MSF sends supplies to Egypt to support emergency medical response in Gaza

On Oct. 29, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) sent 26 tonnes of medical supplies on a World Health Organization (WHO) plane to Egypt, under the coordination of the Egyptian Red Crescent, to support the emergency medical response in Gaza. The medical supplies can cover the needs for 800 surgical interventions and are destined for […]

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MSF: Immediate ceasefire is needed in Gaza to stop the bloodshed 

Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) calls for an immediate ceasefire to prevent more deaths in Gaza and allow desperately needed humanitarian supplies in. Since Oct. 27, the bombing by the Israeli forces has intensified to a degree not seen until now: northern Gaza is being razed to the ground, while the whole Strip is being […]

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MSF’s response in Gaza amidst challenging conditions

Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) activities in Gaza are currently very limited. We have extreme difficulties delivering aid and providing healthcare due to the insecurity and the unpredictability of the bombardments. While some of our colleagues decided to move south following the unacceptable evacuation order of north Gaza, some of our other colleagues have […]

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Gaza crisis: MSF calls for immediate ceasefire to protect civilians, lifting of siege to allow humanitarian supplies

Graphic: MSF calls for immediate ceasefire.

Some 2.2 million people are currently trapped in Gaza, one of the most densely populated places on the planet. Heavy bombardments and indiscriminate attacks have turned a chronic humanitarian crisis into a catastrophe. Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is committed to supporting the people affected by the Israeli heavy bombardments and indiscriminate attacks on […]

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Ensuring regular aid delivery to Gaza is vital

The number of trucks allowed to deliver aid into Gaza through the Rafah crossing today, October 21, is totally insufficient compared to the desperate needs of the people, who have been under complete siege and relentless bombing for two weeks. Prior to the siege, hundreds of trucks with supplies entered Gaza every day as the […]

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Gaza: “There is no safe place in Gaza”

Loay Harb is a nurse who has been working with Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) for the past 15 years in Gaza at our burns clinic. He is currently taking shelter in his home next to the MSF office in Gaza City with his family and children. Today, Loay, like many others, is without […]

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Gaza: “The wounded are in danger of dying in the next few hours”

The few medical facilities still operating in northern Gaza are under unimaginable duress. Many medical staff have been forced to flee to the south, as the Israeli strikes are relentless. The remaining staff have to cope with restricted access to electricity and water, in a context of siege. An update from Guillemette Thomas, Doctors Without […]

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MSF condemns bombing of Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza

We are horrified by the recent bombing of Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza City, which was treating patients and hosting displaced Gazans. Hundreds of people have reportedly been killed. It is absolutely unacceptable. “We were operating in the hospital, there was a strong explosion, and the ceiling fell on the operating room. This is a […]

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MSF: Unconditional humanity needs to be restored in Gaza

Mass killing of civilians is sickening and must be condemned in all possible terms. Horrific violence has been wreaked over the last 10 days. Thousands of men, women and children have been killed in Israel. Thousands of men, women and children have been killed in Palestine. The situation today in Gaza is catastrophic. Hospitals and […]

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Gaza: As the ultimatum given to the population expires, MSF calls on the Israeli authorities to show humanity

Damages in Gaza.

Despite Israeli announcements suggesting that there are safe areas for the population trapped in the Gaza Strip, they are in fact exposed to bombardment throughout all the territory, including in the south, where tens of thousands of people have fled following the ultimatum. As the Israeli army has been bombarding the Gaza Strip without restraint […]

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