Dozens of Palestinians in Gaza were killed, and scores more injured by Israeli airstrikes and quadcopters, on November 19. Medical teams from Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) are treating critically wounded Palestinians, including women and children with open fractures and gunshot wounds to their limbs and head.
MSF denounces the ongoing bloodshed in Gaza and continues to call for the protection of all civilians and health care staff and facilities.
“At around 11:00 a.m. we heard gunfire from quadcopters,” says Zaher, an MSF nurse working at a mobile clinic in Gaza City. “Shortly after, we received two casualties. The first was a woman with a leg injury. A little later, a 9-year-old girl arrived with an injury on her face caused by gunfire from the quadcopters.”
Our medical teams working in mobile clinics in Kamal Adwan Hospital in Gaza City, as well as at Al-Shifa and Nasser hospitals, treated at least six patients, including one 15-year-old and one 71-year-old man with wounds caused by Israeli airstrikes and bullets. Many more were treated by Ministry of Health staff at these facilities and staff at Al-Ahli Hospital in Gaza City, which MSF also supports.
“I heard the sound of a missile, then a second missile, and then I lost consciousness,” says Mohammed, a patient at Al-Shifa Hospital. “I opened my eyes and saw my father on the ground, and I saw my three brothers on the ground, covered in blood. Dust was everywhere. I could hear people screaming everywhere. The tents had become ashes, and people were lying on the ground everywhere.”
More than 300 Palestinians killed since announcement of ceasefire
This is the latest wave of Israeli violence in a series of attacks on Palestinians in Gaza that has so far killed more than 300 and injured over 760 people since October 11, according to the Ministry of Health.
After two years of relentless war and horror, Palestinians remain displaced, exhausted, and face a cold winter without basic necessities amidst intermittent Israeli attacks across the Strip. We continue to call for the protection of all civilians and health care staff and facilities.
Aid must be let in at scale as conditions remain dire in Gaza
The Israeli authorities continue to impose significant restrictions on the entry of aid into Gaza. MSF and other organizations are struggling to get vital supplies into Gaza, especially medical equipment, shelters, hygiene items, and spare parts for vital infrastructure. Access to these items is critical for people’s health.
According to 2025 medical data collected by MSF teams, diseases directly linked to poor living conditions—such as skin, eye, respiratory, and gastrointestinal infections, as well as generalized aches and pains—account for 70 percent of all outpatient consultations in our health care centers in southern Gaza. Without immediate improvements to water, sanitation, shelter, and nutrition, more people will die from entirely preventable causes.
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