For almost a full 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. People have been repeatedly displaced and forced into smaller and smaller areas under bombardments and increasingly inhumane conditions.

For almost a full 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. People have been repeatedly displaced and forced into smaller and smaller areas under bombardments and increasingly inhumane conditions.

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 following the large-scale Israeli bombardment in Lebanon over the past week. 

Dr Trudy Rosenwald, who has worked as a mental health activity manager with Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in Bangladesh, explains the connection between physical and mental health.

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 following the large-scale Israeli bombardment in Lebanon over the past week. 

Following the heavy airstrikes over the weekend and the past week, MSF teams in Lebanon have been working around the clock to support people in shelters with water trucking, psychologist first aid, and donations of non-food items in and around Beirut. Many shelters are now overwhelmed in what is being described as the largest wave of displacement in Lebanon’s history.

Following the heavy airstrikes over the weekend and the past week, MSF teams in Lebanon have been working around the clock to support people in shelters with water trucking, psychologist first aid, and donations of non-food items in and around Beirut. Many shelters are now overwhelmed in what is being described as the largest wave of displacement in Lebanon’s history.

In response to the Israeli bombings in Lebanon, Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF) is responding to increasing healthcare needs and the needs of those displaced. 

In response to the Israeli bombings in Lebanon, Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF) is responding to increasing healthcare needs and the needs of those displaced. 

The results of a nutrition screening carried out by the Sudanese health authorities and Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF) earlier this month in Zamzam camp, North Darfur, indicate a catastrophic nutritional situation that is only getting worse.

MSF urges the UN and international stakeholders involved in negotiating broader humanitarian access to consider all options to quickly deliver food and essential supplies in the area.