Less than 10 hours after the announcement of regional ceasefire, a little after 2 p.m., Israeli forces struck multiple cities and towns across Lebanon. This large-scale attack by Israeli forces struck multiple locations, including in the cities of Beirut, Saida and Baalbek, with reports of high influxes of patients in multiple hospitals. According to Ministry of […]
Six months since the fragile and ineffective ceasefire was implemented in Gaza on Oct. 10, 2025, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is raising the alarm on continued violent attacks by Israeli forces and an ever-expanding military control of Gaza. At the same time, the living conditions of Palestinians remain dire, against the backdrop of […]
After one month of escalated bombardment and blanket evacuation orders by Israeli forces in Lebanon, more than one million people have been forcibly displaced. Among those most at-risk are migrant workers from African and Southeast Asian countries, as well as other minorities who are increasingly cut off from humanitarian assistance. As they struggle to afford […]
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Update April 6, 2026 — Following an indiscriminate Israeli airstrike on a residential neighborhood in Beirut yesterday, five people were killed, including a 15-year-old girl and two Sudanese migrants, according to Lebanon’s Ministry of Public Health. At least 52 people, including eight children, were wounded. “A man arrived with severe bleeding from his head, panicked, […]
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Following an initial hearing at Israel’s High Court on March 23, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) and 18 other leading humanitarian organizations reaffirm our decision to proceed with the petition we filed in February 2026 before the High Court. The petition challenges Israel’s ban on 37 humanitarian organizations from operating in Palestine. We have taken the unprecedented step of petitioning to the High Court with a […]
Once again, in Sudan, healthcare has been struck at its heart. On April 2, a drone attack reportedly carried out by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) targeted Al‑Jabalain hospital in White Nile state. There were two strikes – one hit the operating room and the other one the maternity ward. This unacceptable assault resulted in […]
MSF calls on Gilead for direct access to lenacapavir, as the current rollout falls far short of the needs. Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) calls on Gilead to sell lenacapavir directly to organizations ready to purchase it, and to take additional concrete steps toward ensuring global access to this breakthrough in HIV prevention. On February 18, 2026, MSF met with Gilead to request the purchase of a […]
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Blocking humanitarian organizations from accessing a medical breakthrough puts people who are vulnerable across the world in danger. Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) sent an open letter to the U.S. pharmaceutical corporation Gilead Sciences on March 30, calling on the company to immediately sell to MSF, lenacapavir, an HIV medicine that is one of the most important advances in HIV prevention in decades. About 1.3 […]
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Since the conflict in Lebanon escalated dramatically on March 2, Israel’s intensified airstrikes across the southern region and on the suburbs of Beirut have caused death, injuries and widespread displacement. More than one million people have been forcibly displaced in Lebanon in just over two weeks, according to local authorities. This escalation comes after 15 months of […]
“The military often comes at night,” says Sari Ahmad, who is from Al Fakhiet in the Masafer Yatta area of the West Bank, Palestine. “Soldiers swarming the neighbourhood, breaking into our homes, destroying our property and arresting people en masse. Our houses are being seized and demolished.” Sari, who suffers from diabetes, received treatment from […]
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