All articles related to MSF activities in Palestine and Gaza.
It is with profound sorrow and outrage that Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) confirms the death of our colleague Abed El Hameed Qaradaya. Despite the care provided by the medical teams, he succumbed to his critical shrapnel injuries on Oct. 5, following the attack on Oct. 2, in which our colleague Omar Hayek was […]
Read More… from Palestine: MSF is devastated by the death of colleague Abed El Hameed
This morning, an attack carried out by Israeli forces killed Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) staff member, Omar Hayek and seriously injured four others. The attack took place on a street where our teams were waiting to take a bus to the MSF field hospital in Deir al Balah, Gaza. All staff were wearing […]
The relentless Israeli offensive in Gaza City has forced Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) to suspend essential medical activities in the area due to the rapidly deteriorating security situation. This includes continued airstrikes and advancing tanks less than one kilometre from our healthcare facilities. The escalating attacks from Israeli forces have created an unacceptable […]
“We reaffirm our commitments to respect and uphold international law… to champion the protection of all humanitarian personnel, and to preserve the irreplaceable role of principled humanitarian action as a lifeline for all civilians in times of conflict.” These were the words the Canadian government committed again to uphold when it signed the Declaration for […]
With the United Nations General Assembly underway, the leaders of more than 20 major aid agencies working in Gaza, including Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), are calling on world leaders to urgently intervene after a UN commission concluded that Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians in the Strip. This determination comes after a nearly […]
Read More… from Palestine: World leaders must act now to respond to genocide in Gaza
On the afternoon of Monday, 15 September, Israeli Forces fired upon a clearly identified Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) water truck while it was distributing 10,000 liters of drinking water in the neighborhood of Sheikh Radwan, in the eastern part of Gaza City. The vehicle’s route and schedule had been communicated in advance to […]
Read More… from Palestine: MSF condemns Israeli attack on MSF water distribution site in Gaza City
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is appalled and saddened by the death of our colleague Hussein Alnajjar who died on Sept. 16 in Gaza from shrapnel injuries caused by an Israeli airstrike near his tent five days earlier. Hussein’s sister-in-law and nephew were also injured in the same incident. This is not a tragic […]
Read More… from Palestine: MSF mourns Hussein Alnajjar, thirteenth colleague killed in Gaza
More than one million people in Gaza are facing renewed terror after receiving an emergency order to evacuate Gaza City ahead of a major ground offensive by the Israeli military. For many, escape is impossible – elderly adults, critically unwell patients, heavily pregnant or wounded people. Those left behind have been handed a death sentence. […]
Read More… from Palestine: Doctors Can’t Stop Genocide, World Leaders Can
Gaza City is facing a humanitarian catastrophe as Israel’s latest military assault escalates, pushing people to the brink and threatening the survival of what remains of the health system. Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams warn it will be impossible to force one million people – including hundreds of critically ill patients and newborn […]
Across the West Bank, Palestinians are facing forced mass displacement by Israeli forces and settlers, significantly heightening the risk of ethnic cleansing in the occupied territory, warns Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). This comes amid recent calls by Israeli authorities for the country to annex the West Bank. More than at any point in our […]
Read More… from Palestine: Risk of ethnic cleansing in the West Bank