Palestine

Years of all-out war in Gaza

Gaza lies in ruins. Since October 2023, more than 72,000 Palestinians have been killed and more than 171,000 have been wounded. This includes over 2,000 health and humanitarian workers, including 15 of our own MSF colleagues. MSF supports 1 of every 5 hospital beds in Gaza. Our teams help 1 in 3 mothers during childbirth. We treat children who are malnourished and provide vaccinations. In 2025 alone, we distributed over 1.1 million gallons of water.

Now, Israel is taking steps to ban MSF and other aid groups from working in Gaza. We continue efforts to engage with Israeli authorities so that we can maintain our vital activities.

Escalation in the West Bank

Just 30 miles away from Gaza, Palestinians in the West Bank are being forcibly removed from their homes and land by Israeli policies deliberately designed to prevent any possibility of return. Since October 2023, attacks by Israeli forces and settlers in the territory have escalated and increased, while home demolitions and forced displacement continue. Since October 2023, at least 1,059 Palestinians have been killed in the West Bank, including at least 223 children, according to OCHA. 

Attacks on medical care

A growing number of attacks on health care have been reported to MSF teams, including attacks on hospitals, destruction of makeshift medical sites in refugee camps, and the harassment, detention, injury, and killing of first responders and medical workers by Israeli forces. Our teams are seeing ambulances carrying critical patients being blocked by Israeli forces at checkpoints, medical facilities surrounded and raided during active operations, and health care workers subjected to physical violence while trying to save lives.

Violence and forced displacement

Settler violence and Israeli incursions continue to displace Palestinians across the West Bank. In 2025, MSF teams witnessed policies and practices that are blatantly designed to remove Palestinians from their land and prevent any possibility of return. In September 2025, we raised the alarm about forced displacement significantly heightening the risk of ethnic cleansing in the West Bank.

As a result of mass displacement, thousands of Palestinians in the north of the West Bank are living without proper shelter, essential services, or access to health care. People lack basic commodities such as diapers and other hygiene products, food, water, fuel, and electricity. Increasing state-backed settler violence is also displacing families. 

Gaza war response

MSF has over 1,700 staff working in Gaza's hospitals and other health facilities, including our field hospital in Deir al-Balah and our clinic in Gaza City. Our teams provide surgical care, wound and burn care, malnutrition screening and treatment, maternal and pediatric care, physiotherapy, vaccination, mental health support, water and sanitation support, and care for non-communicable diseases, among other services. 

Medical evacuations

MSF has supported 126 medical evacuations from Gaza. Most of these patients for treatment at MSF’s reconstructive surgery hospital in Amman, Jordan; the remainder were evacuated to Switzerland, Spain, and other countries in partnership with governing authorities. But this is only a drop in the ocean: More than 18,500 Palestinians require medical evacuation, including children and elderly patients with severe burns and fractures, amputations, congenital anomalies, and other serious conditions. A clear, predictable medical evacuation system must be established urgently — with full respect to patients’ right to a safe, voluntary, and dignified return to Gaza. 

Water and sanitation

Lack of water is life-threatening and can contribute to health issues like diarrhea, jaundice, and scabies—all of which are on the rise in Gaza. Dehydration can be lethal and also makes it harder to recover from other diseases. This is why water and sanitation is a significant part of MSF’s response in Gaza: We carry out water trucking activities, establish distribution points, and provide technical support to desalination plants. In 2025, MSF distributed over 1.1 million liters of water across Gaza and produced 556,346 gallons of water.

West Bank

Our teams in the West Bank are expanding efforts to reach communities where people are unable to access care, such as the north of the occupied territory and remote areas such as Masafer Yatta in the south. We aim to bolster the local emergency response capacity, including by training health care workers and teaching community members how to provide first aid in the event that they are unable to reach care when it’s needed. We also distribute relief items for displaced people.

MSF’s current activities in the West Bank

• Support for hospitals and health care centers, including emergency response capacity
• Care for survivors of sexual and gender-based violence
• Water and sanitation support in Jenin and Tulkarem
• Mental health care in Hebron, Nablus, Qalqiliya, and Tubas
• Mobile clinics in Hebron, Nablus, Qalqiliya, and Tubas
• Donations of relief items for displaced people in Hebron