All articles related to MSF activities in Palestine and Gaza.
Palestinians are constantly on the verge of losing access to essential medical care and clean water due to deliberate actions by Israeli authorities. This policy restricts the entry of medical supplies and fuel to the bare minimum, and at the whim of the Israeli authorities. While this strategy creates the illusion of aid flowing into […]
Dear president of the European Commission, Dear president of the European Council, Dear president of the European Parliament, Dear European leaders, The war in Gaza has been allowed to become one of the most egregious, deadly and ruthless wars waged on a people. Gaza’s homes, hospitals, markets, water networks, roads and power grids have all […]
Read More… from Palestine: Open letter to European leaders on Gaza
The hypocrisy and inaction of the European Union (EU) and its member states have allowed Israel to freely continue its massacre of Palestinians in Gaza with total impunity, said Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) during a press conference in Brussels on June 16. MSF calls for impartial needs-based aid to be facilitated into the […]
Read More… from Palestine: EU governments’ hypocrisy fuelling suffering in Gaza
Our teams in Gaza are witnessing another chaotic day as the carnage at Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) distribution sites continues unabated. Internet connection is cut off at mass scale after an attack hit communications lines and Israeli forces issued new displacement orders in the blocks that include Nasser hospital in Khan Younis, southern Gaza. On […]
Read More… from Palestine: Carnage continues at Gaza Humanitarian Foundation distribution sites
In southern Gaza, displacement orders and movement restrictions imposed by Israeli authorities on Nasser hospital are pushing this vital medical facility to the brink of being non-functional, warns Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). Ordering hospitals to refuse new patients and making it harder for people to reach care has been a pattern aimed at […]
Read More… from Palestine: Nasser hospital, southern Gaza’s lifeline, must be preserved
On June 1, dozens of Palestinians were killed and hundreds more injured as they waited for food at the newly created Gaza Humanitarian Foundation distribution centres in Rafah and close to the Netzarim Corridor, according to the Ministry of Health. Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams joined the mass casualty response in Nasser hospital, […]
The disastrous start of the food distribution coordinated by the newly created Gaza Humanitarian Foundation confirmed that the US-Israel plan to instrumentalize assistance is ineffective. On May 27, the first afternoon of distribution in Rafah, south Gaza, dozens of people were shot and injured as wholly insufficient amounts of basic lifesaving supplies were distributed amid […]
Israeli forces continue to systematically use last-minute displacement orders as a violent tool, turning the Gaza Strip into hell on earth for Palestinians. Incessant bombing, a near-total blockade of aid and displacement orders are moving and trapping hundreds of thousands of people into ever-shrinking spaces. The constant state of alert and unpredictability of displacement orders […]
Read More… from Palestine: Israeli displacement orders in Gaza are psychological warfare
An insufficient amount of humanitarian assistance is being allowed into Gaza, merely a smokescreen to pretend the siege is over. Meanwhile, at least 20 medical facilities in Gaza have been damaged, or forced partially or completely out of service in the past week by advancing Israeli ground operations, intensified airstrikes and widespread evacuation orders. As […]
Read More… from Palestine: Aid instrumentalized, health system under fire in Gaza
This week, the Canadian Government made two statements in strong opposition to Israel’s military operations and siege in Gaza. These statements include a joint declaration by Prime Minister Mark Carney and leaders of the United Kingdom and France reaffirming what we at Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) already know first-hand from our teams providing […]
Read More… from MSF welcomes Canada’s opposition to Israel’s siege in Gaza