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We provide medical and psychological assistance to people affected by the ongoing conflict in the West Bank and Gaza.

In Gaza, the local healthcare system is overstretched, underfunded and deeply impacted by a 16-year blockade. We provide assistance to people affected by burns and trauma with a multi-disciplinary approach, which can include surgical care, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, health education, and psychosocial support. 
 
In the West Bank, occupation, violence, unemployment and poverty continue to have a profound impact on the mental health of Palestinians. Our teams offer psychological support in Hebron, Nablus, and Qalqilya. 

We provide healthcare services in H2 area, in Hebron city, where Palestinian residents’ movements are subject to restrictions that severely impede their access to healthcare. We also started running mobile clinics to address the health needs of communities in Masafer Yatta, who are facing home demolitions and an increased risk of forcible transfer.

Our activities in 2022 in Palestine

Data and information from the International Activity Report 2022.

MSF in Palestine in 2022 In Palestine, Médecins Sans Frontières provides medical and psychological assistance to people affected by the long-term conflict.
Palestine IAR map 2022

Our teams continue to run specialised medical services in the Gaza Strip, where the overstretched healthcare system has been seriously affected by the 15-year Israeli blockade. 

Working in three hospitals and several outpatient clinics, we offer comprehensive care for people suffering from burns and trauma, which includes surgery, physiotherapy, psychological support, occupational therapy and health education. Since 2018, we have also been running a reconstructive surgery programme in northern Gaza. In addition to these activities, our teams support laboratories to identify and treat antibiotic-resistant infections, and provide training and psychological support for local healthcare workers.  

In the West Bank, occupation-related violence, economic decline, unemployment and poverty continue to take a toll on the health of Palestinians. In Hebron, we offer psychological support, psychotherapy and psychiatric services to people affected by violence. We also support the community emergency response plan, supporting community health centres that treat victims of sudden outbursts of violence, empowering communities to respond to their own health needs. In Jenin, MSF is working with the Ministry of Health in Jenin hospital to strengthen emergency response mechanisms due to the deteriorating security situation. 

In Nablus, Qalqilya and Tubas, we conduct individual, group and family psychotherapy sessions to assist people with mental health disorders. We are also helping to build staff capacity by running an internship programme for psychologists in collaboration with the Palestinian Union of Social Workers and Psychologists in the West Bank. 

Meanwhile, our teams continue to provide basic healthcare through our clinics in an area known as “H2”, in the heart of Hebron old city, and in Masafer Yatta, in the southern Hebron Hills, as well as emergency psychological support and emergency relief kits to Palestinians who have experienced violent incidents, such as home demolitions. These kits include mattresses, heaters, cooking pots and utensils. 

In 2022, we also helped Palestinian medical staff to treat the victims of outbursts of violence in Jerusalem and provided training for emergency preparedness in the West Bank.

 

In 2022
 
MSF mobilisation
Gaza-Israel war

MSF calls US veto of Gaza ceasefire resolution “a vote against humanity”

Statement 8 Dec 2023
 
Gaza - Al Aqsa Hospital
Gaza-Israel war

Hospitals in south Gaza overflow with hundreds of injured as Israeli forces step up bombardment

Project Update 4 Dec 2023
 
Gaza - Stop Now! - Protest Poster - 7
Gaza-Israel war

Gaza: “It must all stop now.” Letter to UN Security Council

Open Letter 4 Dec 2023
 
MSF convoy attacked in Gaza
Gaza-Israel war

MSF convoy attacked in Gaza: all elements point to Israeli army responsibility

Press Release 1 Dec 2023
 
Gaza - Al Aqsa Hospital
Gaza-Israel war

Five things to know about the dire situation in southern Gaza

Project Update 30 Nov 2023
 
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Gaza-Israel war

MSF doctors killed in strike on Al-Awda hospital in northern Gaza

Press Release 21 Nov 2023
 
Damage in Gaza
Palestine

Gaza: MSF condemns deadly attack on convoy transporting staff and family members

Press Release 18 Nov 2023
 
Crisis in Gaza
Palestine

Gaza: Trapped by unrelenting fighting, thousands of civilians are at risk of dying, including over 100 MSF staff and their families

Press Release 17 Nov 2023
 
MSF Staff At al Shifa Hospital
Gaza-Israel war

Patients and medical staff in Gaza trapped in hospitals under fire - attacks must stop now

Press Release 11 Nov 2023