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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. 

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has heavily condemned an attack in Gaza City where Israeli forces reportedly opened fire on a large group of Palestinians while they waited for food from humanitarian aid trucks. 

Restrictions on aid and a lack of protection for humanitarian staff makes it nearly impossible to provide care in Gaza.

In complete defiance of worldwide calls for an enduring ceasefire, Israel has stated it will carry out a ground offensive on Rafah threatening the lives of more than one million Palestinians. 

Médecins Sans Frontières (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.

In Gaza, 1.5 million now seek refuge in Rafah, in the south. Continuous displacement over four months has left them with little to hold onto.

Medical staff and patients are being put in danger in a place where they should be protected.

Marie-Aure Perreaut Revial has recently returned from Gaza, where she worked as the emergency coordinator for MSF. Here she bears witness to the experiences of the MSF staff and patients she met during her time there.

Al-Shifa, the largest hospital in the Gaza Strip, is still standing, but it is badly damaged and barely functional and it has transformed into a camp for some 50,000 displaced people.