Médecins sans Frontières is devastated about the death Reem Abu Lebdeh, an associate trustee of the MSF UK Board and former staff member in Gaza, whom we believe was killed sometime in December 2023. Though the exact circumstances and date of Reem’s death remain unclear, we believe she was killed...
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...
“About six months ago, everything was shelled – the medical point, the pharmacy, and all the infrastructure destroyed… but it wasn’t the end,” says Liudmyla Karatsiuba. “We built houses, we strengthened our community.” Liudmyla is a resident near Kupiansk, one of the most volatile areas on the...
Christopher Lockyear, secretary general of the Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), called today on the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to demand an immediate and sustained ceasefire in Gaza. Addressing the Council at its monthly meeting on Gaza, Lockyear also called for the unequivocal...
Médecins Sans Frontières is outraged that medical staff and patients are still trapped after Israeli forces attacked and raided Nasser hospital in Khan Younis, Gaza, on 15 February. Some 130 patients and at least 15 healthcare workers are still in the hospital with no electricity or running water...
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, the largest medical facility in southern Gaza. On 13 February, an Israeli military bulldozer destroyed the north gate of...
Following heavy fighting in Abyei Special Administrative Area over the past weeks, MSF is deeply saddened by the tragic loss of two of our South Sudanese colleagues, who were caught in the midst of violent events. Dr. Sigrid Lamberg, MSF's Head of Mission in South Sudan, extends a tribute to the...
MSF calls for urgent, mass mobilisation of international community to save lives A rapid nutrition and mortality assessment carried out by 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...
Amid ongoing heavy fighting and bombing in Khan Younis, south Gaza, vital medical services have collapsed at Nasser hospital, currently the largest functioning health facility in the enclave. Médecins Sans Frontières deplores a situation in which people have been left with no options to go for...
