Gaza : comme des centaines d’autres personnes dans la bande de Gaza, Alaa Abd-Elsalam Ali Okal, un collègue de MSF, a été tué au petit matin du 18 mars, à la suite de la reprise des attaques israéliennes. De nombreuses personnes ont aussi été blessées lors de cette fin abrupte du cessez-le-feu. Nos pensées vont à sa famille.

#Gaza : MSF présente ses condoléances aux collègues du Bureau des Nations Unies pour les services d'appui aux projets (@UNOPS ) et aux familles des membres du personnel tués lors d’une explosion survenue le 19 mars. Cette explosion est survenue dans un complexe de l’@ONU_fr, situé hors d’une zone conflictuelle à Deir Al-Balah, au centre de #Gaza.

Nous sommes profondément choqués par cet incident meurtrier.

#Gaza: MSF dénonce fermement l’annonce d’Israël de bloquer l’assistance humanitaire à Gaza. L’assistance humanitaire ne devrait jamais être utilisée comme un outil de guerre. Indépendamment des négociations entre les parties belligérantes, les gens de #Gaza ont toujours besoin d’une augmentation immédiate et massive des approvisionnements.

#DRC: This morning, the security situation in #Uvira, #SouthKivu, is alarming, with armed clashes and looting in the city, preventing all movement, including ambulances.

Doctors Without Borders calls for the protection of civilians, the medical mission, and humanitarian access. Medical and humanitarian teams are at risk. Hospitals continue to receive injured people every day, including civilians.

We are concerned about access to healthcare for all and are trying to send medical reinforcements as soon as possible.

#Palestine: On Feb. 10, the Israeli military conducted forced demolitions in Khallet Athaba and Jinba, in the southern occupied #WestBank, destroying 11 homes and forcibly displacing more than 50 Palestinians. “These house demolitions are part of an increasingly coercive and oppressive environment, following a systematic pattern aimed at pushing Palestinian communities out of their homes and away from their properties.” says Chloe Janssen, Doctors Without Borders’ project coordinator.

The forced displacement of people by Israeli forces in Al-Far’a refugee camp, in Tubas, #WestBank, is appalling and it follows the displacement of already 38,000 people in #Jenin and #Tulkarem. Forced evacuations and the widespread destruction occurring in the West Bank follow an alarming pattern of oppression and have a severe impact on people’s health and their living conditions. In response, MSF is supporting displaced families with basic hygiene kits and medicines.

Ce matin, d'intenses combats ont eu lieu à Al Mawasi, sud de #Gaza; bombardements et tirs ont coincé 12 membres de notre équipe à la maison et 30 autres au bureau MSF. «Des chars ont envahi la zone. Terrifiés, nous sommes restés allongés au sol pendant des heures, les tirs semblaient venir directement vers nous», raconte l’un d’entre eux.

This morning, amidst intense fighting in #AlMawasi, a densely populated area in southern #Gaza, 12 of our team members and their families were surrounded by bombing and heavy shootings in their homes, while more than 30 others were trapped in our office. "Tanks were invading the area where we live. It was terrifying. We were lying on the ground in our homes for hours and it seemed like the gun fire was coming directly towards us.” says a staff member trapped in #AlMawasi.

Selon les informations recueillies par les équipes de MSF, le 3 décembre, les forces israéliennes ont fait une incursion en Cisjordanie. Elles ont ouvert le feu à l’intérieur de l’hôpital turc de Tubas, avec lequel MSF collabore, détenu du personnel, intimidé les patients et patientes et causé des dommages à la salle d’urgence.

On Nov. 10, Israeli authorities blocked, without explanation, the medical evacuation of eight children and their caretakers from Gaza who are in need of medical care, including a two-year-old with leg amputations, to the MSF hospital in Jordan. We strongly denounce this decision. “It's utterly shocking and outrageous that children who need essential treatment are being blocked by Israel from leaving #Gaza. Israel’s denial of urgent medical evacuations defies reason and humanity.” says Moeen Mahmood, MSF country director in Jordan.

Le 13 novembre, vers 11 heures, une frappe aérienne a touché la zone densément peuplée d’Al Mawasi, Khan Younis, au sud de #Gaza, faisant des victimes. MSF n’a eu que quelques minutes pour évacuer sa clinique située à environ 250 mètres du lieu de l’attaque. « L’explosion a été énorme. Nous n’avons pas reçu d’ordre officiel d’évacuation de la part des forces israéliennes, nous avons été prévenus par des gens qui habitent le secteur. Le personnel, les patients et les patientes ont fui la clinique. Nous...

On Nov. 13 at around 11am, an airstrike hit the densely populated zone of Al Mawasi, Khan Younis, South #Gaza, with casualties reported. MSF only had a few minutes to evacuate its healthcare clinic located around 250m away from the place of the attack. “The blast was huge. We didn’t receive an official evacuation order from Israeli forces we were notified by the residents. Both staff & patients fled the clinic. We later found the facility with equipment destroyed, and shrapnel damaged the desalination plant.” - MSF Coordinator.

On 25 October, a residential area in the eastern Ukrainian city of #Dnipro came under attack. At least 21 people were injured, and five people, including a child, lost their lives. “MSF condemns this Russian attack on a residential area, including the hospital where MSF ambulances refer patients. Our teams remain committed to providing aid in the region as long as needed,” says Thomas Marchese, MSF’s chief emergency coordinator in Ukraine.

Medical needs are overwhelming in #Gaza.

In the four weeks since opening our second field hospital in Deir Al Balah, we carried out 10,962 outpatient consultations, 40% of whom were children under 14.

Today, our teams expanded activities to include pediatric hospitalization. We already see many children suffering from skin and respiratory tract infections - a direct result of the dire living conditions in the overcrowded camps. With winter approaching, we anticipate being overwhelmed by the number of severely ill children requiring specialized care.

We are devastated after the loss of Nasser Hamdi Abdelatif Al Shalfouh on Oct. 10, our colleague, who was killed by shrapnel injuries to his legs and chest he suffered on Oct. 8 in #Jabalia, North #Gaza.

Jabalia has been under attacks by Israeli forces since Oct. 7. Nasser joined MSF as a driver in March 2023, but has not been working since the war started as our activities in North #Gaza were severely affected. After being injured, he received care at Al Awda Hospital for his injuries before being moved to Kamal Adwan Hospital...

As Israeli forces continue to bomb Gaza, the health system is on its knees. Today, MSF opened a second field hospital in Deir Al Balah and have begun outpatient consultations. The expansion of other services depends on Israeli authorities, who have delayed supplies entering Gaza. The new field hospital is only needed due to the destruction of the healthcare system.

The best way to provide care for the population in #Gaza is to protect and support the existing facilities while allowing safe access to them.

Israeli forces issued an evacuation order in the vicinity of MSF-supported Al Aqsa Hospital, Deir Al Balah, Central Gaza, urging people to flee.

An explosion approximately 250 meters away triggered panic with many choosing to leave the hospital. 1/4 As a result, MSF is considering whether to suspend wound care for the time being, while trying to maintain life-saving treatment. From around 650 patients, only 100 remain in the hospital, with 7 in intensive care unit according to the Ministry of Health. 2/4

“People have no belongings left, nowhere left to go. There is no room to put tents up. The overcrowding, the severe lack of water and minimal sanitation services is fuelling the spread of diseases. We are unable to keep up with the overwhelming needs.” #Gaza 1/6 “The continuous forced displacement of people is inhumane.” Project coordinator Jacob Granger.
People, including MSF staff, are fleeing to different areas of Al Mawasi Gaza where hundreds of thousands are cramped in dire conditions after Israeli forces gave evacuation orders 2/6

On Saturday, Doctors Without Borders and the Ministry of Health suspended all activities in South Hospital, Al Fasher, North #Darfur, after RSF soldiers stormed the facility, opened fire, and looted it, including stealing an MSF ambulance. At the time of the incursion, there were only 10 patients and a reduced medical team as MSF and Ministry of Health teams had started transferring patients and medical services to other facilities earlier this week due to intensified fighting.

Following intense bombings by Israeli forces this Saturday morning in the Middle Area of #Gaza, our teams are working along medical staff at Al-Aqsa and Nasser hospitals to treat an overwhelming number of severely injured patients, many of whom are women and children. "It's a nightmare at Al-Aqsa. There have been back-to-back mass casualties as densely populated areas are bombed. It’s way beyond what anyone could deal with in a functional hospital, let alone with the scarce resources we have here,” says Samuel Johann, MSF coordinator in Gaza.

Al-Awda hospital in #Gaza is being forced to close following a terrifying four-day siege, the latest in a series of systematic attacks on healthcare by Israeli forces.

Staff and patients were forced to leave one of the only hospitals still functioning in the north of Gaza. 1/4 MSF has been working in partnership with Al-Awda hospital since 2018.

The hospital kept functioning since the start of the war despite horrendous conditions and amid constant attacks on healthcare. 2/4