Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is calling on governments around the world to drastically and urgently increase medical evacuations for thousands of patients who are unable to access the care they need in Gaza. These evacuations must be accompanied by a sustained effort to maintain the fragile ceasefire which has been violated multiple times […]
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Médecins sans Frontières/Doctors without Borders (MSF) is deeply disappointed that Dr Mohammed Obeid, a respected orthopaedic surgeon, and long-time MSF colleague, remains detained and was not released as part of the recent ceasefire agreement. We call for his immediate and unconditional release. Dr Obeid was arrested on 26 October 2024 by Israeli forces during a […]
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The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region faces some of the world’s longest and most complex crises. From Palestine to Sudan, Syria, Yemen and Lebanon, people have endured wars, occupation, economic collapse and forced displacement. Entire communities have lived under chronic pressure and uncertainty for decades. These conditions can have a profound impact on […]
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In Khallet Athaba, families are enduring daily harassment, intimidation and violent attacks from Israeli settlers, often under the protection of the Israeli forces According to testimonies from the community, since February 2025, Israeli forces conducted four mass demolitions, reducing more than 85 per cent of homes and shelters to rubble. The destruction has left the […]
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The announcement of the first phase of the ceasefire in Gaza brings a welcome moment of relief for exhausted, starved and grieving Palestinians and a great relief to the families of all hostages — but it comes after more than two years and over 67,000 lost lives. While we welcome the ceasefire, it does not […]
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It is with profound sorrow and outrage that Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) confirms the death of our colleague Abed El Hameed Qaradaya. Despite the care provided by the medical teams, he succumbed to his critical shrapnel injuries on Oct. 5, following the attack on Oct. 2, in which our colleague Omar Hayek was […]
Read More… from Palestine: MSF is devastated by the death of colleague Abed El Hameed
This morning, an attack carried out by Israeli forces killed Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) staff member, Omar Hayek and seriously injured four others. The attack took place on a street where our teams were waiting to take a bus to the MSF field hospital in Deir al Balah, Gaza. All staff were wearing […]
The relentless Israeli offensive in Gaza City has forced Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) to suspend essential medical activities in the area due to the rapidly deteriorating security situation. This includes continued airstrikes and advancing tanks less than one kilometre from our healthcare facilities. The escalating attacks from Israeli forces have created an unacceptable […]
“We reaffirm our commitments to respect and uphold international law… to champion the protection of all humanitarian personnel, and to preserve the irreplaceable role of principled humanitarian action as a lifeline for all civilians in times of conflict.” These were the words the Canadian government committed again to uphold when it signed the Declaration for […]
With the United Nations General Assembly underway, the leaders of more than 20 major aid agencies working in Gaza, including Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), are calling on world leaders to urgently intervene after a UN commission concluded that Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians in the Strip. This determination comes after a nearly […]
Read More… from Palestine: World leaders must act now to respond to genocide in Gaza