GAZA / PNN/Last month, Israel announced it would prevent 37 aid organization's, including MSF, from operating in Gaza from March 1 under the pretext of failing to provide detailed information on their Palestinian staff."They stood by us throughout the war," said 10-year-old Adam Asfour, his left arm pinned with metal rods after he was wounded by shrapnel in an Israeli bombing in September."When I heard it was possible they would stop providing services, it made me very sad," he added from his bed at Gaza's Nasser Hospital.Israel's Ministry of Diaspora Affairs and Combating Antisemitism, which oversees NGO registrations, has accused two MSF employees of alleged links to Palestinian groups Hamas and Islamic Jihad, allegations MSF vehemently denies.Israeli occupation authorities have previously made similar claims against UNRWA, allegations that were later shown to be fabricated.The ministry's decision triggered international condemnation, with aid groups warning it would severely disrupt food and medical supplies to Gaza, where relief items are already scarce after more than two years of war.Inside the packed Nasser Hospital in southern Gaza, one of the few medical facilities still functioning in the territory, MSF staff were still tending to children with burns, shrapnel wounds and chronic illnesses, an AFP journalist reported.But their presence may end soon.The prospect was unthinkable for Fayrouz Barhoum, whose grandson is being treated at the facility."Say bye to the lady, blow her a kiss," she told her 18-month-old grandson, Joud, as MSF official Claire Nicolet left the room.Joud's head was wrapped in bandages covering burns on his cheek after boiling water spilled on him when strong winds battered the family's makeshift shelter."At first his condition was very serious, but then it improved considerably," Barhoum said."The scarring on his face has largely diminished. We need continuity of care," she said.'We will continue working' AFP spoke with patients and relatives at Nasser Hospital, all of whom expressed the same fear: that without MSF, there would be nowhere left to turn.MSF currently provides at least 20 percent of hospital beds in Gaza and operates around 20 health centres.In 2025 alone, it carried out more than 800,000 medical consultations and over 10,000 deliveries."It's almost impossible to find an organisation that will come here and be able to replace all what we are doing currently in Gaza," Nicolet told AFP, noting that MSF not only provides medical care but also distributes drinking water to a population worn down by a prolonged war."So this is not really realistic."Many of Gaza's medical facilities have been damaged by two years of Israeli bombardments or overcrowded by casualties, while electricity, water and fuel supplies remain unreliable due to the Israeli ongoing blockade of the Palestinian Strip.Aid groups warn that without international support, critical services such as emergency care, maternal health, and paediatric treatment could collapse entirely, leaving hundreds of thousands of residents without basic medical care.Humanitarian sources say at least three international NGO employees whose files were rejected by Israeli occupation authorities have already been prevented from entering Gaza through the Karem Abu Salem crossing."For now, we will continue working as long as we can," said Kelsie Meaden, an MSF logistics manager at Nasser Hospital, adding that constraints were already mounting."We can't have any more international staff enter into Gaza, as well as supplies... we will run into shortages."AFP