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

#Gaza: How the Israeli army besieged and attacked #Nasser hospital - Timeline and thread🧵 The evidence at our disposal points to deliberate and repeated attacks by the Israeli forces against Nasser hospital, its patients and medical staff. This is based on testimonies, external sources and MSF logbook, in which daily information relating to MSF projects is recorded.

Our teams are witnessing a shocking increase in Israeli attacks against civilians in Jenin, the West Bank. Attacks on healthcare have also increased dramatically and become systematic... Amin was walking home when an Israeli soldier shot him in both legs. Despite there being a hospital next to the camp, the ambulance could not reach him for over 2 hours as Israeli Forces restricted the movement of ambulances, and cut off access to the hospital...

Jenin, West Bank: Israeli forces just shot and killed an unarmed teenage boy inside Khalil Suleiman hospital compound. Efforts to save his life from MSF and Ministry of Health doctors were in vain. This morning, Israeli forces stopped ambulances taking discharged patients home outside Khalil Suleiman hospital. Paramedics and ambulance drivers were ordered out of the ambulances, stripped and made to kneel in the street. The patients were left in the ambulances.

Al-Shifa hospital complex, the biggest health facility where MSF staff are still working, has been hit several times, including the maternity and outpatient departments, resulting in multiple deaths and injuries. #Gaza Despite regular attacks and shortages, the staff has managed to keep the hospital operational. Yesterday, Al-Shifa hospital lost electrical power.

Why is MSF calling on #Canada to ensure public spending on medical R&D is used for public health and not private profits? Because we have seen how it can save lives. A thread about #Ebola, Canadian science and the failure of the private sector. 1/12
bit.ly/3hF6WQn #DidYouKnow that Canadian government scientists first developed an #Ebola vaccine as early as 2001 — but that it was still not available more than a decade later to help end the West Africa Ebola epidemic that killed thousands of people between 2014-16? Here’s why not: 2/12