Skip to main content
Emad, From Gaza to Marseille
Portrait of Emad at la pointe rouge. Marseille, France, June 2025.
© Mohammad Ghannam/MSF

Leaving Gaza: a medical evacuation

Portrait of Emad at la pointe rouge. Marseille, France, June 2025.
© Mohammad Ghannam/MSF

After surviving 17 months of bombing and displacement in Gaza, Palestine, Emad, an MSF nurse supervisor, was medically evacuated with his family to France in March 2025. In this short documentary, he recounts what they endured during the war — from the destruction of their home, and repeated displacement, to the limited access to healthcare for his daughter, Sila, who was born with a congenital heart condition.

Currently at least 12,000 patients, including thousands of children like Sila, need to be evacuated urgently from Gaza to access vital medical care. 

Video

Leaving Gaza: a medical evacuation

Up Next
Gaza-Israel war
Statement 24 January 2026