Destruction totale de certains quartiers de Gaza © Mohammed Baba

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The temporary ceasefire agreement in Gaza is a relief, but it comes more than 465 days and 46,000 lives too late. While this temporary halt in fighting and bombing must be respected and sustained, it is only a beginning in addressing the immense humanitarian, psychological and medical needs in Gaza.

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Thomas Kauffmann, Directeur Général de MSF Luxembourg

Thomas Kauffmann
General Director
MSF Luxembourg

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A man carries a child through the devastation in Gaza./ MSF
 
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Des ingénieurs en eau et assainissement de MSF évaluent un forage dans la ville de Beit Lahia, au nord de la bande de Gaza, en Palestine.

In Gaza: an unprecedented humanitarian crisis

Last updated: April 4, 2025

The situation in Gaza has been described by our teams as "apocalyptic."

Since the start of the war on October 7, 2023, when Hamas launched a large-scale attack on Israel, more than 50,000 people have been killed and more than 100,000 injured (according to the WHO). More than 12,000 patients are awaiting medical evacuation.

Up to 1.9 million people (90% of Gaza's population) are displaced, including those who have been displaced multiple times (some up to 10 times, according to OCHA).

According to OCHA, at least 387 humanitarian workers, the vast majority of them Palestinians, have been killed in Gaza since the start of the war. 1,060 health workers in Gaza have been killed since October 2023 (Ministry of Health), including 11 MSF staff.

Hôpital indonésien de Rafah, Gaza. 27 décembre, 2023© MSF

No hospital in the Gaza Strip is currently fully operational, according to the WHO.

Nearly 40% of Gaza's 36 hospitals are out of service, and the remaining 21 are only partially functioning, according to the WHO.

According to the WHO, approximately 11,000 to 13,000 people, including more than 4,500 children, still require urgent medical evacuation.

Complexe médical Al Shifa après 14 jours de siège par les forces israéliennes.
Gaza death trap: MSF report exposes Israel’s campaign of total destruction
Amid continued attacks, siege, and blockade, Israel is destroying conditions of life in Gaza, , according to a Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) report, "Gaza: Life in a death trap."

For over a year, the Israeli government, Hamas, and international leaders have catastrophically failed to reach an agreement and impose a lasting ceasefire in Gaza.

MSF calls for an end to the massacres 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 in Gaza is safe.

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Rapport inflicting harm and dying care

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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.

Read the report

Israeli authorities must cease collective punishment of Palestinians and end the total siege of the Gaza Strip.

Medical and humanitarian needs continue to skyrocket

The massive forced displacement of Palestinians by Israeli forces continues to fuel the humanitarian catastrophe

Attacks by Israeli forces on humanitarian workers and medical facilities must cease and safe humanitarian access must be guaranteed.

Des ingénieurs en eau et assainissement de MSF évaluent les conduites d'eau dans la ville de Beit Lahia, au nord de la bande de Gaza, en Palestine.

Our staff in Gaza

On April, 4th, 2025.

Since the beginning of the war, 11 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 end-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

Un véhicule MSF passe devant des bâtiments en ruines à Jabalia.

Our response

MSF operations in Gaza
MSF operations in West Bank

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.

Des habitants cherchent des survivants dans les destructions causées par les frappes aériennes à Gaza.©MSF

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