MSF in Gaza

Gaza: MSF report denounces “silent killings” due to preventable diseases and lack of access to medical care

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Gaza’s healthcare system has been devastated, with men, women and children at increasing risk of acute malnutrition and with their physical and mental health deteriorating rapidly, according to a report released today by Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) entitled Gaza’s Silent Killings: The destruction of the healthcare system and the struggle for survival in Rafah. … Read more

Gaza: Al-Shifa hospital destroyed

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MSF 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 are left with even fewer healthcare options. Access to Al-Shifa hospital was impossible for days, … Read more

Gaza: MSF UK Board member killed during Israeli offensive in Khan Younis

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5 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 December 2023. Though the exact circumstances and date of Reem’s death remain unclear, we believe … Read more

MSF strongly condemns Israeli attack on Al-Mawasi shelter, killing two family members of an MSF colleague and injuring six

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Médecins 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 evening of 20 February, Israeli forces conducted a military operation in Al-Mawasi, located on Gaza’s … Read more

Gaza: Evacuation orders and forced displacement jeopardise continuity of care for wounded

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The war in Gaza has displaced some 1.5 million people to Rafah, in the southern corner of the Gaza Strip. Over the past four months, most people in Rafah have been displaced multiple times carrying what few belongings they have left. Plastic tents have been erected on every available piece of land, on the streets … Read more

In war-torn Gaza, displaced people forced to evacuate Nasser hospital have nowhere to go

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Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) strongly condemns the decision by Israeli Forces to issue an evacuation order to thousands of displaced people sheltering inside Nasser hospital, in Khan Yunis, the largest medical facility in southern Gaza. On 13 February, an Israeli military bulldozer destroyed the north gate of the hospital grounds and ordered displaced … Read more

Witness to Resilience: Inside Gaza’s Al-Aqsa Hospital with MSF’s Marie-Aure Perreaut Revial

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Marie-Aure Perreaut Revial has recently returned from Gaza, where she worked as the emergency coordinator for MSF. Here she bears witness to the experiences of the MSF staff and patients she met during her time there. Daily, dozens of patients are rushed into the Emergency Department of Al Aqsa Shohada Hospital, in Gaza’s Middle Area. … Read more

Gaza: “Staff at Al-Shifa are struggling to care for patients because the needs are huge”

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Last November, Al-Shifa hospital, located in Gaza City, Palestine was brought to a standstill after the Israeli army massively bombed the area around the facility. The hospital was hit several times, then surrounded before being evacuated.  The largest hospital in the Gaza Strip was gradually transformed into a camp for displaced people, and now houses … Read more

UNRWA funding cuts jeopardise lifeline for millions in Palestine

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Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is deeply alarmed by the decision of some countries to suspend their funding to UNRWA, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, which is a lifeline for millions of Palestinians in Gaza Strip, the West Bank and the region. In the Gaza strip, the humanitarian crisis has reached … Read more