North Gaza - Alarming situation in Jabalia camp

Thousands of people are trapped in Jabalia camp, north Gaza, as Israeli forces attack the area, without access to food and basic services.

“Nobody is allowed to get in or out, anyone who tries is getting shot,” says Sarah Vuylsteke, MSF project coordinator.

Five MSF staff are trapped in the camp, fearing for their lives.  “We were staying at the Al-Yemen Al-Saeed Hospital, but they bombed it. About 20 people were killed. I don’t know what to do, at any moment we could die. People are starving. I am afraid to stay, and I am also afraid to leave,” says Haydar, an MSF driver trapped in Jabalia camp. 

Israeli forces issued evacuation orders on 7 October in Jabalia camp while carrying out attacks at the same time, preventing people from leaving the area safely. Forced evacuations of homes and bombing of neighbourhoods by the Israeli forces are turning north Gaza into uninhabitable ruins.  

MSF calls on the Israeli forces to halt forced displacements and to stop the all-out war on people in Gaza. Israeli forces must also ensure the protection of civilians and hospitals and allow desperately needed humanitarian supplies to enter the north as a matter of extreme urgency.