MSF updates from Al Aqsa hospital and northern Gaza

MSF mourns and condemns the tragic killing of our colleague in northern Gaza

14 October - Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders are mourning the loss of 31-year-old Nasser Hamdi Abdelatif Al Shalfouh, our MSF colleague. Nasser was killed by shrapnel injuries he suffered to his legs and chest on 8 October in Jabalia, North Gaza. Since 7 October, Jabalia has been under relentless attacks by Israeli forces, and people have remained trapped since then without being able to flee.

Gaza update - Israeli airstrike in Deir Al Balah

The invisible wounds of Syria that quietly deepen

“At the end of a suicide awareness session, my patients told me, ‘We love life if we find a way to it,’ quoting the renowned Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish,” says Romeza Al shekh , a Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) mental health activity manager in northwest Syria. “People have a deep attachment to life, even in the face of so much suffering.”   

South Sudan: The Overlooked Mental Health Crisis: Navigating Unforgettable Loss and the Struggle to Heal

In South Sudan, mental health issues are overshadowed by poverty, violence, and displacement. Neglected by the health system and confronted by deep-rooted stigma, many people face their mental health struggles in silence, enduring a daily battle that goes unseen and unheard. 

The Hidden Struggle: Mental Health Crisis Among Refugees and Migrants in Greece

Athens Greece, October 09, 2024 - "It's difficult for many of them, because they have to prove their vulnerability in legal terms. It's emotionally dehumanizing that I need to prove what has happened to me for a basic human right, which is safety."

Israeli forces pushing people from north Gaza to the south will only worsen the humanitarian catastrophe

Israeli evacuation orders for parts of northern Gaza, issued on 7 October, are pushing tens of thousands of people to immediately flee south as the area is targeted by airstrikes and a ground offensive. In this latest forced mass displacement, residents of Beit Hanoun, Jabalia and Beit Lahia have been urged to move to the overcrowded, so-called humanitarian zone between Al-Mawasi and Deir Al-Balah, where one million people are already living in inhumane conditions. The zone also remains unsafe for civilians and aid workers, as Israeli forces continue to repeatedly strike the area.

Lebanon: Israel’s bombardment causes unprecedented mass displacement of people, urgent humanitarian needs

Oct. 4, 2024 - “I hope we can return to our houses; if there are houses to go back to,” says Alia (name changed to protect anonymity), a displaced mother in Barja, Mount Lebanon.