Acknowledgement of Country

We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land upon which we create and meet, the Gadigal of the Eora Nation. We pay our respect to their Elders past and present, and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.

Always was, always will be, Aboriginal land.

Sharing insights from our work in Gaza

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The temporary ceasefire agreement in Gaza is a relief, but it arrived more than 465 days and 46,000 lives too late. Humanitarian needs have risen to catastrophic levels.

While this temporary cessation of fighting and bombing must be both respected and sustained, this is only the beginning of addressing the immense humanitarian, psychological, and medical needs in Gaza.

For more than 15 months, hospital rooms have been filled with patients with severed limbs and other life-altering trauma, caused by strikes, and distressed people searching for the bodies of their family members. Health facilities and medical staff have been attacked, and nine MSF colleagues have been killed during this war. Meanwhile, the number of people arbitrarily detained from Gaza and the West Bank is appalling.

MSF remains committed to working around the clock to provide care to people in Gaza. Humanitarian needs have risen to catastrophic levels; meeting even a fraction of these needs will only be possible through a rapid and massive scale-up of global humanitarian aid into and within the Strip.

Agenda

  • Introduction
  • Panel discussion
    • Dr Mohammed (Abu Abed) Abu Mughaisib is the deputy medical coordinator for MSF's operations in Palestine. He holds degrees in both medicine and mental health and has worked with MSF for 23 years. Last year, he was forced to flee his home in Gaza City and was displaced multiple times thereafter. While his wife and children managed to cross the border into Egypt, Abu Abed continues to provide lifesaving care as a critical member of our project team in Palestine.
    • Suzel Wiegert is an emergency nurse from Sydney. She's been working for MSF since 2017, and has done 10 assignments in total including in Ukraine, Syria, Iraq, Haiti, Kenya and on a search and rescue ship in the Mediterranean. She spent two months working in Gaza at the end of 2024 and is returning to Gaza in mid-March. In between her assignments with MSF, she works as a remote area nurse in First Nations communities and also volunteers with 'Street side Medics' who provide free healthcare to homeless people in Sydney.
  • Q&A - we answer your questions!

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