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Lebanon: Humanitarian Scale-Up Urgently Needed
Tuesday, 21 April 2026, 7:15 am | Doctors Without Borders
Although a pause in attacks may bring some relief, people’s humanitarian needs remain urgent and immense. This includes the psychological impact of months of trauma caused by the killing, the displacement and lack of access to basic necessities. More >>
Record Level Of Attacks On Medical Care In Armed Conflict, As States Fail To Protect Civilians
Wednesday, 21 January 2026, 2:57 pm | Doctors Without Borders
The MSF report highlights a troubling decline in warring parties respecting IHL. This trend is evident in both statistical data and the statements made by government members, military figures, and others involved in armed conflicts. More >>
Israel’s Threat To Withhold Registration For NGOs: A Grave Blow To Humanitarian Aid In Gaza And The West Bank
Saturday, 3 January 2026, 4:26 pm | Doctors Without Borders
Allowing humanitarian aid is not a favour. It is an obligation under international law. Today, more than ever, Palestinians need more services not less. More >>
The Ceasefire Is Not The End Of The Extreme Suffering In Gaza: Palestinians Need Immediate Aid And Medical Evacuations
Wednesday, 22 October 2025, 12:37 pm | Doctors Without Borders
With medical evacuations from Gaza set to resume on 22 October following a suspension since 29 September, MSF is urging governments around the world to save lives by urgently and drastically increasing this vital lifeline. More >>
Risk Of Ethnic Cleansing In The West Bank: Israeli Forces & Settlers Forcing Palestinians From Their Land & Livelihoods
Saturday, 6 September 2025, 1:22 pm | Doctors Without Borders
More than at any point in its 36-year history of providing medical and psychological care in Palestine, MSF sees how the suffering wrought by the Israeli occupation has become normalized. More >>
Gaza: Israel Threatens To Ban Major Aid Organizations As Starvation Deepens
Thursday, 14 August 2025, 11:33 am | Doctors Without Borders
Instead of clearing the growing backlog of goods, Israeli authorities have rejected requests from dozens of NGOs to bring in lifesaving goods, citing that these organizations are “not authorized to deliver aid.” In July alone, over 60 requests were denied ... More >>
Aid Instrumentalised, Health System Under Fire: Gaza Is Being Deliberately Asphyxiated By Israeli Forces
Wednesday, 21 May 2025, 11:21 am | Doctors Without Borders
“The Israeli authorities’ decision to allow a ridiculously inadequate amount of aid into Gaza after months of an air-tight siege signals their intention to avoid the accusation of starving people in Gaza, while in fact keeping them barely surviving”, ... More >>
Israel’s New INGO Registration Measures Are A Grave Threat To Humanitarian Operations & International Law
Wednesday, 7 May 2025, 10:20 am | Doctors Without Borders
Under the new provisions, INGOs already registered in Israel may face de-registration, while new applicants risk rejection based on arbitrary, politicised allegations, such as “delegitimising Israel” or expressing support for accountability for ... More >>
Palestinians In Gaza Are Enduring One Of The Darkest Chapters Of The War
Friday, 25 April 2025, 7:37 am | Doctors Without Borders
The Israeli authorities’ use of aid as a political weapon, coupled with the imposition of arbitrary restrictions on international humanitarian actors, while maintaining the illusion of humanitarian access, is coercing humanitarian and medical actors ... More >>
Concern Over Planned Deportation Of Afghan Refugees In Pakistan
Monday, 7 April 2025, 3:16 pm | Doctors Without Borders
Since October 2023, over 800,000 people of Afghan origin have been deported from Pakistan. MSF medical teams report significant distress and uncertainty among Afghan communities in Pakistan about returning to Afghanistan. More >>
We Are Horrified By The Attacks Launched By Israel On The People Of Gaza, Shattering The Nearly Two-month-old Ceasefire
Wednesday, 19 March 2025, 12:59 pm | Doctors Without Borders
"Out of the hundreds killed, according to the Ministry of Health, MSF received 75 dead on arrival and scores of wounded in just three of the facilities we support." More >>
HAITI: MSF Vehicles Shot During Hospital Evacuation Amid Escalating Violence In Port-au-Prince
Tuesday, 18 March 2025, 4:12 pm | Doctors Without Borders
“This attack serves as stark reminder that no one is safe amidst the ongoing violence between armed groups and law enforcement. Despite our precautions, we have been targeted and this is unacceptable," says Benoit Vasseur, Head of Mission for MSF in Haiti. More >>
Israeli Authorities Must Stop Collective Punishment Of Palestinians And Use Of Aid As A Tool Of War
Wednesday, 12 March 2025, 12:10 pm | Doctors Without Borders
Israel's allies have purposefully ignored this grave violation of international humanitarian law and normalised this conduct. MSF also urges Israel’s allies, including United States, to refrain from normalising such actions & to act decisively to prevent Gaza ... More >>
Newborns And Other Patients At Risk As Nasser Hospital Has Run Out Of Fuel, MSF Warns
Thursday, 9 January 2025, 4:50 pm | Doctors Without Borders
As of 8 January, electricity for the MSF-supported Nasser hospital might be cut-off in some departments leaving people without lifesaving care. More >>
Humanitarian Relief Efforts Continue Amidst Growing Needs In Northeast Syria
Thursday, 12 December 2024, 6:45 pm | Doctors Without Borders
MSF calls for the protection of civilians and for all warring parties to take all necessary measures to avoid further suffering and displacement of Syrians. Additionally, we call for safe access of humanitarian organisations to affected population to allow ... More >>
Rafah Offensive: MSF Warns Of Catastrophic Consequences
Tuesday, 7 May 2024, 4:42 pm | Doctors Without Borders
Israel's military has reportedly begun ordering Palestinians to leave parts of eastern Rafah ahead of an operation in the southern Gaza city. About 100,000 people are being directed to head for an "expanded humanitarian area" in Khan Younis and al-Mawasi. More >>
News From Medecins Sans Frontieres
Tuesday, 26 March 2024, 10:15 am | Doctors Without Borders
After more than five months, the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has finally passed a resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire to the conflict in Gaza during the month of Ramadan, which ends on April 9. The resolution passed with 14 votes ... More >>
MSF Is Concerned For The Safety Of Patients And Medical Staff Trapped In Hospital Compound
Tuesday, 19 March 2024, 3:19 pm | Doctors Without Borders
As Israeli Forces announced on 18 March that they were conducting a military operation inside and around Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City, northern Gaza, MSF staff sheltering close by said heavy fighting was taking place. One of our staff members said he heard ... More >>
MSF Horrified By News Of 100 People Killed After IDF Reportedly Opened Fire On Palestinians Waiting For Aid Trucks
Friday, 1 March 2024, 11:39 am | Doctors Without Borders
“We are horrified by the latest news from Gaza City, where over 100 people were killed and about 750 wounded today, according to local health authorities, after Israeli forces reportedly opened fire as Palestinians were waiting to receive food ... More >>
MSF To UN Security Council: The People Of Gaza Need An Immediate And Sustained Ceasefire Now
Friday, 23 February 2024, 11:26 am | Doctors Without Borders
NEW YORK, February 22, 2024 —Christopher Lockyear, secretary general of the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), called today on the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to demand an immediate ... More >>
