#Emergency Response

“The situation is unimaginable”: MAP, IRC and PCRF doctors report malnourished patients are dying from infections in overwhelmed Gaza hospital

An EMT with MAP, the IRC and the PCRF report horrific scenes of patients dying from infections with evidence of serious malnutrition at the European Gaza Hospital.

Two critically ill children among hundreds of patients trapped inside Shifa Hospital amid Israeli military siege

MAP demands the urgent protection of thousands of healthcare workers, patients, and displaced civilians trapped inside the Shifa Hospital in Gaza.

Imminent famine in Gaza: MAP reacts to IPC food security figures

Despite repeated warnings from humanitarian organisations, including MAP, an imminent famine is now taking hold in Gaza, with children already dying from starvation, and scores more at risk unless urgent international action is taken immediately.

IRC and MAP additional statement on airstrike on residential compound housing Emergency Medical Team

IRC and MAP additional statement on airstrike on residential compound housing Emergency Medical Team.

“The situation is indescribable. We have no option but to try and survive.”

Amal Zaqout is MAP's Community Programme Officer in Gaza, and a single mother with two sons. She tells us about her life four months into Israel's total siege on Gaza.

“We’ve never seen a conflict this century that’s impacted women and their children like the one in Gaza”

On International Women’s Day, Deborah Harrington spoke to MAP about how Israel’s indiscriminate bombardment and siege of Gaza is impacting women and girls. 

100,000 killed or injured in Gaza: How many Palestinian lives are too many?

The death toll in Gaza has hit another horrifying milestone today, with a staggering 30,000 Palestinians killed by Israel’s military onslaught, the majority women and children.

IRC and MAP condemn Israeli airstrike on Gaza compound housing Emergency Medical Team

IRC and MAP can confirm further details of a near-fatal airstrike by the Israeli military on a residential compound housing our Emergency Medical Team (EMT) and members of MAP’s local team and their family members in Al Mawasi.

MAP and IRC Emergency Medical Team compound damaged by missile strike in Gaza

This morning, at approximately 6am, the compound in Gaza housing staff members of the Emergency Medical Team from the IRC and MAP was severely damaged as a result of a missile strike.

100 days of Israel’s bombardment in Gaza: History is watching

Gaza is devastated. 100 days of Israel’s indiscriminate bombardment and siege have reduced entire neighbourhoods to rubble. One in every 100 people have been killed.

MAP and IRC Emergency Medical Team forced to withdraw and cease activities at hospital in Gaza

As a result of increasing Israeli military activity around the Al Aqsa Hospital, MAP and the IRC’s Emergency Medical Team has been forced to withdraw and cease activities.

300 health workers reported killed in Israel’s assault on Gaza exceeds all countries in conflict combined in any year since 2016

The reported number of healthcare workers killed in 10 weeks of Israel’s assault on Gaza has exceeded the total number killed in all countries in conflict globally in any year since 2016.

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