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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![Shifa hospital compound, Gaza City Shifa hospital compound, Gaza City](https://img.msf.org/AssetLink/t10086p502e40rg73c7kf08mb0km6b41.jpg)
“Here I feel safe” confides a Palestinian member of staff taking refuge in the MSF office
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MSF strongly condemns attack on Al Shifa hospital
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Hospitals destroyed by air strikes leave Iraqis without healthcare
![A night in Al Shifa Hospital, Gaza City A night in Al Shifa Hospital, Gaza City](https://img.msf.org/AssetLink/bxc8w6popfl3hj12108bp2g6w6r5mi0p.jpg)
A night at the Al-Shifa Hospital
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I was scheduled to leave Gaza the day after the military operation “Protective Edge” started
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“Today the greatest medical needs remain in areas that are extremely difficult and dangerous to reach”
![A night in Al Shifa Hospital, Gaza City A night in Al Shifa Hospital, Gaza City](https://img.msf.org/AssetLink/1pb37236yo615634gh726hqch4w2j0m7.jpg)
Israel Must Stop Bombing Trapped Civilians
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MSF cares for dozens of wounded following heavy fighting in central and northerm Helmand province
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An MSF team entered Gaza on Thursday to scale up MSF emergency response as an Israeli ground offensive is launched
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
![Abs hospital airstrike aftermath, Hajjah, Yemen Abs hospital airstrike aftermath, Hajjah, Yemen](https://img.msf.org/AssetLink/k8id72rhny43wbiyt404vo7cd77n388j.jpg)
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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