“The settlers’ goal is to erase our presence completely”: Escalating settler...
On Friday 4 July, Al-Muarajat East Bedouin community in the occupied West Bank’s Jordan Valley – home to around 20 families, or around 120 people, supported by Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP)’s...
View ArticleUK surgeon reports severe malnutrition causing preventable deaths among...
Medic further observes targeted injuries among civilians visiting Israel’s militarised distribution sites in Gaza A UK surgeon volunteering with Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP)’s Emergency Medical...
View ArticleMAP’s lifesaving clinic in Gaza forced to suspend services amid Israel’s...
This morning, Sunday 20 July, the Israeli military issued new forced displacement orders targeting nine blocks in the southwestern areas of Deir al-Balah, in central Gaza. These orders directly...
View ArticleAs mass starvation spreads across Gaza, our colleagues and those we serve are...
More than 100 organisations are sounding the alarm to allow in life-saving aid. As the Israeli government’s siege starves the people of Gaza, aid workers are now joining the same food lines, risking...
View ArticleNearly half of mothers screened by MAP’s local partner in Gaza are suffering...
Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) warns of a deepening malnutrition emergency in Gaza, where 44% of pregnant and breastfeeding mothers screened by one of its local partners are suffering from severe...
View ArticleMAP’s Solidarity Polyclinic reopens as forced displacement orders are lifted....
On Sunday 20 July, our lifesaving clinic in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza, was forced to shut down when Israeli forces issued a forced displacement order in the area. Our staff and the communities we...
View ArticleThe struggle of Jenin’s displaced families
Jenin refugee camp in the northern occupied West Bank, home to Palestinian refugees who were forcibly displaced during the “Nakba” (“catastrophe” in Arabic) in 1948, has been repeatedly invaded by the...
View ArticleIntensified Israeli military assault forces closure of medical point in Gaza...
Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) warns of an even greater health and humanitarian catastrophe as Israel intensifies its military assault on Gaza City, forcing the closure of lifesaving health...
View ArticleWhy does Israel control what gets into Gaza?
For nearly two years, Israel has intensified its restrictions on the entry of food, water, fuel, electricity and medicine into Gaza. But these restrictions didn’t begin in 2023; they are part of a...
View ArticleAlmost 4,000 Palestinians killed by Israeli forces in Gaza during...
Joint statement by Amnesty International UK, Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF UK) and Medical Aid for Palestinians 3,740 Palestinians killed during Parliament’s summer break - an...
View ArticleHow MAP is sustaining cancer care amid Israel’s war on Gaza’s healthcare
Israel’s war on healthcare in Gaza is pushing hospitals and health services ever closer to complete collapse. Cancer patients are among the most affected, as the destruction of healthcare facilities,...
View ArticleIsrael threatens to ban major aid organisations as starvation deepens
Together with more than 100 organisations we are calling for an end to Israel’s weaponisation of aid. Despite claims by Israeli authorities that there is no limit on humanitarian aid entering Gaza,...
View ArticleIsraeli military kills pregnant woman and child in attack on MAP partner...
Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) is horrified by Israeli military attacks on two of its partner organisations in Gaza City over the weekend, which killed one of their employees, a pregnant woman and...
View ArticleMAP's Commitment to Palestinians: We Remain
For over 40 years, Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) has delivered life-saving healthcare for Palestinians in Lebanon, the West Bank and Gaza. The Palestinian communities we serve have faced decades...
View ArticleMAP appoints Steve Cutts as CEO
Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) is delighted to announce that Steve Cutts has been appointed as permanent Chief Executive Officer. He will take on the role from 1 October 2025. As Interim CEO,...
View ArticleMAP’s operations in Gaza City at risk of being suspended amid Israel’s...
Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) warns that the intensifying Israeli military invasion of Gaza City is threatening to force the suspension of its health and humanitarian operations in the city,...
View ArticleMAP condemns destruction of Palestinian Medical Relief Society clinic in Gaza
The Israeli military’s destruction of a vital Palestinian Medical Relief Society (PMRS) clinic is yet another assault on Gaza’s healthcare system. Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) stands with the...
View ArticleTwo healthcare workers killed every day on average during Israel’s genocide...
Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) demands urgent international action as Gaza’s healthcare workers are being systematically targeted. Following two years of Israel’s genocide in Gaza, at least 1,722...
View ArticleAs Gaza ceasefire deal is reached, MAP calls for aid, access and accountability.
Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) welcomes the announcement of the first phase of a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas as a vital and long-overdue step that will bring hope and relief to...
View Article“If the centre wasn’t here, I’d be dead”: Emergency medical care in Ni’lin...
For many Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, a heart attack, childbirth, or injury must first pass through Israeli military checkpoints, locked gates and blocked roads. What should be a short...
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