On the afternoon of Monday, 15 September, Israeli Forces fired upon a clearly identified Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) water truck while it was distributing 10,000 liters of drinking water in the neighborhood of Sheikh Radwan, in the eastern part of Gaza City. The vehicle’s route and schedule had been communicated in advance to […]
Read More… from Palestine: MSF condemns Israeli attack on MSF water distribution site in Gaza City
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is appalled and saddened by the death of our colleague Hussein Alnajjar who died on Sept. 16 in Gaza from shrapnel injuries caused by an Israeli airstrike near his tent five days earlier. Hussein’s sister-in-law and nephew were also injured in the same incident. This is not a tragic […]
Read More… from Palestine: MSF mourns Hussein Alnajjar, thirteenth colleague killed in Gaza
More than one million people in Gaza are facing renewed terror after receiving an emergency order to evacuate Gaza City ahead of a major ground offensive by the Israeli military. For many, escape is impossible – elderly adults, critically unwell patients, heavily pregnant or wounded people. Those left behind have been handed a death sentence. […]
Read More… from Palestine: Doctors Can’t Stop Genocide, World Leaders Can
On Saturday, Sep. 20, 2025, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) will stage a powerful public art action near Parliament in Ottawa to condemn Israel’s genocide in Gaza and calls on the Canadian government to take action. From 1:00 to 3:00 p.m., up to 100 MSF staff and supporters will form a sombre Human Chain Gallery along Wellington Street. Transforming […]
Gaza City is facing a humanitarian catastrophe as Israel’s latest military assault escalates, pushing people to the brink and threatening the survival of what remains of the health system. Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams warn it will be impossible to force one million people – including hundreds of critically ill patients and newborn […]
Across the West Bank, Palestinians are facing forced mass displacement by Israeli forces and settlers, significantly heightening the risk of ethnic cleansing in the occupied territory, warns Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). This comes amid recent calls by Israeli authorities for the country to annex the West Bank. More than at any point in our […]
Read More… from Palestine: Risk of ethnic cleansing in the West Bank
In the past three days, the Israeli forces have accelerated their genocidal campaign and ethnic cleansing by expanding their military activity into Gaza City. In Gaza City there are bombings during the day and night. People are terrified and unsure of where to go or what to do. We’ve seen entire neighborhoods being destroyed and […]
Read More… from Palestine: Gaza City residents trapped as Israeli military offensive intensifies
On August 23, heavy gunfire broke out while people, including children, were gathered around one of Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) water-trucking distribution points in Khan Younis. In the chaos of the moment, it was not clear where these intense and consecutive bursts of gunshots were fired from. A young girl waiting for water […]
Israel is deliberately depriving people of water in Gaza as part of its genocidal campaign that is denying Palestinians the necessities of life, including food, water and healthcare. After 22 months of Israel destroying and restricting access to critical water infrastructure, the amount of water available in Gaza is wholly insufficient. Organizations like Doctors Without […]
Read More… from Palestine: Israeli authorities starving Palestinians of water
Despite claims by Israeli authorities that there is no limit on humanitarian aid entering Gaza, most major international non-government organizations (INGOs) have been unable to deliver a single truck of lifesaving supplies since March 2. Instead of clearing the growing backlog of goods, Israeli authorities have rejected requests from dozens of NGOs to bring in […]
Read More… from Gaza: Israel threatens to ban major aid organizations as starvation deepens