Nearly a year after a ceasefire was agreed in Gaza, Israeli forces continue to carry out attacks on the Strip, killing and injuring people every day. At least 1,372 Palestinians have been killed and 4,659 injured since its announcement on October 10, 2025.
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams have been treating the wounded at the facilities we run or support across Gaza. This month alone, our teams have treated at least 22 people injured by explosions or shrapnel, including at least eight children. And on September 13, one of our staff members was injured when an Israeli airstrike hit a car next to a clearly marked MSF vehicle transporting humanitarian workers in Gaza City. Israeli forces continue to show that nowhere is safe in Gaza.
Fadi Husam, nursing team supervisor in the Khan Younis emergency department, describes what teams are witnessing in Gaza:
“Yesterday morning [September 23], there was a huge Israeli airstrike very close to our clinic in Khan Younis. Ten people who were injured came to our emergency department, where our team all stepped in to support the response. Among them was a 32-year-old man in critical condition, with multiple shrapnel wounds to his face and neck, as well as other injuries. A 7-year-old child also arrived with multiple shrapnel wounds caused by the force of the explosion.
"We all felt scared when we heard the sound of explosions; we all have families who live close to the site of the explosion, and we were worried about them. But as a medical team, the patient comes first, and we provide the best care for all cases. Over the course of an hour, we stabilized all the patients and referred them to Nasser Hospital for further treatment.
"We were glad we managed to treat the people who were injured yesterday, but every health care facility in Gaza is overwhelmed because of the Israeli restrictions on supplies. We are short of even the most basic medicines and equipment, such as gauze. And at any moment, generators can break down because of the lack of engine oil and spare parts. We desperately need to see more medical and logistic supplies enter Gaza."
