Overview
- In a new field analysis from four MSF-supported facilities, the medical charity accuses Israel of restricting food and supplies in Gaza and calls for immediate, unhindered entry of aid.
- MSF reports that more than half of pregnant patients were malnourished at some point in pregnancy, one quarter were still malnourished at delivery, 90% of affected babies were premature, 84% had low birth weight, and neonatal deaths were about twice as high for infants of malnourished mothers.
- Between January 2024 and February 2026, MSF enrolled 4,176 children for acute malnutrition care and 3,336 pregnant or breastfeeding women in ambulatory programs, reflecting widespread nutritional need.
- Reviewing 513 infants under six months in Khan Yunis, MSF found 91% at risk of poor growth, fewer than half cured by discharge, and 7% deceased by December 2025.
- MSF also faults the 2025 Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, a US- and Israeli-backed aid scheme that largely replaced UN distribution, saying food points fell from about 400 to four, sites became militarised and deadly, violence and miscarriages rose, the body then disbanded in November 2025, and overall conditions remain extremely fragile despite an October 2025 ceasefire.