Following an Israeli air strike that hit a camp for displaced people tonight in Tal Al Sultan, Rafah, Gaza, dozens of wounded and more than 15 dead people were brought to the trauma stabilization point that we support.
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🔴 Gaza:
“The impact of an offensive on Rafah will have disastrous effects for over a million people,” says Aurélie Godard, MSF medical team lead in Gaza.
“Living conditions all over Gaza are already extremely precarious. They will just get worse for people who are being displaced again and will have to live in makeshift tents with extremely limited access to basic necessities such as water... 🧵
CASE DISMISSED‼️
After 7 years of fallacious accusations, the Tribunal of Trapani in #Italy dismissed all the allegations against MSF and the other search and rescue #NGOs falsely accused of aiding and abetting illegal immigration in the #Mediterranean.
🔴BREAKING
Yesterday night, the @MSF rescue ship #GeoBarents received a 20-day detention order from the Italian authorities - under the Decree Law 1/2023. This is the 20th time a humanitarian ship got detained under this law.
“There are people everywhere. There are patients recovering and waiting to go into surgery on the floor.”
Secretary General @Chris_lockyear describes the crowded conditions at Al-Aqsa hospital, in the Middle Area in #Gaza.
Two @MSF cars, clearly marked, were hit in #Gaza while attempting to evacuate MSF staff and their families yesterday. Two people were killed.
Attacking humanitarian vehicles is a #WarCrime. There has to be a #CeasefireNow. #NotATarget
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An American nurse who just got out of Gaza details the unimaginable conditions under Israel’s bombs and the heroism from her Palestinian colleagues whose families are being exterminated. An absolute must watch
Today, we sent 26 tonnes of medical supplies on a World Health Organisation plane to Egypt, under the coordination of the Egyptian Red Crescent, to support the emergency medical response in Gaza...
In #Gaza’s Al Shifa hospital, one of our surgeons, Dr Obeid, explains the extremely tough conditions under which he and our teams are providing treatment to people.
Right now, in Gaza, the situation is horrific and catastrophic.
Those hospitals and clinics that have not been evacuated are overwhelmed and are barely functioning. No electricity, no medical supplies. Surgeons in Al-Shifa hospital are now operating without painkillers.
🔴GAZA:
🔊"Today, for the last two hours, we've been looking for drinking water. They've been shelling all day. We don't know what will happen tomorrow or where we will go."🔊
Soundbite from our colleague Dr. Mohammed Abu Mughaiseeb, MSF Deputy Medical Coordinator in Gaza ⤵️
🔊"People came here to seek some safety, but they are still afraid, they wonder what will happen."🔊
Tens of thousands of people have moved to the southern areas of the Gaza strip. Our communications manager, Louis Baudoin-Laarman, shared an update from there this morning ⤵️
🔴BREAKING:
Israel has given Al Awda Hospital just two hours to evacuate. Our staff are still treating patients.
We unequivocally condemn this action, the continued indiscriminate bloodshed and attacks on health care in Gaza.
We are trying to protect our staff and patients.