Patients have been killed in their beds; health workers have been attacked as they rescued the wounded. A hospital is where the most vulnerable, the sick and injured, gather in times of war. Attacks against medical facilities and health workers, whether deliberate or indiscriminate, are part of generalised violence and atrocities committed against civilians in armed conflict. They deprive people of health services, often when they need them the most.
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No respite even with ceasefire
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The ceasefire only lasted three days
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“I only hope that the truce will hold”
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The truce has finally been respected
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“We try to deal with the most urgent cases”
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"The truce did not last"
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Clashes, raids and arrests damage Palestinians’ psychological health
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Clashes, raids and arrests damage Palestinians’ psychological health
![Shifa hospital compound, Gaza City Shifa hospital compound, Gaza City](https://img.msf.org/AssetLink/4o565up6b04mblx585je2r8mn0dvmhuc.jpg)
“Violence has no religion”: testimony of a Palestinian member of the MSF team in Gaza
Research & Analysis
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The Continued Struggle to Access Medical Care in Afghanistan
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MSF President to UN Security Council: “Stop these attacks”
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Kunduz, Afghanistan, 36°43’4.91’’N, 68°51’43.96’’
Saving Lives and Staying Alive
Attacks on medical missions: overview of a polymorphous reality: the case of Médecins Sans Frontières
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MSF releases detailed documentation of attacks on two medical facilities ahead of UNSC closed session on protection of medical mission
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MSF urges Syrian government and its allies to stop indiscriminate bombing in Aleppo
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