Our response to the Israel-Gaza war

October 20, 2023

At 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...

Unconditional humanity needs to be restored in Gaza

October 17, 2023

Dr 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...

MSF calls on the Israeli authorities to show humanity

October 14, 2023

GAZA - 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...

Indiscriminate violence and the collective punishment of Gaza must cease

October 12, 2023

GAZA, 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,...

Gaza: MSF performs surgeries, donates supplies amid overcrowded facilities

October 8, 2023

Médecins 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...

Gaza: Caught in a Cycle of Destruction

August 26, 2022

Sakhar 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...

Gaza: Some wounds never heal

May 24, 2022

From 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...