#Emergency response

“I thought I would return to my home in two hours…but I haven’t returned for 200 days”

In the first of our ‘Voices from Gaza’ blog series, Wasim Ashour reflects on how every aspect of his life has turned upside down in the last six months, and shares his hopes for the future.

Gaza six months on: How your support for MAP has made a difference to Palestinians

MAP’s team in Gaza is working tirelessly, risking their lives to deliver essential aid to their communities. We are one of the only international organisations working in northern Gaza.

‘There are no more words’ – Six months of Israel’s total siege and bombardment of Gaza

This weekend marked six months since the start of Israel’s military assault on Gaza. For 184 days, the international community has sat back and watched as Israel indiscriminately bombarded civilians, systematically dismantled Gaza’s health system, and used starvation as a weapon of war.

The destruction of Shifa Hospital is latest evidence of Israel’s systematic dismantling of Gaza’s health system

After a two-week-long invasion and siege, the Israeli military withdrew from Gaza’s largest hospital, Shifa Hospital, on 1 April, leaving it in ruins and completely out of service.

“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.