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Strikes are impacting people's access to healthcare in Yemen

Ongoing fighting on Yemen's western coast is impacting people's ability to safely seek care. Crisis Update - 26 Oct 2026

MSF staff on their way to the mobile clinic in Jaber center, in H2 area, Hebron, West Bank, Occupied Palestinian Territory.

H2 in Hebron is one of the most restricted areas in the West Bank, with 28 fortified checkpoints isolating it from the rest of the city. These restrictions severely limit movement for Palestinian residents and healthcare workers.

Following the events of 7 October 2023, MSF had to suspend activities in Jaber due to harassment and violence faced by patients. Temporary mobile clinics were set up, but access remained a challenge. After months of restrictions, MSF resumed operations in Jaber in May 2024, though staff continue to face delays and searches at checkpoints.

MSF provides critical support in Hebron through clinics, maternity services, reproductive health care, emergency training, and relief distribution for displaced populations.

Palestine

Briefing notes on MSF's work in the West Bank and Gaza, Palestine

We periodically publish briefing notes related to our projects in the West Bank and Gaza, Palestine. Report - 26 Oct 2026

On 24 October, at around 6 pm, a Russian drone struck civilian infrastructure in Synelnykove, Dnipropetrovsk region, some 80 kilometres from the frontline. The strike occurred in an area with homes, cafés and shops, less than one kilometre from a hospital supported by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). Four people were killed and more than 13 injured in the attack accroding to the Ukrainian authorities. The hospital responded to a mass-casualty incident.

“We heard the sound of a drone, and moments later there was a loud explosion. Patients began arriving one after another with blast injuries to their limbs, abdomen, chest and head. Some also had burns. Several patients had severe bleeding and needed emergency surgery. One patient told me he had just stepped out for a coffee, but ended up in hospital with serious injuries,” says Karina Ivanova, an MSF anaesthetist.

Local medical staff, working alongside an MSF anaesthetist and paramedics, treated 15 people, including four with severe injuries. An MSF ambulance transferred two patients — a 50-year-old woman and a 20-year-old woman — to a hospital in Dnipro for specialised surgery.

Some patients, including 11-year-old child, experienced acute stress reactions and received mental health support from local psychologists.

Repeated attacks by Russian forcesare killing and wounding civilians in the capital Kyiv, in regions next to the frontlines, and even in towns and cities hundreds of kilometres away in central and western Ukraine. MSF condemns attacks on civilian infrastructure. This is a war against people — against civilians trying to live their everyday lives.

Ukraine

Another senseless Russian attack kills and wounds several people in Dnipropetrovsk

Local medical staff in Ukraine, working alongside an MSF anaesthetist and paramedics, treated 15 people, including four with severe injuries, after a Russian attack in Dnipropetrovsk. Crisis Update - 25 Oct 2026

MSF flag waves with a blue sky in the background

Myanmar

Civilians must be protected from conflict continuing to rage across Rakhine state

At least two people were killed and 17 others injured in Sittwe, Rakhine state, Myanmar, the MSF team in the city learned on 23 October. Statement - 24 Oct 2026

Some people in the camp received jerrycans and water containers, while others are still waiting to receive one. Water distributed in the camp is salty, and they count on drinking water distributions or must buy bottles of water.

“A bottle of water costs 1,500 Yemeni rials (1 dollar), we cannot afford it. Ice costs 500 Yemeni rials, but it gets melted before even reaching the camp. We need clean water in these conditions” explains a camp resident.

Yemen

People from Yemen’s western coast are facing displacement again

MSF teams are using mobile clinics to bring care to families who have been displaced by fighting on Yemen's west coast. Project Update - 21 Oct 2026

Children draw together around a shared table during a creative activity forming part of MSF's carnival session of games and entertainment for children at the Al Zaytoun Advanced Medical Point in Gaza City.

Gaza-Israel war

Children in Gaza draw their experiences of fear and violence

Three years of Israel's military offensive, mass displacement, and destruction have devastated children's mental health in Gaza, Palestine. Photo Story - 20 Oct 2026

MSF doctor Daniel Garang with his stethoscope at Aweil project base.

Palestine

MSF calls for protection of Palestinian communities after Israeli settlers injured staff member

On the evening of 15 October, Israeli settlers violently assaulted a MSF colleague during an attack on his village in the West Bank, Palestine. Statement - 19 Oct 2026

Dr Tathy Modjaka Nzoko, Responsable des activités médicales MSF, part chercher des médicaments en urgence suite au départ de son équipe dans la zone rouge.

DRC Ebola outbreaks

Children are being left behind in the current Ebola disease outbreak response

In Democratic Republic of Congo, the current Ebola disease outbreak is having a devastating impact on children. Press Release - 15 Oct 2026

The MSF palliative care team enters Grace Nyambi's home in Chileka, in Blantyre district, on July 21, 2026. Grace prefers home visits, she said.

Malawi

Providing palliative care to women with cervical cancer

In south Malawi, our teams provide palliative care to women with cervical cancer by conducting home visits. Photo Story - 9 Oct 2026

Stranded inside the fence, the struggle to grow or survive despite being constrained.
Mesay*, 27, from Ethiopia

Greece

People seeking safety in Greece are trapped in uncertainty

MSF psychologists provide care to people seeking safety in Greece, as they are re-traumatised by a restrictive environment. Project Update - 9 Oct 2026

Four mothers posing in a corridor of the Hospital in Bili. All four of them are staying in the hospital with their child, that's suffering from a severe case of malaria. Since the beginning of the project in 2016, the pediatric ward already treated more than 4.000 cases of complicated/severe form of malaria.

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