Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) was forced to leave Gaza City on 24 September 2025 amid the intensified Israeli offensive in the city, located in the north of Gaza, Palestine. Following the start of the ceasefire on 10 October, more than 402,488 displacement movements were recorded from south to north, according to the Population Movement Monitoring Flash Update.¹

After careful monitoring and assessment, MSF has partially resumed our activities there, as we strive to reach people where they are.

On 15 October, we reopened our wound care clinic in Gaza City. Since then, our teams have received more than 640 patients — the majority of them with trauma-related injuries. Many had been without access to proper wound care and dressings for weeks. MSF also continues to remotely support Al-Helou Maternity hospital and Al-Shifa hospital with incentives, supplies, and fuel.

One of the facilities where we had to suspend activities, at the beginning of September, was the healthcare centre we supported in Sheikh Radwan. When our teams returned to the area last week, they found the facility partially destroyed, leaving the community there without a crucial source of medical care.

As of 14 October, MSF also resumed water trucking in Gaza City. For nine consecutive days, we have been providing between 90,000 and 180,000 litres of drinking water per day, across 9 to 14 distribution sites. We are currently assessing the possibility of further expanding these distributions, as more people return from the south and face limited access to safe water in Gaza City.