MAP News provides latest round the clock updates of all major stories that impact on the lives of Palestinians across the Middle East. Will staff on the ground in offices in Beirut, Ramallah, Gaza and London we are able to provide expert analysis and comment on events.

Renewed shelling kills 1 near Gaza City

19 August 2011
(Maan News) Israeli shelling killed one person in the eastern part of Gaza City on Friday afternoon, medics said, the ninth Palestinian to die following an attack in southern...

CHILDREN KILLED AS ISRAELI AIRSTRIKES POUND GAZA

19 August 2011
MAP IS CALLING FOR EMERGENCY SURGICAL KITS IN RESPONSE TO SEVERE SHORTAGES In the past 24 hours Israel has carried out at least 12 airstrikes across Gaza. Gaza hospitals are...

Referrals from Gaza - July Update

17 August 2011
(WHO) A 33-year-old male heart disease patient tragically died after his two requests to cross Erez checkpoint to access the hospital to which he was referred by the Palestinian...

Medics: Gaza teenager shot dead

17 August 2011
Israeli forces shot dead a Palestinian teenager near the central Gaza Strip city of Deir Al-Balah late Tuesday, medical officials reported. Medics said the Palestinian, who was not identified, suffered...

Medics: 1 killed, 7 injured as Israeli airstrikes hit Gaza

16 August 2011
Ma'an - One man was killed and seven others injured as Israeli warplanes struck targets in the central and southern Gaza Strip early Tuesday, Palestinian medical sources and the...

Thousands of Palestinians flee refugee camp in Syria

16 August 2011
(Electronic Intifada) Thousands of Palestinian refugees have fled their camp in the city of Latakia on Syria's Mediterranean coast amid an assault in the area by Syrian forces, UNRWA...

Hague condemns Israeli settlement plans

12 August 2011
Foreign Secretary William Hague has spoken following the Government of Israel's decision to advance plans for a further 4,000 East Jerusalem settlement housing units. The Foreign Secretary said: "I condemn yesterday's...

MAP at Party Conferences 2011

10 August 2011
Palestine: in the shadow of the Arab Uprising - what role should Britain play? MAP in partnership with the New Statesman will be holding events at all three party conferences...

Witnesses: Ambulance held at checkpoint after fatal crash

9 August 2011
Ma'an- Israeli forces delayed an ambulance treating victims of a car crash in which a 13-year-old girl died, witnesses told Ma'an.Anhar Sandouk died at the scene of an accident...

Ramadan 2011 appeal- Life saving emergency surgical kits for hospitalised and operated wounded patients in Gaza.

4 August 2011
Project Summary When emergencies strike in the occupied Palestinian territories they can produce a high number of wounded and injured. Hospitals can find it hard to cope and run out...

Gaza hospitals face critical conditions

2 August 2011
The Palestine Telegraph - The Ministry of Health in Gaza Strip appealed all concerned authorities and human rights institutions to urgently intervene to stop the suffering of hundreds of...

Fuel shortage threatens Gaza hospitals

28 July 2011
(Maan) The director of public medical supplies in the Gaza Strip warned Thursday of an impending "humanitarian catastrophe" in Gaza hospitals due to fuel shortages. Bassam Barhum, who oversees ministry...

Love Letter to Gaza

27 July 2011
The Calder Bookshop & Theatre are calling for submissions of letters for a collaborative theatrical event to be performed in September this year at the Calder Bookshop & Theatre,...

Remembering the Palestinians in Lebanon

26 July 2011
(MAP) About 15 years ago, one of our Masters students at The University of Glasgow carried out a health needs assessment project in three Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon....

Palestinian newborns are dying at checkpoints

26 July 2011
(New Internationalist Blog) In their home just outside of Bethlehem, a young couple, Farid and Nadia, put their son to bed. First-time parents, they tiptoe in and out of...

Birth in the Shadows: Maternal and Child Health in the Refugee Camps of Lebanon

26 July 2011
(Juno) A short documentary 'Birth in the Shadows' released in June 2011 by NGO Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) offers a rare insight into motherhood in the neglected Palestinian...

Foreign Office Update - Israel & Occupied Palestinian Territories

26 July 2011
(FCO) The last quarter has seen violent clashes on Israel's borders with Syria and Lebanon in protests commemorating the anniversaries of the establishment of the State of Israel and...

Palestinian children routinely jailed for throwing stones

26 July 2011
(New Internationalist Blog) In an Israeli military detention centre in January 2011, an interrogator addressed a boy. Blindfolded and bound, 16-year-old Malek would later remember the words: 'My name's...

Gaza passengers await the unknown

26 July 2011
(Al Jazeera) Despite Egypt "opening" the Rafah crossing, Palestinians living in Gaza have seen no change in border restrictions.The morning sky is blue and bright at 7am in the...

Medical Referrals from Gaza

18 July 2011
(WHO) Each year thousands of Palestinians residing in the Gaza Strip are referred by their physicians to hospitals outside of Gaza in order to access necessary, often life-saving,medical services...