#Humanitarian emergency

Gaza’s health sector on the brink amid fuel crisis

The WHO has warned that the functioning of 14 public hospitals is critically endangered by electricity shortages.

WHO: Lives at risk as emergency fuel for Gaza hospitals runs out

The WHO’s latest situation report underlines the seriousness of Gaza’s humanitarian decline in the face of fuel shortages, continuing casualties from Israeli forces’ use of force, and the cumulative effects of 11 years of closure and blockade.

Gaza update: “doctors used flashlights to examine patients”

In Gaza the health system continues to deteriorate, with hospitals struggling to cope and dangerously low medicine stocks.

Gaza update: Teenage fisherman killed and Palestinians injured

On Sunday 25 February a Palestinian teenager, 18-year-old Ismail Saleh Abu Reyala, was killed by Israeli forces while fishing off the coast of northern Gaza.

Gaza update: Surgeries and cleaning services cancelled and medicines continue to run out

MAP's team in Gaza provide an update on the continuing deterioration of the health system, with the cancellation of surgeries and 45% of medicines now at 'zero stock'.

Gaza update: hospital and seven clinics close due to fuel shortages

This week several medical services ground to a halt in Gaza, including a hospital and seven medical centres, due to severe shortages of fuel. A spokesperson from the Palestinian Ministry of Health (MoH) said the situation in Gaza has entered an “unprecedented stage”.

Gaza's forgotten humanitarian emergency

Gaza’s humanitarian emergency is particularly dangerous for its youngest residents. Thanks to our supporters, MAP is helping to protect the lives of at-risk new-born babies in Gaza.

Gaza’s humanitarian emergency continues to worsen as winter hits

New data from the World Health Organisation highlights the continuing deterioration of the situation in Gaza, particularly with regards to healthcare.

60 Parliamentarians urge UK Government action on Gaza emergency

A group of 60 British MPs and Peers have this week called on the UK Government to take urgent action to address Gaza’s continuing humanitarian emergency.