MSF teams are among those unable to flee the bombs
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Dear Friend,
Right now, our teams are witnessing a critical situation for hundreds of thousands of civilians in the Gaza Strip whose lives are at stake. It is the ninth consecutive day of an unprecedented and indiscriminate bombing campaign in which most casualties have been civilians. In northern Gaza, people have been forced to flee or face death, and escape remains extraordinarily difficult. It is the immediate survival of hundreds of thousands of human beings—men, women, children, the elderly, the wounded, the sick, medical staff—that we are talking about today.
Among those who have been unable to flee are our Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) colleagues and their families. Our team continues to treat wounded patients in hospitals as best they can. We are terrified for our colleagues and appalled by the inhumanity of indiscriminate airstrikes—some of which have hit hospitals and ambulances we support, killing our medical colleagues and patients. Dying under bombs in Gaza cannot be the only option left to people.
Friend, the situation is dire. Hospitals are overwhelmed. There are no more painkillers to distribute to patients. It has been impossible to venture out for even one hour to get supplies.
MSF continues to pivot and scale our response as this crisis evolves. It’s independent donors that allow MSF to be responsive in emergencies, while continuing our work in countries around the globe. Our donors enable MSF staff to treat patients regardless of race, religion, ethnicity, or politics.
We continue to call for all parties to the Israel-Gaza conflict to ensure the safety of civilians and medical facilities. Safe spaces and safe passage for civilians must be established. We ask that an evacuation route be organized quickly so that people seeking shelter or seeking to flee can do so. We also demand that access to essential services, including access to drinking water, be urgently restored.
Our teams report that accessing water has become difficult, and is getting worse by the hour. Gaza's water shortage has now reached a critical threshold. Without Israeli authorities allowing humanitarian aid into Gaza, there will be more horrific loss of life.
“The situation is very difficult…today for two hours we searched for drinkable water—even drinkable water is not available anymore,” says Dr. Mohammed Abu Mughaiseeb, MSF’s Deputy Medical Coordinator in Gaza. “There is food. No electricity, no pumping of normal water as well, the hospitals are barely working… They are bombing all day. We don't know what's going to [happen] tomorrow and where we are going.”
Our teams are responding to multiple emergencies around the world right now. We continue to be guided by one goal: To provide emergency humanitarian medical care.
This email was sent from the U.S. section of Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), an international independent medical humanitarian organization that delivers emergency aid to people affected by armed conflict, epidemics, natural and man-made disasters, and exclusion from health care.
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