Gazans displaced in West Bank long to return home
November 5, 2023Thousands of Gazans working in Israel had their permits cancelled after 7 October 2023. Following the attacks carried out by Hamas on 7 October, thousands of Gazans working in Israel had their permits cancelled. According to the Palestinian Ministry of...
Read moreMSF: Immediate ceasefire is needed in Gaza to stop the bloodshed
October 29, 2023Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) calls for an immediate ceasefire to prevent more deaths in Gaza and allow desperately needed humanitarian supplies in. Since Friday 27 October, the bombing by the Israeli forces has intensified to a degree not seen until...
Read moreOur response to the Israel-Gaza war
October 20, 2023At Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), we are grieving the widespread suffering and death stemming from the eruption of full-scale war in Israel and Gaza. We are calling for all parties to the conflict to ensure the safety of...
Read moreA day in the life of the Gaza War
October 20, 2023Israa Ali is an interpreter with Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) based in Jabalia, north Gaza. She has been displaced by the bombardments for days and shares her experience taking shelter with her children under the bombardments. Words fail me to...
Read moreUnconditional humanity needs to be restored in Gaza
October 17, 2023Dr Christos Christou is International President of Médecins Sans Frontières. Mass killing of civilians is sickening and must be condemned in all possible terms. Horrific violence has been wreaked over the last 10 days. Thousands of men, women and children have been...
Read moreMSF calls on the Israeli authorities to show humanity
October 14, 2023GAZA - As the ultimatum given to the population expires, MSF calls on the Israeli authorities to show humanity. Despite Israeli announcements suggesting that there are safe areas for the population trapped in the Gaza Strip, they are in fact exposed...
Read moreIndiscriminate violence and the collective punishment of Gaza must cease
October 12, 2023GAZA, BARCELONA, BRUSSELS, PARIS — Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is horrified by the brutal mass killing of civilians perpetrated by Hamas, and by the massive attacks on Gaza, Palestine, now being pursued by Israel. MSF calls for an immediate cessation to the indiscriminate bloodshed,...
Read moreGaza: MSF performs surgeries, donates supplies amid overcrowded facilities
October 8, 2023Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is providing surgical and inpatient care, while preparing a medicine and medical consumables donation to hospitals and health facilities, in Gaza today. “Health facilities need this equipment because of the many injured patients,” says Ayman Al-Djaroucha, MSF...
Read moreGaza: Caught in a Cycle of Destruction
August 26, 2022Sakhar was asleep when a bomb hit his family home in Gaza City, and even then, he knew exactly what was happening. That was before he lost consciousness, before being transported to the hospital, before coming to and realizing that...
Read moreGaza: Some wounds never heal
May 24, 2022From 10 to 21 May 2021, Israeli airstrikes and shelling on the Gaza Strip killed 256 people, including 66 children. Around 2,000 Palestinians were injured during the bombing, including over 600 children, some of whom sustained injuries resulting in long-term disabilities such as loss of...
Read morePalestine: MSF helps hospitals and volunteers prepare for casualties
April 16, 2022Each year thousands of Palestinians suffer from conflict-related violence. In 2021 alone, Israeli forces and settlers injured more than 18,300 people across Palestine. To improve the capacity of Palestinians to respond to people’s medical needs, teams from Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières...
Read moreSurviving Gaza: the hopes and perils of living under blockade
August 2, 2021Over one month since a ceasefire came into force between the Israeli government and Hamas, Palestinians in the Gaza Strip feel unsafe and fear another round of hostilities. Twelve-year-old Mohanned was in the car with his aunt on 11 May...
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