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,...

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...

MSF condemns denial of medical access in Jenin during the largest military raid in the West Bank since 2002

July 4, 2023

Jenin, Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT), July 3, 2023 – MSF staff are currently providing emergency healthcare in the northern West Bank city of Jenin, following a large-scale raid by Israeli forces in the city’s refugee camp, the largest in the...

License for violence: unrestrained settlers bring unprecedented hardships for Palestinians

June 15, 2023

As Israeli settlements grow throughout the West Bank, incidents involving settlers are at an all-time high. With Israeli forces failing to prevent violence and sometimes enabling it, Palestinians are more exposed to brutality than ever. In areas of heavy settler...

Occupied Palestinian Territories: MSF denounces Israeli plan to forcibly displace Palestinian residents from Masafer Yatta

January 20, 2023

Occupied Palestinian Territories, 19 January 2023 – Some 1,000 Palestinians are to be evicted from their homes in the Masafer Yatta area of the West Bank, according to a plan approved by the newly sworn-in Israeli government. The move has...

Palestine: MSF helps hospitals and volunteers prepare for casualties

April 16, 2022

Each 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...