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URGENT UPDATE: On October 30, a hospital supported by Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in Gaza was reportedly hit by a projectile. Fortunately, no patients were harmed as they were taking shelter on the ground floor at the time. The hospital is now out of service, as a result of the fuel shortage and the attacks that affected the facility. This is the only public hospital for cancer patients in the Gaza Strip, and now dozens of cancer patients’ lives are at serious risk.
Amid constant bombardments in Gaza City, MSF staff continue to work and treat patients at overwhelmed health facilities like Al Shifa Hospital. There is no longer any safe place in Gaza. People trapped under the rubble of collapsed buildings, pregnant women who are about to deliver, and older people with limited mobility are not able to seek help when they need it most.
Since October 7, more than 8,000 civilians have been killed and more than 21,000 people have been injured in Gaza—an unprecedented number of victims in such a short time, even compared with past escalations of conflict. Fuel, water, and medical supplies are running dangerously low. Soon, doctors will be forced to make impossible decisions about who to treat with extremely limited resources.
The need on the ground right now is staggering. Gaza’s health system only has around 3,500 beds—not nearly enough to treat the more than 21,000 people who’ve been injured by the ongoing violence.
MSF staff in Palestine are working around the clock. In Gaza, staff have moved daily between the MSF premises and Al Shifa Hospital, where they work seven days a week. Due to the lack of space, doctors have had to perform surgeries in the halls of hospitals, often without painkillers.
We are also maintaining medical operations in other parts of Palestine. In the West Bank, our teams are actively assessing medical needs in Jenin, Hebron, and Nablus. MSF is conducting psychological first-aid group sessions, providing medication for people with chronic conditions, and has donated surgical and first-aid kits to local hospitals.
MSF is committed to delivering lifesaving care to our patients and providing independent medical care to civilians—many of them children—regardless of race, ethnicity, religion, or politics.
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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