Israeli evacuation orders for parts of northern Gaza, issued on Oct. 7, are pushing tens of thousands of people to immediately flee south as the area is targeted by airstrikes and a ground offensive. Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) calls on the Israeli forces to halt evacuation orders, which are causing the forced displacement […]
Since the atrocities committed by Hamas on Oct. 7 2023, killing up to 1,200 people and taking around 250 hostages, Israeli forces have pursued an all-out war on people in Gaza, killing more than 41,500 according to the UN, and wounding over 96,000. People have been repeatedly displaced and forced into smaller and smaller areas […]
Following the large-scale Israeli bombardment in Lebanon over the past week, hundreds of thousands of Lebanese families including MSF staff, have been forced out of their houses and pushed on the roads, in a desperate search of a safe place. MSF is providing support to displaced people in shelters, like schools, in the south of […]
After nearly one year of relentless Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip, almost 41,000 people have been killed. In addition, another 95,000 people have been injured. At least 12,000 people in Gaza are still in need of medical evacuation, according to the World Health Organization. Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) calls on the Israeli […]
Since the Oct. 7 and subsequent war on Gaza, nearly 95,000 people have been injured by Israeli attacks. At least 12,000 people in Gaza are still in need of medical evacuation, according to the World Health Organization. Only a tiny fraction of injured Palestinians have been allowed to leave the Strip to seek adequate care […]
Read More… from Gaza: Patients need comprehensive and long-term therapy
As the sun streaks through the small window of the sterile hospital room, warm orange lines fall on to the side of 17-year-old Karam’s face, highlighting ridges of white scars across his left cheek. As he gets up slowly into sitting position at the hospital run by Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in Amman, […]
Read More… from Gaza: The long road to recovery for war-wounded children
Large-scale military incursions launched by Israeli forces on Palestine’s West Bank, and repeated attacks by the Israeli military on health workers, ambulances and medical facilities, are severely hindering people’s ability to access medical care, says international medical organisation Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). “There is very limited medical access in the city of Tulkarm […]
Read More… from West Bank: Access to medical care at risk as Israeli incursions gain in intensity
For over 10 months, the war in Gaza has led to the displacement of over 1.9 million people. Often forced to move within minutes of the announcement of an evacuation order by Israeli forces, many have now been displaced numerous times. In al-Mawasi, Khan Younis, the Palestinian Agricultural Development Association (PARC) with Doctors Without Borders/Médecins […]
Read More… from Gaza: Displaced people struggling without sanitation services in Khan Younis
Following an evacuation order issued by Israeli forces and an explosion approximately 250 meters from the Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) supported Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir al-Balah, Central Gaza, almost 650 patients fled the hospital fearing for their lives. Consequently, and in coordination with the Ministry of Health, our teams have prematurely opened a […]
Read More… from Gaza: Al-Aqsa hospital under threat: MSF opens a field hospital in Deir al-Balah
Physical injuries, mental trauma and restricted access to medical care are an everyday reality for many Palestinians living in and around the West Bank city of Hebron, warns Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in a new report published today. In “Occupied lives: the risk of forcible transfer of Palestinians in Hebron”, MSF details the […]
Read More… from Hebron, West Bank: “You can’t get sick here, it’s not allowed”