“Whatever we lose, we will come back.”

Amid the ongoing Israeli bombardment and incursions across southern Lebanon, countless families have been uprooted, many seeking refuge in the coastal city of Saida. Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)’s mobile medical teams have been visiting several locations in the southern city, offering essential primary healthcare, medication, and mental health support to those displaced by […]

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Lebanon: Beyond Survival; Helping Children and Adults Cope with the Traumas of War

“My daughter is only 14, but with all the difficulties we’ve faced, she’s reacting like an adult to the bombings,” says Ezdihar, a displaced mother in Lebanon. “She’s had to grow up quickly.” On the night of Sept. 28, Ezdihar and her family were having dinner at home in the southern suburbs of Beirut when […]

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Lebanon: MSF urges for protection of civilians and medical staff amid Israeli bombardment

As Israeli attacks intensify in Lebanon, healthcare facilities in areas most affected by airstrikes are being forced to close. This is leading to devastating consequences for civilians and their access to healthcare. Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams are working tirelessly to ensure the continuation of care in our existing facilities, while also scaling […]

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Lebanon: Israel’s bombardment causes unprecedented mass displacement of people, urgent humanitarian needs

Lebanon is experiencing the most significant escalation of conflict since the 2006 Lebanon War, with close to 1,300 people killed over a span of 16 days, between Sept. 16 and Oct. 1, according to Lebanon’s Ministry of Public Health. The intense Israeli bombardments have forced more than one million people to flee their homes, according […]

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Stories of displaced: Hundreds of thousands of people in Lebanon in search of a safe place after large-scale Israeli bombardments

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 […]

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MSF steps up humanitarian response in Lebanon, many people displaced

Following the widescale Israeli bombings of multiple areas in Lebanon on Monday Sep. 23, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is gradually stepping up its response to the escalating humanitarian needs by delivering primary healthcare and essential relief items to the displaced population. According to the Ministry of Health, 558 people were killed and 1,835 […]

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