A recent retrospective mortality survey of Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) staff and their families reveals the appalling death rate of Israel’s all-out war on Gaza, especially among children. These findings are consistent with conflict-related figures provided by Gaza’s Ministry of Health (MoH). The survey was run by MSF’s research arm Epicentre, and […]
Five months after the launch of the Israeli military operation ‘Iron Wall,’ more than 40,000 people in the northern West Bank remain forcibly displaced, cut off from their homes with limited access to basic services and healthcare. This large-scale military campaign has seen Israeli forces raid and violently empty well-established refugee camps. Doctors Without Borders/Médecins […]
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) mourns and condemns the loss of former colleague Abdullah Hammad, who was killed by Israeli forces on July 3. Israeli forces deliberately targeted a group of people, including Abdullah, without warning as they waited for humanitarian assistance trucks. At least 16 people were killed in total, according to medical […]
Read More… from Palestine: Israeli forces kill former MSF colleague Abdullah Hammad
The Israeli-U.S. food distribution scheme in Gaza, launched one month ago, is degrading Palestinians by design, forcing them to choose between starvation or risking their lives for minimal supplies. With over 500 people killed and nearly 4,000 wounded while seeking food, this scheme is slaughter masquerading as humanitarian assistance and must be immediately dismantled. Doctors […]
As international focus shifts to the escalating conflict between Israel and Iran, Israeli forces have ramped up their activities in the West Bank. Increased military operations in Jenin, Nablus and Tulkarem governorates, along with additional troop deployments, have led to heightened restrictions on Palestinians. Doctors Without Borders/Médecins sans Frontières (MSF) warns that these actions exacerbate […]
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 […]
Doctors Without Borders/ Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is profoundly disappointed that Canada and other G7 countries failed to use their power at this month’s G7 Leaders’ Summit to defend international humanitarian law (IHL) and the lives of civilians caught in conflict. At a time when medical care and aid workers are being deliberately targeted, humanitarian […]
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