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40 years of supporting the health and dignity of Palestinians in Gaza, the West Bank and Lebanon. UK Charity No. 1045315
Nov 4, 2024 7 tweets 2 min read
🚨EMERGENCY UPDATE FROM NORTHERN GAZA

All three remaining hospitals are under attack. Kamal Adwan Hospital has come under direct artillery fire, resulting in a serious injury of a child.

Al Awda Hospital has also been shelled, and Indonesian Hospital hit by drone strikes. (1/7) The Israeli army is killing and injuring hundreds of Palestinians a day and the patients in need of lifesaving care in Northern Gaza are now left helpless under siege.

In Kamal Adwan, almost all medical staff were arrested leaving only one specialist in the hospital (2/7)
Sep 16, 2024 6 tweets 1 min read
Today, amid the Israeli military's ongoing war on Palestinians in Gaza, we commemorate the Sabra and Shatila massacre in Lebanon. 🧵 A silhouette of a person looking at the Sabra and Shatila massacre memorial. Between 16 and 18 September 1982, Lebanese Phalangist militants entered the Beirut refugee camp of Sabra and Shatila, and killed and injured hundreds of unarmed Palestinian and other civilians inside.

The camp’s residents were defenseless.
Sep 10, 2024 4 tweets 1 min read
"This morning we woke up to news of yet another horrific and deadly Israeli military airstrike on displaced people sheltering in tents in a so-called ‘humanitarian zone’."

- Statement from MAP's Gaza Director Fikr Shalltoot
(1/4) "Our medical teams and partners are exhausted and traumatised.

The Israeli military cannot be allowed to act with impunity and continue to violate international humanitarian law without consequence."
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Jun 8, 2024 6 tweets 1 min read
🚨🚨🚨 Israel's deadly attacks in Gaza’s Middle Area intensified today, with intensive airstrikes in Deir al Balah and Nuseirat refugee camp. Initial reports from healthcare sources suggested more than 125 killed and many more injured.
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Emergency medical teams have been unable to respond effectively, due to a lack of fuel and spare parts for ambulances, and the scale of bombardment. Footage from Al Aqsa hospital shows many patients lying on the floor with horrific injuries, including many children.
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Feb 26, 2024 6 tweets 2 min read
Today marks one month since the ICJ issued provisional measures indicating that there is a plausible risk of genocide against Palestinians in Gaza.

Israel is required to outline the measures it has taken since 26 January. But this is what has happened in the last month 🧵 (1/6) The Israel military has killed more than 3,000 Palestinians, that’s around 100 every single day, and injured more than 5,000 more.

The total number of Palestinians killed or injured in Gaza since 7 October is now almost 100,000. (2/6)
Dec 13, 2023 5 tweets 1 min read
🚨Yesterday the Israeli military raided the Kamal Adwan Hospital and took 70 medical staff to an undisclosed location.

MAP is gravely concerned for their welfare, as well as patients, staff and displaced people reportedly trapped inside without electricity, water or food. Two mothers were killed at the hospital on Monday when the maternity department was hit.

Staff report that the hospital had been besieged by the military for several days before the army entered at noon yesterday.
Nov 18, 2023 7 tweets 1 min read
🚨Medical staff from Shifa Hospital say they have been forced to flee the hospital on foot with critically ill patients through a warzone.

With two thirds of hospitals in #Gaza now shut down, there is no capacity to receive them. (1/7) With barely a trickle of fuel or medicine getting into #Gaza, they will not receive the treatment they need.

With Israel’s indiscriminate bombardment continuing across all areas, they will not reach safety. (2/7)
Nov 12, 2023 6 tweets 2 min read
🚨Babies in the neonatal intensive care unit at Shifa Hospital, which MAP has supported over many years, are beginning to die from lack of oxygen. More will die soon unless the power supply is restored.

MAP’s CEO @melanie_ward responds:⬇️🧵(1/6) Image “Before it was shut down this week by Israel’s assault and denial of fuel to the hospital, the NICU’s quality services were a testament to years of investment, the dedication of its staff, and the solidarity and care from people in the UK and around the world.” (2/6)
Oct 21, 2023 4 tweets 1 min read
🚨 URGENT UPDATE: Doctors in #Gaza have issued an urgent warning that the lives of 130 premature babies are in imminent danger if fuel does not reach hospitals soon.

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MAP CEO @melanie_ward: "The lives of 130 premature babies in #Gaza are in imminent danger due to the lack of fuel. The world cannot simply look on as these babies are killed by the siege on Gaza..."

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Oct 20, 2023 4 tweets 1 min read
🚨 Gaza update

🔴 3,785 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli air strikes including more than 1,500 children and injured 12,000 others including more than 5000 children

🔴 more than 1200 Palestinians missing under the rubble 🔴 full electricity black out for the seventh consecutive day with little fuel delivered to Shifa hospital which will enable the generators for a few more days

🔴 Increasing water consumption from unsafe sources placing population at risk of death by dehydration or disease