In Khallet Athaba, families are enduring daily harassment, intimidation and violent attacks from Israeli settlers, often under the protection of the Israeli forces According to testimonies from the community, since February 2025, Israeli forces conducted four mass demolitions, reducing more than 85 per cent of homes and shelters to rubble. The destruction has left the […]
Read More… from Palestine: Ethnic cleansing in the West Bank
The announcement of the first phase of the ceasefire in Gaza brings a welcome moment of relief for exhausted, starved and grieving Palestinians and a great relief to the families of all hostages — but it comes after more than two years and over 67,000 lost lives. While we welcome the ceasefire, it does not […]
Read More… from Palestine: Ceasefire in Gaza, humanitarian aid must flow immediately
It is an alarming figure: at least seven people on average are raped every day in Salamabila, in the province of Maniema, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), according Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). These findings are based on to data collected since the start of our intervention in 2018. Since 2019, MSF has treated 16,436 survivors in […]
I first visited Panama in 2022, at a time when the number of migrants crossing the Darién Gap was increasing significantly. I was working as a psychologist, providing mental healthcare to people who had emerged from the bordering jungle exhausted and deeply traumatized. In December 2024, I returned to Darién as the mental health activities […]
After almost four years in Panama, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has ended medical and humanitarian activities in the country. Our work focused primarily on providing care to migrants in transit to North America. The closure is due to a significant decrease in migration flows resulting from changes in regional policies. “We arrived in […]
Read More… from Panama: MSF concludes assistance activities for migrants
As Haiti’s capital sinks deeper into a crisis marked by violent clashes between armed groups and police forces, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) reports a rise in the number of civilian casualties arriving at our facilities. Our teams are witnessing the impact of this violence on the availability of healthcare in the capital. Nearly […]
Read More… from Haiti: Health system and civilians trapped in escalating violence
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
“Can’t you find better people to treat?” That was the question we were asked, as Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), during a meeting with an armed group some years ago. We were discussing one of our hospitals on a frontline and the fact that we were treating people who were perceived as the enemy. […]
“My son was so badly injured and I had no hope for his recovery, as even his liver was torn to pieces,” says Fatima, the mother of a patient admitted to the Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) Kunduz trauma centre, in Afghanistan, in July 2025. “The hospital did all they could to help him recover, […]
Read More… from Afghanistan: 10 years since the attack on MSF’s Kunduz trauma centre
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 […]