We have visited Gaza at different moments since October 2023 and witnessed an amount of suffering that is beyond imagination. This includes in a zone Israel unilaterally declared as “humanitarian” while regularly attacking it. And yet our colleagues told us the situation is even worse in the north of Gaza – an area which we […]
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From June to October 2024, MSF treated more than 10,000 children under 5 for upper respiratory tract infections at Nasser Hospital. After more than one year of relentless war and destruction in Gaza, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams are witnessing how dire living conditions, attacks in densely populated areas, poor access to food, […]
It’s a sunny morning in Nur Shams refugee camp, in Tulkarem, West Bank. Over twenty women are filing into a room set up by MSF staff, sitting in a circle and chatting over Arabic coffee. In the middle of the room, there is a table with gauze, tourniquet devices and charts explaining blood flow in […]
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has received confirmation that Dr Mohammed Obeid, an MSF orthopedic surgeon, has been detained by Israeli forces along with several medical staff from Kamal Adwan hospital in north Gaza during a military operation at the hospital on 26 October. We are extremely alarmed by the detention of our colleague. […]
The Israeli Knesset’s ban on UNRWA’s operations voted on Oct. 28 represents a devastating blow to Palestinian life. It will further undermine people’s survival prospects in Gaza and heavily impact communities in the West Bank. Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) denounces this legislation, which represents an inhumane ban on vital humanitarian aid. The Knesset’s […]
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Doctors without Borders/Médecins sans Frontières (MSF) is outraged by the repeated killings of our staff in Gaza and calls for an immediate halt on attacks of medical personnel, humanitarian workers and civilians. Israeli forces killed Hasan Suboh on the night of Oct. 24 after an airstrike hit his relative’s house, where he was staying in […]
Read More… from Gaza: Statement following the killing of MSF colleague Hasan Suboh
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is deeply concerned for the safety and whereabouts of Dr. Mohammed Obeid, an MSF orthopedic surgeon who was sheltering and working in Kamal Adwan Hospital, northern Gaza, with whom we lost contact since the afternoon of Oct. 25. The hospital and its surroundings have been subjected to intense military operations by […]
Read More… from Gaza: MSF calls for safety and information on missing doctor
“While the northern part of the Strip is under siege since over two weeks, it is absolutely crucial to ensure the protection of the few remaining functional healthcare facilities. People must continue to access medical care and lifesaving treatments. We call on the Israeli forces to immediately stop their attacks on hospitals in North Gaza,” […]
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“There is death in all types and forms in Kamal Adwan hospital and north Gaza. The bombardment does not stop. The artillery does not stop. The planes do not stop. There is heavy shelling, and the hospital is targeted too. It just looks like a movie; it does not seem real. About five days ago, […]
Read More… from Kamal Adwan hospital in north Gaza: “… it is disastrous.”
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 […]