Gaza: MSF teams treat Palestinians critically wounded by Israeli airstrikes
MSF denounces yet more bloodshed in Gaza, as our teams continue to treat critically wounded Palestinians caused by Israeli airstrikes and quadcopters on 19 November, which have left dozens dead and scores more injured.
Since Wednesday, our medical teams have treated both women and children with open fractures and gunshot wounds to their limbs and head.
“At around 11am we heard gunfire from quadcopters. Shortly after, we received two casualties,” says Zaher, an MSF nurse working at a mobile clinic in Gaza City.
“The first casualty was a woman with a leg injury. A little later, a nine-year-old girl arrived with an injury on her face caused by gunfire from the quadcopters.”
Our medical teams working in mobile clinics in Kamal Adwan and Al Shifa, both in Gaza City, and Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, treated at least six patients, including one 15-year-old and one 71-year-old man, with wounds caused by Israeli airstrikes and bullets.
Many more were treated by Ministry of Health staff at these facilities and staff at Al Ahli Hospital in Gaza City, where MSF also supports.
“I heard the sound of a missile, then a second missile, and then I lost consciousness... I opened my eyes and saw my father on the ground, and I saw my three brothers on the ground, covered in blood and dust was everywhere,” says Mohammed Malaka, a patient at Al Shifa Hospital.
“I could hear people screaming everywhere... the tents had become ashes, and people were lying on the ground everywhere,” he says.
This is the latest wave of Israeli violence since 11 October in a series of attacks on Palestinians in Gaza that has so far killed more than 300 and injured over 760, according to the Ministry of Health.
After two years of relentless war and horror, Palestinians are now displaced, exhausted, and face a cold winter without basic necessities amidst intermittent Israeli attacks across the Strip. We continue to call for the protection of all civilians, healthcare staff and facilities.
MSF and the Gaza genocide
As of October 2025, over 67,000 people have been killed in Gaza, including 15 MSF staff.
Our teams have seen the deliberate targeting of medics and hospitals; the use of starvation as a weapon of war with a blockade starving people of food, water, fuel and medical supplies; the militarisation of aid, and the massacre of starving people queuing for aid.