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Two months into the war, Israel’s unrelenting, indiscriminate strikes on Gaza have turned the north of the Strip into a pile of rubble and are now hitting the Middle Area and the south with increasing brutality. The suffering of Palestinians trapped in Gaza can no longer be put into words. With nearly the entire 2.2 […]
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In the dim light of a hospital room, Amin, 17, is lying on a bed after being shot in both legs by Israeli Forces on 19 November 2023, during a ground and air assault on Jenin refugee camp in the northern West Bank. Prior to October 7th in 2023, Israeli Forces had killed 205 Palestinians […]
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On December 12, Canada joined 153 nations and voted in favour of a United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) resolution that called for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza. The resolution also reiterated the UNGA’s demand for all parties to comply with their obligations under international law, including the protection of civilians. The non-binding UNGA resolution […]
Earlier today, an MSF surgeon was injured inside Al-Awda hospital in north Gaza by a shot fired from outside the facility. Our colleagues report snipers surrounding the hospital, firing on those inside. Al-Awda has been under total siege by Israeli forces since 5 December. “Let us be clear: Al Awda is a functioning hospital with […]
Read More… from Northern Gaza: MSF surgeon injured in Al-Awda hospital
“The US veto makes it complicit in the carnage in Gaza,” said Avril Benoît, Executive Director of MSF-USA. Today, Dec. 8, the United Nations Security Council failed to adopt a resolution demanding a ceasefire in Gaza—blocked by a veto from the United States. The Security Council held an emergency meeting to discuss the humanitarian catastrophe in […]
Read More… from MSF calls US veto of Gaza ceasefire resolution “a vote against humanity”
The United Nations Security Council must demand an immediate and sustained ceasefire, to lift the siege and ensure unrestricted aid to the entire Gaza Strip. To date, the inaction of the United Nations Security Council and vetoes from member states, particularly the United States, make them complicit in the ongoing slaughter; this inaction has given […]
Read More… from Gaza: The UN Security Council must end its complicity in the ongoing carnage
Since the fragile truce in the Gaza Strip, the Occupied Palestinian Territories, collapsed on Dec. 1, aerial and ground attacks by Israeli forces have resulted in hundreds of people killed and injured. Two hospitals supported by Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) – Al-Aqsa in the Middle Area and Nasser in the south of the […]
On 18 November 2023, an MSF evacuation convoy came under fire in Gaza city. Two people were killed in what immediately appeared as a deliberate attack against clearly identified MSF cars. Both were family members of MSF staff, one of them was also a volunteer supporting MSF medical teams at Al-Shifa hospital. Two weeks later, […]
This morning, the truce broke after a week. Israeli forces have called for people in some neighbourhoods in the Middle Area and Khan Younis to evacuate further south to Rafah. MSF-supported clinics Martyrs and Beni Suhaila are located in areas under the evacuation order. Nearly a million internally displaced people in the Strip have sought shelter in the south of Gaza, […]
Read More… from Gaza: Israeli forces issue evacuation orders as fighting resumes
Following the outbreak of war in early October between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip, Palestine, Israeli forces have repeatedly pushed people to move from the north of Gaza to the south. Today, the humanitarian situation in the south of Gaza is dire and unsafe. Intense bombardment and fighting have uprooted over 1.8 million […]
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