MSF: Gaza update and latest voice notes

18 March 2025 - In the early hours of 18 March, Israeli forces attacked multiple areas in the Gaza Strip, after almost two-months of an already fragile ceasefire. According to the Ministry of Health, hundreds of people have been killed.

“We woke up, at around 2am local time, to 20 minutes of airstrikes and heavy artillery, just like the past 15 months of war. We are appalled and outraged by these new unacceptable massacres of civilians,” says Claire Nicolet, MSF head of emergencies.

MSF teams are responding to influxes of patients in southern and central Gaza. In Nasser hospital, we received 55 dead and 113 injured. In Deir Al Balah, the MSF field hospital received 10 injured, and Al Aqsa Hospital received 20 dead and 68 injured in the emergency department.

In MSF Attar clinic in Al-Mawasi, southern Gaza, our team received 26 injured, three in critical condition, who were later referred to Nasser hospital. The clinic was also struck with shrapnel, MSF teams unharmed.