GENEVA, April 12, 2026 (WAFA) - Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) stressed that six months since a fragile and ineffective ceasefire was implemented in Gaza, Israeli forces continue their violent attacks and expand their military control of the Strip.
"Living conditions of Palestinians remain dire, while Israel continues to deliberately obstruct aid, which is translating into entirely preventable deaths," said MSF in a statement.
Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) medical teams are witnessing firsthand that, while the intensity of the conflict has decreased, the reality in Gaza remains catastrophic., said MSF.
It said, "As of 8 April 2026, at least 733 people have been killed and 1,913 have been injured since the ceasefire on 10 October, according to Gaza’s Ministry of Health. MSF teams have responded to multiple mass casualty incidents on a monthly basis, treating at least 244 patients for injuries caused by Israeli attacks, including many children."
MSF continued, "Since the ceasefire, MSF teams have done over 40,000 dressings for patients with wounds from violent trauma, including gunshots, blasts or other kinds of weapons. Since 10 October 2025, medical teams have treated over 15,000 trauma cases in MSF’s two field hospitals alone, both from recent injuries and wounds requiring long-term care. In MSF’s clinic in Gaza City alone, over 18,000 dressings were done, with over 60 per cent for trauma wounds."
“Six months on, the ceasefire has failed to end the genocide against Palestinians in Gaza, with Israeli authorities continuing to impose conditions intended to destroy conditions of life,” says Claire San Filippo, emergency manager for MSF. “Despite the reduction of the intensity of violence, Israeli attacks are continuous and the situation remains catastrophic.”
“People’s needs are massive, yet the Israeli authorities have continued to systematically restrict the entry of humanitarian aid,” says San Filippo.
MSF said that people face shortages of clean water, food, electricity, and access to healthcare; the decimated health system has been further hindered by Israel’s deregistration of 37 international NGOs providing vital assistance in Gaza, including MSF. Since 1 January 2026, Israeli authorities have blocked all of MSF’s medical and humanitarian supplies from entering Gaza. "At the same time, Israel is also preventing most medical evacuations for patients needing specialised care outside of Gaza. Over 18,500 people in Gaza remain on the medical evacuation list, including 4,000 children, according to the World Health Organization."
The statement said, "MSF’s health facilities are facing critical shortages and ruptures of medicine and medical equipment – including gauze, compresses, and sterile medical equipment (gloves, gowns, and disinfectant for surfaces) – as well as medication, including medicines for non-communicable diseases (NCDs), like insulin. The lack of medicines and supplies are impacting treatment for chronic diseases, increasing people’s suffering, while also stripping away their dignity."
“All the elderly people in our family have unfortunately passed away during this catastrophic war,” says Rami Abu Anza, an MSF nurse in Gaza. “They all had chronic diseases, and they suffered due to the unavailability of these medications, in addition to the living conditions and the collapse of the healthcare system.”
“We suffered a lot to get treatment,” says Mohammed Abo Zaina, a patient receiving NCD treatment. “We can’t find blood pressure medication, nor diabetes medication, nor heart medication.”
“We have suffered mentally and physically. And we are elderly people,” continues Abo Zaina. “We are very, very exhausted. Nothing is available. No living, no dignified life, no shelter, no livelihood.”
MSF said: "In Gaza, approximately 90% of people have been forcibly displaced, often multiple times, and live in tents or makeshift shelters. The situation has not significantly improved since the ceasefire. In MSF-supported healthcare centres in Al-Mawasi and Al-Attar, Khan Younis, between October 2025–March 2026 the most prevalent health conditions have been directly linked to dire living conditions and overcrowding. These have included upper respiratory infections (42%), skin diseases such as scabies and lice (16.7%) and diarrhoea (8.4%)."
MSF added, "The space where people are living is continuously shrinking and framed by violence. Since the ceasefire, the Gaza Strip has been effectively divided along the “yellow line”, which marks an area – currently 58 per cent of the territory – under full Israeli military control; this is pushing Palestinians into the remaining 42 per cent of largely destroyed territory."
"The yellow line is not clearly marked and is continuously shifting westwards to the sea, squeezing hundreds of thousands of people into a tiny, overcrowded patch of land. The perimeter of the yellow line has become a kill zone, with gunfire, airstrikes, and shelling from Israeli forces happening daily. Israeli warships are also firing inward from the sea, trapping people with active firing on all sides."
MSF called on world leaders and governments, including the United States and the European Union and its member states, and Arab states, to use all political levers and influence the Israeli authorities to protect civilians. They must pressure Israel to restore dignified conditions of life, and urgently allow unhindered humanitarian aid into Gaza, as is Israel’s obligation as the occupying power.
T.R.
