What is MAP doing to help Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank?
Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) is delivering the largest humanitarian response in our history to meet the critical health and humanitarian needs caused by Israel’s military attacks and total siege on Gaza, as well as escalating violence against Palestinians across the occupied West Bank.
Since October 2023, Israeli forces have killed more than 59,200 Palestinians in Gaza, including over 17,900 children, and injured at least 143,000. Israel’s atrocities in Gaza, including indiscriminate bombardment, total blockade, systematic attacks against healthcare, and mass forced displacement are all being committed with total impunity.
Despite these enormous challenges, MAP remains committed to providing lifesaving healthcare and humanitarian aid to Palestinians. In 2024 alone, we reached nearly one million people in Gaza, working with 16 local partners.
Since Israel’s collapse of the temporary ceasefire on 18 March 2025, Palestinians have experienced renewed bombardment and the systematic denial of aid, including food, water and medical supplies. MAP has responded by:
Supporting Gaza’s health system
MAP is working to restore and expand healthcare in the most difficult conditions:
- Hospitals: Supporting major facilities including Nasser Hospital, Al Shifa Hospital, the Patient’s Friends Benevolent Society (PFBS) Hospital, Al Sahaba Hospital, Al Ahli Arab Hospital, and the European Gaza Hospital:
- Renovated the obstetrics building at Shifa Hospital into a 120-bed surgical department.
- Installed and repaired generators, rebuilt Shifa’s main power station, and resumed chemotherapy services at European Gaza Hospital which have now been moved to Nasser Hospital.
- Established new neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) at PFBS and Al Sahaba hospitals.
- In June 2025, we completed the renovation of the maternity and obstetrics department at the PFBS Hospital in Gaza City. This included the renovation of the inpatient and outpatient clinics, surgery room, delivery rooms, bathrooms and waiting area.
- Medical points:
- Delivering primary healthcare, sexual and reproductive health services, nutrition support, and breast cancer detection through our seven medical points across Gaza.
- On Sunday 20 July, Israel issued forced displacement orders in Deir al-Balah which forced the closure and evacuation of our Solidarity Polyclinic. This lifesaving clinic served more than 400 patients daily – many of whom are severely malnourished and now have no access to alternative care.
- Emergency Medical Teams (EMTs): Deployed 19 EMTs to treat injuries and infections among Palestinians. The EMTs have conducted 7,593 consultations and 1,587 lifesaving surgeries at major hospitals including Al Aqsa and Nasser.
Addressing malnutrition and water access
- Nutrition: Screened over 102,000 people, including children, pregnant women, and post-surgical patients, with referrals for urgent care.
- Partnering with Ard El Insan to provide food and supplements across nine medical points.
- Clean water: Delivered more than 12 million litres of drinking water to 32 displacement camps.
- Installed two desalination plants in hospitals, reaching 54,000 people, and maintaining daily water trucking
Supporting people with disabilities
- Provided some 1,500 assistive devices to people with disabilities, including wheelchairs, walkers and medical mattresses.
- Continuing rehabilitation services at Nasser Hospital, even amid Israeli military attacks and forced displacement.
- Supporting Atfaluna Society for Deaf Children with audiology screenings and hearing aids.
Mental health support
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Offering psychiatric care, psychotherapy, and mental health medications at Al Aqsa Hospital.
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In Al Aqsa Hospital’s busy emergency room, we are also offering psychological first aid to patients, their families, and frontline health workers – helping people cope with acute trauma in real time.
Gender-based violence (GBV)
- Working with partners to provide case management, psychosocial care, legal aid, and clinical services for survivors of GBV.
Protection
- Training staff and partners to identify and respond to protection concerns, especially among vulnerable groups.
- Rolling out tailored action plans to uphold dignity and safety in aid delivery.
Emergency blood supply
- Launched 100 blood donation campaigns to collect of 5,600 blood units. To date, 14 campaigns have been completed and blood supplies have been delivered to Al Shifa and Nasser hospitals. MAP is the first humanitarian organisation to launch a coordinated response to this need, working closely with the Ministry of Health and healthcare facilities.
Emergency response in the northern West Bank
- Hospital support: Delivered emergency drugs and supplies to hospitals in Jenin, Tulkarem, Tubas and Rafidia.
- Mobile clinics: Providing essential care to people in ‘Area C’ communities, where permanent healthcare facilities are denied by Israeli authorities.
- Mental health: Supporting women and children in trauma through community-based programmes with our partners: Not to Forget Association and Al Awda Centre.
- Emergency supplies: Prepositioned medical supplies for rapid deployment and delivered aid to urgent care centres, including in Beita.
- Food packages: Distributed to families impacted by forced displacement, and Israeli military and settler violence.
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