Here's our call for Gaza:
We ask world leaders and organisations to exert their influence in favour of a ceasefire that will spare the lives of Gazans and restore the flow of humanitarian aid.
We ask Israel to lift the siege to allow increased and continuous humanitarian supplies to cross into Gaza.
Protection for civilians and healthcare personnel and facilities on both sides, at all times; hospitals and ambulances are not targets.
Basic guarantees of safety to enable our teams to move to provide humanitarian and medical services.
Access to people in need of medical care and humanitarian aid, including the sick and wounded.
People to be afforded safe access to essential supplies like food and water and health facilities.
Increased essential humanitarian supplies like medicine, medical equipment, food, fuel and water must be allowed to enter the Gaza enclave.
Those who wish to leave must be able to do so safely without prejudicing their future option to come back.
In the West Bank, for Israeli authorities to put an end to the violence and forced displacements of Palestinians.
Israeli authorities must stop implementing restrictive measures in the West Bank that impede the ability of Palestinians to access basic services, including medical care.
Airdrops and sea routes are no alternative to aid delivery by land.
We call all on States, in particular the US, UK, and allied EU Member States, to do everything in their power to influence Israel to adopt a ceasefire and to stop supporting the ongoing siege and the continuing attacks against civilian and civilian infrastructures in Gaza.
All this MUST STOP NOW.
Israel's all-out war on Gaza must end and its allies must stop supporting it
MSF calls on the UN for an immediate and lasting ceasefire
Christopher Lockyear, Secretary General of MSF, called on the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on 22 February 2024 to demand an immediate and durable ceasefire in Gaza. Addressing the Council at its monthly meeting on Gaza, Lockyear also called for unequivocal protection of medical facilities, staff and patients.
The consequences of casting international humanitarian law to the wind will reverberate well beyond Gaza. It will be an enduring burden on our collective conscience. This is not just political inaction—it has become political complicity.”
On December 21, 2023, Médecins Sans Frontières, Unicef, Friddens Platform, CPCJO, CELL and Amnesty International joined forces in a joint press release to express their deep concern at the humanitarian tragedy and ongoing violations in Gaza and the West Bank; and their demands.
On December 11, 2023, Médecins Sans Frontières Luxembourg, Handicap International, CARE Luxembourg and UNICEF Luxembourg are joining forces in a joint statement to warn of the catastrophic humanitarian situation in Gaza and call for a ceasefire and increased humanitarian aid.
What is MSF doing in Gaza?
As of October 2, MSF currently operates in two hospitals (Al-Aqsa hospital, Nasser Hospital), two recently opened field hospitals in Deir Al Balah, and eight healthcare facilities and two Field Hospital in Deir Al Balah.
Our teams are offering surgical support, wound care, physiotherapy, post-partum care, basic healthcare, vaccinations, and mental health services. However, systematic sieges and evacuation orders on various hospitals are pushing our activities onto an ever-smaller territory and limiting our response.
Témoignages de nos équipes sur le terrain: ce qu'un cessez-le-feu représente pour la population à Gaza
Depuis près d'un an, Israël se livre à un véritable massacre dans la bande de Gaza, en Palestine. Depuis les atrocités commises par le Hamas le 7 octobre 2023, qui ont fait jusqu'à 1 200 morts et 250 otages, les forces israéliennes ont mené une guerre totale contre la population de la bande de Gaza, tuant plus de 41 500 personnes et en blessant plus de 96 000. La population a été déplacée à plusieurs reprises et contrainte de s'entasser dans des zones de plus en plus petites sous les bombardements et dans des conditions de plus en plus inhumaines.
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