Gaza war: MSF staff reflect on catastrophic health impacts
Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders invites you to join us for a live discussion on Wednesday 2 October at 15:00 to reflect on the past 12 months of conflict in Gaza and the urgent need for the protection of healthcare and a permanent ceasefire.
The best way to provide care for people in Gaza is to protect and support existing healthcare facilities, while allowing safe access to them. But, healthcare has been decimated – medicines are held up at borders, hospitals have been destroyed, and healthcare staff have been killed, including six people from MSF alone.
Despite all these challenges, our teams have worked to provide healthcare throughout the crisis, recently setting up two field hospitals.
Event details
Date: Wednesday 2 October 2024
Time: 15:00 (for approximately one hour)
Location: Online
We will hear firsthand testimony from some of our healthcare staff in Gaza, as well as those who have recently returned, witnessing scenes described as ‘apocalyptic’.
Please join us online for a conversation with Dr Natalie Roberts, MSF UK Executive Director and Dr Javid Abdelmoneim, former MSF medical team leader in Gaza, and the latest from our Gaza-based teams.
The discussion will be hosted by our Director of Communications, Judith Escribano, and followed by a Q&A.
MSF and the Israel – Gaza war
An unprecedented humanitarian crisis is unfolding in Gaza. MSF teams have worked to treat the wounded and supply overwhelmed hospitals as indiscriminate airstrikes and a state of siege threaten millions of men, women and children.
Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF) is horrified by the events that began on Saturday 7 October – both the brutal mass killing of civilians perpetrated by Hamas in Israel, and by the massive attacks on Gaza now being pursued by the Israeli military.
MSF is calling for an immediate and sustained ceasefire to prevent more deaths and injuries, and for the protection of civilians and healthcare facilities at all times. We call on all parties involved to restore the scale and flow of humanitarian aid on which the survival of the people of Gaza depends.