Jerusalem – In Khan Younis, southern Gaza, Palestine, fighting is approaching ever closer to Nasser hospital, putting it under threat and jeopardising people’s access to medical care. This comes as Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams at Nasser and Al-Aqsa hospitals have responded to 10 mass influxes of badly injured people in July alone, following bombings in the area.

For over 10 months, the war in Gaza, Palestine has led to the displacement of over 1.9 million people.UNFPA, https://www.unfpa.org/occupied-palestinian-territory Often forced to move within minutes of Israeli forces announcing an evacuation order, many people have now been displaced multiple times.

Jerusalem – In central Gaza, Palestine, almost 650 patients fled Al-Aqsa hospital, supported by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), following an Israeli forces evacuation order and an explosion approximately 250 metres from the hospital, located in Deir Al-Balah, on 25 August. In response, MSF teams, in coordination with the Ministry of Health, have quickly opened a field hospital and started receiving patients amid a severe lack of supplies and resources.

• For almost a year, Israel has carried out unmitigated slaughter in the Gaza Strip, while all parties to the conflict and their respective allies have failed to secure a sustained ceasefire.
• A sustained ceasefire must be immediately implemented, the mass killing of civilians must stop, and the blockade on Gaza must be lifted.

Jerusalem - For almost a full year now, Israel has carried out unmitigated slaughter in the Gaza Strip, Palestine.

• In northern Gaza, Palestine, Israeli evacuation orders and strikes are forcing people to flee south.
• The bombing and evacuations of neighbourhoods in the north are making the area unliveable, with no supplies entering the area for a week.
• We call on Israel to stop issuing evacuation orders and immediately allow in humanitarian aid.

Israeli evacuation orders for parts of northern Gaza, Palestine, issued on 7 October, are pushing tens of thousands of people to immediately flee south as the area is targeted by airstri

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) are mourning the loss of 31-year-old Nasser Hamdi Abdelatif Al Shalfouh, our colleague. Nasser was killed by shrapnel injuries he suffered to his legs and chest on 8 October in Jabalia, north Gaza. Since 7 October, Jabalia has been under relentless attacks by Israeli forces, and people have remained trapped since then without being able to flee.

Nasser died from his injuries on 10 October in Kamal Adwan hospital. He is survived by his wife and two children.

“While the northern part of the Gaza strip is under siege since over two weeks, it is absolutely crucial to ensure the protection of the few remaining functional healthcare facilities,” says Anna Halford, MSF emergency coordinator in Gaza, Palestine. “People must continue to access medical care and lifesaving treatments. We call on the Israeli forces to immediately stop their attacks on hospitals in north Gaza.”

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is deeply concerned for the safety and whereabouts of Dr Mohammed Obeid, an MSF orthopaedic surgeon who was sheltering and working in Kamal Adwan hospital, north Gaza, whom we have lost contact with since the afternoon of 25 October.

Médecins Sans Frontières is outraged by the repeated killings of our staff in Gaza, Palestine, and calls for an immediate halt on attacks against medical personnel, humanitarian workers, and civilians.