Emad, From Gaza to Marseille

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

30 July 2025 — 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.