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

Posted on 26 October 2023 (26 October 2023) by manpreet

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 […]

Ensuring regular aid delivery to Gaza is vital

Posted on 21 October 2023 (20 November 2023) by jessica

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 […]

Gaza: “There is no safe place in Gaza”

Posted on 20 October 2023 (20 November 2023) by

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 […]

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

Posted on 19 October 2023 (20 November 2023) by manpreet

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 […]

MSF condemns bombing of Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza

Posted on 17 October 2023 (20 November 2023) by

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 […]

MSF: Unconditional humanity needs to be restored in Gaza

Posted on 17 October 2023 (20 November 2023) by

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 […]

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

Posted on 14 October 2023 (20 November 2023) by jessica

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 […]

MSF states Israeli order to evacuate northern Gaza ‘outrageous’

Posted on 13 October 2023 (20 November 2023) by

Israel’s 24-hour notice that people in Northern Gaza must leave their land, homes and hospitals is outrageous – this represents an attack on medical care and on humanity. We have consistently seen dehumanising language and this violence is a manifestation of that. We are talking about more than a million human beings. ‘Unprecedented’ doesn’t even […]

Gaza: MSF provides medical care and donates supplies amidst conflict

Posted on 8 October 2023 (20 November 2023) by jessica

MSF staff prepare a medical supplies donation for the Ministry of Health in Gaza.

Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is donating medical supplies to hospitals and health facilities in Gaza to respond to medical needs in the midst of the conflict that began yesterday. “Health facilities need this equipment because of the many injured patients,” said Ayman Al-Djaroucha, MSF deputy coordinator in Gaza. “Hospitals are overcrowded with injured […]

MSF: Indiscriminate violence and the collective punishment of Gaza must cease

Posted on 12 October 2023 (20 November 2023) by manpreet

Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is horrified by the brutal mass killing of civilians perpetrated by Hamas, and by the massive attacks on Gaza now being pursued by Israel. MSF calls for an immediate cessation to the indiscriminate bloodshed, the establishment of safe spaces and safe passage for people to reach them as a […]