together to form Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP). For them, medical relief wasn’t just about saving lives, but was a tangible act of solidarity with a people who had suffered so much for so long.