Gaza: An urgent call from Al-Shifa

November 14, 2023

After losing contact with MSF staff trapped inside Al-Shifa Hospital while it was under attack, we were able to reach a member of our team this morning. This is what they told us. Please note that the situation at Al-Shifa...

Patients and medical staff trapped in hospitals under fire – Attacks must stop now

November 11, 2023

Over the past 24 hours, hospitals in Gaza have been under relentless bombardment. Al-Shifa hospital complex, the biggest health facility where MSF staff are still working, has been hit several times, including the maternity and outpatient departments, resulting in multiple...

Israeli forces and settlers ramp up violence against Palestinians in West Bank

November 9, 2023

It’s 2.30 am and doctors are huddling outside the entrance to Jenin hospital in the West Bank in the occupied Palestinian territories. A brief lull in the ricocheting gunfire is followed by the sound of men shouting and the screeching...

MSF mourns the killing of our colleague in Gaza

November 8, 2023

Today, we are mourning the loss of one of our team members in Gaza, Mohammed Al Ahel, who was killed along with several members of his family on 6 November. Mohammed had been a laboratory technician for MSF for over...

Gazans displaced in West Bank long to return home

November 5, 2023

Thousands 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...

Gaza: MSF staff successfully cross to Egypt

November 2, 2023

MSF's international staff in Gaza were permitted to leave following negotiations for foreign passport holders and international aid workers. All Médecins Sans Frontières international staff unable to leave Gaza since 7 October have successfully crossed the Egypt border via the...

MSF: Immediate ceasefire is needed in Gaza to stop the bloodshed

October 29, 2023

Médecins 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...

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...

A day in the life of the Gaza War

October 20, 2023

Israa 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...

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,...