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 genocide in Gaza, as well as escalating violence against Palestinians across the occupied West Bank.
Since October 2023, Israeli forces have killed more than 61,700 Palestinians in Gaza, including over 17,900 children, and injured at least 154,500. The actual death toll is likely higher, with many still trapped beneath the rubble. 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.
Emergency medical care
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Expanding our cancer care services to North Gaza, with new services now active at Al-Rantisi Hospital. Daily chemotherapy sessions at Nasser Hospital have continued uninterrupted, reaching an average of 21 patients per day.
- Delivering primary healthcare, sexual and reproductive health services, nutrition support, and breast cancer detection through our 10 medical points across Gaza.
- Following a forced displacement order on 20 July, services at our Solidarity Polyclinic in Deir Al Balah were temporarily suspended. The site – along with MAP’s office, guesthouse, and a warehouse – was safely evacuated with all staff, supplies, and equipment secured. On Sunday 27 July, Israel lifted its forced displacement order on Deir al-Balah and, thanks to coordinated efforts by the team, the clinic resumed its lifesaving work on 29 July.
- 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: We are distributing water in areas completely cut off from water supplies, including in displacement camps, through daily water trucking and the rehabilitation of water networks.
- We are providing more than 230,000 litres of water to Palestinians in the south and 96,000 litres to communities in the north every day.
- 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. Since April 2025, we have distributed 490 hygiene kits to people with disabilities.
- 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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