New Bill Proposed by Israel’s Parliament Threatens to Obstruct Humanitarian Aid in Gaza
May 31, 2024On 29 May, a bill aimed at designating UNRWA, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, as a terrorist organisation passed a preliminary reading prior to three further readings in Israel’s Parliament, known...
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Carnage in Tal Al-Sultan camp: States supporting Israel’s military operations are complicit in the massacre of civilians
May 31, 2024On 26 May, Israeli forces killed at least 49 Palestinians in airstrikes on a displaced persons camp in Tal Al-Sultan in Rafah, Gaza. More than 180 injured people were taken to a nearby stabilisation point supported by Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors...
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Gaza: Israel must end its campaign of death and destruction
May 29, 2024Jerusalem, Paris, Brussels, Barcelona, 28 May 2024 - As the United Nations Security Council meets today after Israel struck tent camps sheltering displaced people in designated “humanitarian zones” in southern Gaza, Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) calls for an...
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MSF denounces Israeli attack on camp sheltering displaced people in Rafah
May 28, 2024On the night of 26 May, 180 wounded and 28 dead were recorded at the Trauma Stabilization Point (TSP) we support in Tal al Sultan, Gaza, after airstrikes by Israeli forces hit a camp sheltering displaced people, in a designated...
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In the shadows of war: Increased violence and restrictions in the West Bank
May 16, 2024“We walk for hours to reach the health facilities. Sometimes we use the donkeys to transfer sick people to the hospital or to the clinic,” says Mahmud Mousa Abu Eram, a Palestinian man from Hebron, in the West Bank. “There...
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Gaza: Yet another hospital in Gaza forced to close amid the intensified Israeli offensive in Rafah
May 14, 2024The intensification of the onslaught by the Israeli forces in Rafah, Gaza, has forced Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) to stop providing lifesaving care at Rafah Indonesian Field hospital on 12 May. The 22 patients who remained in the...
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Gaza: Thousands forced to flee as Israeli military offensive intensifies and aid is blocked in Rafah
May 9, 2024Jerusalem/Barcelona/Paris/Brussels 8 May 2024 – Israeli forces have begun their offensive on Rafah and have seized control of the border, effectively cutting off lifesaving aid deliveries into the Gaza Strip. As thousands of Palestinians are forced to flee eastern Rafah following...
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Gaza: Rafah offensive will have catastrophic consequences
May 7, 2024MSF calls once again for an immediate and sustained ceasefire to spare the lives of civilians and to allow enough desperately needed aid to enter the enclave. "On May 6, Israeli forces issued an evacuation order for several blocks in...
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Gaza: Attacks on humanitarian workers amid relentless bombardment make vital assistance near impossible
May 6, 2024One month ago, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) issued provisional measures ordering Israel to prevent and punish acts of genocide and ensure that basic services and aid reach people in the Gaza Strip. However, the humanitarian situation for trapped...
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Gaza: Al-Shifa hospital destroyed
April 2, 2024MSF is horrified that Al-Shifa hospital is in ruins after a 14-day long operation by Israeli forces in and around the facility. Gaza’s largest hospital is now out of service. Given the extent of the destruction, people in the north...
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Gaza: MSF UK Board member killed during Israeli offensive in Khan Younis
March 5, 20245 March 2024 - Médecins sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) is devastated about the death of Reem Abu Lebdeh, an associate trustee of the MSF UK Board and former staff member in Gaza, whom we believe was killed sometime in...
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MSF strongly condemns Israeli attack on Al-Mawasi shelter, killing two family members of an MSF colleague and injuring six
February 22, 2024Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) condemns in the strongest possible terms the killing of two MSF staff family members during an Israeli offensive on Al-Mawasi, Khan Younis, Gaza. Six other people were injured in the attack. Late on the...
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