Hussam Abu Safiya, a physician and director of Kamal Adwan hospital in Gaza, remains in solitary confinement after being detained for one and a half years. Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is outraged by the treatment of healthcare workers, most of whom are being detained in dire conditions, without justification or cause. We join […]
In the West Bank, Palestine, decades of Israeli restrictions and deadly violence have shaped Palestinians’ daily lives and access to essential services. The situation has worsened since the all-out war in Gaza began in 2023. A total of 1,109 Palestinians — at least 243 of them children — have been killed by Israeli forces and […]
One year ago, the so-called Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) replaced the UN-coordinated aid distribution system and began militarized food distribution points across the Gaza Strip. The GHF — run by Israel with financial support from the U.S. and other allies — closed within six months, as continual violence at the sites killed and injured thousands. Doctors Without […]
Daily attacks continue across Gaza, with children severely affected Since the so-called ceasefire, Israel has killed more than 870 people and injured more than 2,600 others, according to the Gaza Ministry of Health. Events of violence occur almost daily and are affecting many children. Between Oct. 10 2025 and May 11 2026, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins […]
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Israel’s manufactured malnutrition crisis in Gaza had a devastating impact on pregnant and breastfeeding women, newborns and infants under six months old during periods of intense hostilities and siege such as mid-2025. This according to an analysis of medical data released by Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). The information was gathered at four MSF-run […]
What does the collapse of a rules-based world order look like? It looks like children and health workers screaming from Gaza’s hospitals as Israel’s shelling draws near. It looks like pharmacies in South Sudan burned to the ground, patients fleeing in fear, their vital medicines reduced to ashes. It feels like the panic and terror tearing through Zamzam camp in Sudan after shelling forced 400,000 people to flee […]
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Israeli authorities use access to water as a weapon against Palestinians, systematically depriving people in Gaza of water in a campaign of collective punishment, according to a report released by Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). MSF urges Israeli authorities to immediately restore water for people at the required levels in Gaza. Israel’s allies must […]
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MSF has made the decision to resume our core activities at Nasser hospital as of April 13, after we suspended our non-critical activities as of Jan. 20, 2026. Michel Lacharité, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) head of emergency operations, provides details on our resumption of core activities in an interview. Why is MSF resuming core […]
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Every day, in our hospitals and clinics, we see the impacts of the restrictions on the entry of medical supplies into Gaza. The needs in Gaza are massive, yet not enough aid is entering because Israeli authorities are blocking it. Just outside of Gaza, there are trucks with food and medicine waiting, yet they are […]
Six months since the fragile and ineffective ceasefire was implemented in Gaza on Oct. 10, 2025, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is raising the alarm on continued violent attacks by Israeli forces and an ever-expanding military control of Gaza. At the same time, the living conditions of Palestinians remain dire, against the backdrop of […]