War in Middle East
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MSF Luxembourg
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Latest update : February 12, 2025.
Gaza: An unprecedented humanitarian crisis
Since the war began on October 7, 2023 when Hamas launched a large-scale attack on Israel, more than 48,181 people have been killed, including 13,319 children, and more than 11,638 injured (according to the Ministry of Health). More than 12,000 patients are awaiting medical evacuation.
Up to 1.9 million people (90% of Gaza's population) are displaced, including people who have been displaced multiple times (some up to 10 times, according to OCHA)., including people who have been displaced multiple times (some up to 10 times, according to OCHA).
According to OCHA, at least 384 aid workers, the vast majority Palestinians, have been killed in Gaza since the start of the war. 1,060 health workers in Gaza have been killed since October 2023, including 10 MSF staff.
Of Gaza’s 36 hospitals, 18 remain partially functional. WHO has reported 694 attacks on health facilities, affecting 62 medical facilities and 475 ambulances, including obstruction of access, use of force, detentions and militarized searches. Food, water and medicines are scarce. People are trying to survive in extremely difficult conditions.
For over a year, the Israeli government, Hamas and international leaders have failed catastrophically to reach an agreement and impose a lasting ceasefire in Gaza.
MSF calls for an end to the killings and suffering of the people of Gaza: this can only be achieved with an immediate and lasting ceasefire and an end to the blockade of Gaza. Tens of thousands of people have been killed and injured. Today, no place is safe in Gaza.
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Patterns of Attacks and Obstructions of Healthcare in the West Bank
The report, titled “Inflicting Harm and Denying Care – Patterns of Attacks and Obstructions of Healthcare in the West Bank,” released on February 6, 2025, documents how the Israeli military and settlers have escalated acts of extreme violence against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank. In total, at least 870 Palestinians were killed and more than 7,100 injured between October 2023 and January 2025.
Ceasefire: A Sign of Hope Amid the Ruins
Op-Ed written by Thomas Kauffmann, General Director of Médecins Sans Frontières Luxembourg.
While the temporary ceasefire in Gaza has finally been adopted, in recent months, the residents of the Gaza Strip have suffered from the relentless bombardment by Israeli forces.
How is MSF responding?
Our staff in Gaza
Since the beginning of the war, 10 MSF staff members have been killed in Gaza.
International mobile staff
Locally recruited staff
How is MSF reacting?
Our teams provide surgical support, wound care, physiotherapy, maternal and paediatric care, primary health care, immunisation and mental health services, and water distribution services. However, the enormous challenges and constraints related to supplies, sieges and evacuation orders of several hospitals mean that our activities are taking place in an increasingly restricted territory and our response is limited.
Our teams provide surgical support, wound care, physiotherapy, maternity and paediatric care, primary health care, immunisation and mental health services, and water distribution services. However, considerable challenges and constraints related to supplies, movement and destruction of infrastructure limit our activities.
As Israeli authorities continue to impose obstacles and blockades on medical evacuations from Gaza, our teams in Amman, Jordan, have successfully evacuated 13 child patients and 11 caregivers to our reconstructive surgery hospital, where they are receiving comprehensive rehabilitation care for injuries sustained after being injured in Israeli airstrikes.
From 7 October 2023 until mid-January 2024, MSF teams in Gaza have provided:
inpatients admitted
surgical interventions
Individual mental health sessions
diarrhea cases treated
Prenatal consultations
Consultations for non-communicable diseases
Our response:
Testimonies from our teams on the ground: what a ceasefire means for the people of Gaza
For nearly a year, Israel has been engaged in a veritable massacre in the Gaza Strip, Palestine. Since the atrocities committed by Hamas on October 7, 2023, which left up to 1,200 dead and 250 hostages, Israeli forces have waged an all-out war against the population of the Gaza Strip, killing more than 41,500 people and injuring more than 96,000. The population has been repeatedly displaced and forced into ever-smaller areas under bombardment and in increasingly inhumane conditions.
Timeline of the attacks against healthcare services
Gaza before and after 7 October
This documentary was filmed in May 2023. It illustrates some of the challenges that existed prior to the full-scale war that began on 7 October. However, it also illustrates the fact that prior to October, Gaza had a robust and functional healthcare system, including advanced surgical care, research and antimicrobial resistance management.
Today, that healthcare system no longer exists, having been systematically dismantled by bombardments, fighting, murders, abuses and arrests of healthcare professionals and patients.
