MSF GAZA: MSF teams receive several patients with violent injuries related to the "yellow line" - VIDEO
Since the ceasefire agreement on 10 October 2025, the Gaza Strip is effectively divided by a dangerous, ever expanding and ambiguous “yellow line” controlled by the Israeli military. One side of the line is under Israeli military control – marking 58% of the strip –pushing the entire population of Gaza into the remaining 42% of the territory. The line is not clearly marked for Palestinians, and is gradually shifting to the West. MSF teams have received several patients with violent injuries related to the yellow line; Palestinians have been regularly shot by the Israeli forces while collecting water or firewood or approaching their homes near the line.
Between 11 October 2025 and 21 January 2026, at least 216 Palestinians have been killed, including 46 children and 28 women, in Israeli attacks in the vicinity of this “yellow line” (OHCHR).
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No one understands where
they draw the yellow line.
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One day, you're in the safe zone.
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Second day, you're in the red zone.
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You don't know exactly.
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You could get shot at any time.
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All of a sudden,
you can just see tanks
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in front of your door, house.
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Since 10 October 2025 Israel has effectively divided Gaza with an ever-expanding "yellow line", putting 58% of the Gaza Strip under Israeli military control.
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On a normal commuting
route that I've been taking
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for four months by now
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They started targeting cars
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First thing I know,
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I felt a punch in my leg.
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Pulled up my pulled up my leg
and apparently I got shot.
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The driver was obviously
scared and confused,
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didn’t know where to go.
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There was no cover at all.
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just keep driving
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and just like
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get out of the firing zone
as soon as possible.
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Obviously, the roads
were very terrible.
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I was going to visit my fiancee.
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As I stepped outside the tent.
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The occupation army shot
at me on the tent door,
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and my fiancee was
injured in her foot.
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Two of her cousins were
killed when I got shot.
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We’re only about 100 meters
from the yellow line.
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There is shooting every day,
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Where are we supposed to go?
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Since the ceasefire, MSF teams have been treating patients injured near the “yellow line.”
People have been regularly shot while collecting water, firewood, or approaching their homes.