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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

Urgent Appeal for Humanitarian Action in Sudan: Alarming Death Rates and Desperate Malnutrition Crisis Grips Zamzam Camp, North Darfur

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A rapid nutrition and mortality assessment carried out by the medical humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) reveals that a catastrophic situation has unfolded in Zamzam camp, North Darfur, since the conflict in Sudan began in April 2023. All emergency thresholds for malnutrition have been reached and MSF is calling for an immediate, coordinated and … 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

After sixteen years, MSF hands over emergency services in Chaman, Balochistan

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After sixteen years, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is handing over its emergency room (ER) services at the district Headquarters (DHQ) hospital to the medical authorities in Chaman, a town 130 kilometers north of Quetta, on the border between Balochistan and Afghanistan. The ER was initially established in 2007 to ensure emergency care for … Read more

With Nasser hospital out of commission, people in southern Gaza run out of healthcare options

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Amid ongoing heavy fighting and bombing in Khan Younis, South Gaza, Palestine/OPT, vital medical services have collapsed at Nasser hospital, currently the largest functioning health facility in the enclave. Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF) deplores a situation in which people have been left with no options to go for treatment in case of a … Read more

Inside Gaza: “Staying alive is only a matter of luck”

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Ricardo Martinez is a logistics coordinator with Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) who is just back from four weeks in Gaza. We know that the humanitarian situation in Gaza is horrific. What did you witness personally? “First of all, an immediate and sustained ceasefire is needed in Gaza. But I also insist on raising … Read more