MAP aid worker injured and home destroyed as Israeli military attacks intensify across Gaza
A humanitarian worker with Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) has been injured and his home destroyed in an Israeli military airstrike impacting civilian homes in central Gaza.
On the evening of Wednesday 15 July, the Israeli military issued a forced evacuation signal for a location within Al Bureij Camp in the Middle Area of Gaza.
One of MAP's staff members lives next to the targeted area, and so they and their family were forced to flee their home. Not long after, a large airstrike hit the neighbourhood, causing significant damage to their house and lightly injuring the MAP worker. The walls of their house were severely damaged and only one room was left standing. This staff member and their family are now displaced, with no home to return to.
Despite the so-called "ceasefire” agreement last October, Israeli forces have intensified strikes and attacks across Gaza in recent weeks, killing and injuring Palestinians. This includes targeting densely populated areas where many thousands of people are sheltering in tents or bombed out buildings. In Al Bureij Camp attacks have also escalated, and just this week a nine-year-old girl was reportedly killed by Israeli gunfire into the camp
Fikr Shalltoot, MAP’s Gaza Director, said: “Once again we see that nowhere in Gaza is safe for our staff to live and work. Our colleague and their family have lost their home in terrifying circumstances and have been forced to flee in the middle of the night.
This is a ceasefire in name only – Israeli forces are still killing Palestinians almost every day and recovery is nowhere in sight. How much longer can these indiscriminate attacks go on? When will the world actually take action to protect Palestinians from harm?
MAP Gaza Director, Fikr Shalltoot
Since the ceasefire agreement on 11 October 2025, more than 1,100 Palestinians have been killed and over 3,600 injured in Israeli military attacks, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health. The total number of Palestinians killed since October 2023 is now more than 73,000, including more than 1,700 healthcare workers and 595 aid workers.
According to the UN, around 1.4 million people — roughly 70% of the population — currently require shelter support, as their homes have been destroyed or cannot be accessed.
Israeli military airstrikes and attacks are happening on both sides of the so-called “Yellow Line”, the demarcation of the deployment line to where Israeli forces withdrew in accordance with the ceasefire agreement. The “Yellow Line” continues to be moved further into Gaza by Israeli forces, with the Israeli military now controlling an estimated 70% of the territory. This is forcing Palestinians into ever smaller areas of land and raising serious concerns over de facto annexation of Gaza.
MAP calls for urgent action to ensure the ceasefire is upheld and becomes permanent, and for civilians to be protected in line with international humanitarian law. Governments, including the UK, must maintain meaningful pressure on Israel to bring a permanent end to Israel’s genocide, including through halting arms transfers and ensuring accountability for violations of international law.
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Spokespeople
To interview Fikr Shaltoot, who is currently in London until the 23 July, please contact:
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Phone: +44 (0) 203 869 1310
About Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP)
Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) works for a future where every Palestinian has access to a comprehensive, effective and locally-led system of healthcare, and the full realisation of their rights to health and dignity. We have worked for more than 40 years in the occupied Palestinian territory and in Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon.
MAP’s local team in Gaza continues to deliver our largest humanitarian response in our history in order to meet critical health and humanitarian needs caused by more than two year’s of Israel’s genocide.
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