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Lebanon: Israel’s bombardment causes unprecedented mass displacement of people, urgent humanitarian needs
Lebanon is experiencing the most significant escalation of conflict since the 2006 Lebanon War, with close to 1,300 people killed over a span of 16 days, between Sept. 16 and Oct. 1, according to Lebanon’s Ministry of Public Health.
Global mapathon: support humanitarian action directly from Luxembourg
In November, take part in our mapathon in Esch-sur-Alzette. This mapathon is part of Geo Week and a global mapathon organized jointly by several sections of the MSF movement.
Israel’s all-out war on Gaza must end and its allies must stop enabling it
For a year now, Israel has carried out unmitigated slaughter in the Gaza Strip, Palestine. Since the atrocities committed by Hamas on 7 October 2023, Israeli forces have pursued an all-out war on people in the Gaza Strip.
Testimonies: “That night was like a horror movie”
Following the large-scale Israeli bombardment in Lebanon over the past week, hundreds of thousands of Lebanese families have been forced out of their houses and pushed on the roads, in a desperate search of a safe place.
"We are in a safe place, for now"
Maryam, our field communications manager from Beirut, reported from a car as she fled, describing scenes of chaos in the southern suburbs of Beirut.
DRC: MSF publishes alarming figures on sexual violence admissions
In a retrospective report, MSF announced that – together with the Ministry of Health – it had treated an unprecedented number of victims and survivors of sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 2023, and that this upward trend continued in the first months of 2024.
“With every attack, lives are lost, including children. The future is uncertain, and deciding what to do is very difficult.”
MSF is scaling up its response to the increasing needs in Lebanon, and will continue to donate mattresses, blankets and hygiene kits. MSF is coordinating three mobile clinics that visit shelters and schools where displaced people have taken shelter.
Yet again, Italian authorities punish MSF rescue ship with two detention orders
On 23 September 2024, the Italian authorities imposed yet another punitive measure on the Geo Barents, the search and rescue vessel operated by MSF for performing its legal and humanitarian duty to save lives at sea.
Beirut plunged into chaos, MSF works around the clock
The night of the 27th of September, a series of explosions and bombings shook densely populated areas in southern Beirut. The situation is chaotic. MSF teams are working tirelessly to provide water, essential items, and psychological first aid.