🚨 Emergency medical care. Where it’s needed most. Since 1971. For more than 50 years, MSF has delivered emergency medical care in the world’s most challenging places. Our teams are guided by humanity, medical ethics, and the belief that everyone should have access to care.

📸 A Year in Pictures 2025 In 2025, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams continued to respond to some of the world’s most urgent crises. ❤️ These images remind us that bearing witness is not only about documenting suffering—it is about creating a human connection. #MSF #MSFIreland #AYearInPictures

⭐World Children's Day⭐ 520 million children - 1 in 5 - live in active conflict. Many more live with the daily impact of violence. ❤️‍🩹 We asked children in areas affected by conflict what what their one wish would be this World Children's Day. #MSF #MSFIreland #WorldChildrensDay

Last night, Al-Helou Hospital in Gaza City, supported by MSF, sustained severe collateral damage from nearby attacks. This came despite multiple assurances from Israeli forces that the hospital was not in danger. 1/5

A doctor who had been working in Gaza until his evacuation to Ireland last week has said there is nothing left there

🔴 The genocide in Gaza has involved systematic attacks on hospitals, healthcare workers and facilities. Gaza's remaining hospitals are on the verge of collapse. Only 18out of 36 hospitals in Gaza are still operating, but none are fully functional. 🔗 Find out about MSF’s response in Gaza at msf.ie

🤝 “We share the same pain.” 🤝 Two friends, Iyad (17, Palestine) and Hossam (21, Iraq), each with injuries requiring specialised care, support one another after meeting at MSF’s Reconstructive Surgery Program in Amman, Jordan. 🔗 Read more about their story at msf.ie (link in bio).

🔴 One year has passed since Israel escalated its war in Lebanon, yet the humanitarian crisis is far from over. Despite the ceasefire agreement in November 2024, Israeli attacks are almost a daily reality, hindering people’s recovery and their access to care. 🔗 Read more: bit.ly/4npvgqU

🔴Gaza is not just a humanitarian catastrophe - it's the systematic destruction of a people. MSF is clear: Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza. Doctors can't stop this genocide. But world leaders can. 🔗 Read more: bit.ly/42fRgvR

📢 STOP THE GENOCIDE IN GAZA Israeli forces have purposefully and systematically destroyed the conditions necessary for life in Gaza. Nowhere is safe. World leaders must act to end their complicity in this genocide. Doctors can't stop genocide, world leaders can. Read more: bit.ly/42fRgvR

After the earthquake and aftershocks that struck Afghanistan’s eastern provinces of Kunar and Nangahar between 31 August and 4 September, around half a million people are in need of urgent health assistance according to the UN. 1/4

🚨 Israeli authorities are deliberately depriving people of water in Gaza as part of its genocidal campaign. Israel must begin allowing the importation of critical equipment for water supply and distribution, at scale. 🔗 Read more at msf.ie: bit.ly/45OcJNb

🔴On 27 and 28 July, MSF-supported clinics treated hundreds of people injured at food distribution sites and from ongoing attacks in Gaza. On 27 July alone, medical teams at the MSF-supported Sheikh Radwan clinic in north Gaza treated over 150 patients from five different mass casualty incidents. 1/5

📢 Dozens of Palestinians were killed and hundreds more injured on 1st June 2025, as they waited for food at the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation distribution centres in Rafah, according to the Ministry of Health. 🔗 Read more our full statement: bit.ly/458bMkc

🔴 In Haiti, MSF's Tabarre hospital is the lifeline for burn survivors like Emmanuel. After a devastating fuel tanker explosion, he received months of specialized care—from skin grafts to physical therapy—offering him a chance to heal and rebuild his life. 🔗 Read more: bit.ly/4kJ2aks

At least 33 people were killed and dozens injured, according to the Ministry of Health, after airstrikes hit Gaza City yesterday, just metres from an MSF clinic. Our teams stabilised 28 patients, who were transferred to Al-Shifa hospital. Two MSF staff members were injured. 1/5

📻"We are running out of drugs... this is not acceptable, it's a crime against kids." "It is collective punishment." 📢Listen to Renald Menard a Nursing Activity Manager with MSF in Khan Younis on speak on Drivetime @rteradio1.bsky.social bit.ly/42Q4gsM

🔴 Today, we launch gazainsidethewar.com – a new interactive MSF platform documenting 15 months of total war on Gaza’s people and its health system. 🔗 Explore the full feature now at gazainsidethewar.com

#SouthSudan: MSF strongly condemns the bombing of its hospital in Old Fangak, Jonglei State. Bombing of only hospital in Old Fangak puts healthcare of 110,000 people at risk. www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/south-sudan-...

On 28 and 29 March, settlers and Israeli forces stormed and attacked the Jinba community in Masafer Yatta, West Bank, Palestine. Five Palestinians were hospitalized —two in intensive care, including a child. 1/4

On the evening of 8 April, MSF teams in Al Mawasi clinic, southern Gaza, received an influx of nine people after a strike hit 300 metres away from the facility. Two were dead on arrival, including a two-year-old boy, the seven others were wounded. 1/4

🚨 Gaza: Critical supplies running out one month into deadly siege imposed by Israeli authorities. Shortage of medication is forcing MSF teams to ration essential medicines. Israeli authorities must end collective punishment of people in Gaza. 🔗 Read more: bit.ly/3RupDsT

1/2- MSF sends its deepest condolences to the Palestine Red Crescent Society and the United Nations for the killing of eight medics and one UN staff in Rafah, southern Gaza. Our thoughts are with their family members and colleagues.

MSF prepare response to Myanmar earthquake:

🔴“The distance between us and the explosion was so close that we could’ve been hit too.” We condemn the Israeli forces' strike on Nasser hospital in Gaza, and call for the protection of healthcare facilities, patients, and medical staff. Read more: bit.ly/4bYRg73

Along with hundreds of others across the Gaza Strip, MSF colleague Alaa Abd-Elsalam Ali Okal was killed in the early morning of 18 March following the resumption of Israeli attacks. Hundreds more were injured in this abrupt end to the ceasefire. Our thoughts are with his family. 1/3

📢Strong accounts from MSF speakers at last night’s event, in the Irish Georgian Society in Dublin, in a packed room! ⭐ Many thanks to Zahra Legris, Hanadi Katerji, and Marcella Kraaij for sharing their stories about working with MSF in Gaza and Sudan, followed by an enlightening Q&A session.

MSF extends its condolences to our colleagues at UNOPS and the families of the staff killed in an explosion on 19 March in a UN compound, located in a deconflicted area in Deir Al-Balah, central Gaza. We are deeply shocked by this deadly incident. 1/3

"We woke up at 2a.m. to very heavy airstrikes. I mean, the Rafah-Mawasi area was really shaking.... The place that I was in was completely shaking. It reminds us of the beginning of the war, the type of airstrikes" — Dr. Mohammed Abu Mughaiseeb, MSF Deputy Medical Coordinator, Southern Gaza

In the early hours of 18 March, Israeli forces attacked multiple areas in the Gaza Strip, after almost two-months of an already fragile ceasefire. According to the Ministry of Health, hundreds of people have been killed. 1/5

🚨 Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) strongly condemns the Israeli-imposed siege on the Gaza Strip, Palestine, which is depriving people of basic services and critical supplies, including access to water by cutting electricity supply on 9 March. 🔗 Click the link to read more: bit.ly/43D7GzA

In recent weeks, the conflict between M23/AFC and Congolese army, and their respective allies, has intensified in South Kivu province. We are closely assessing the situation and exploring ways to scale up our emergency response in areas around Minova, Bukavu, and Uvira. 1/6

Israel's decision to ban @UNRWA from East Jerusalem, which is set to be implemented today, will severely impact its activities in West Bank and Gaza and will be devastating for Palestinians and their access to healthcare. 1/4

🔴In recent weeks, armed conflict has flared up again in the province of North Kivu and has now spread to South Kivu. MSF's representative in the #DRC, Emmanuel Lampaert, provides an update on the situation and MSF's response. 🔗Read more here: bit.ly/4aBzzcU

🔴After 15 months of war in Gaza, Palestine, and the implementation of the ceasefire on 19 January 2025, displaced Palestinians are attempting to return home to the southern city of Rafah. 🔗Read more here: bit.ly/4hqzWJy

The temporary ceasefire agreement in Gaza is a relief, but it is only the beginning in addressing the immense humanitarian, psychological, and medical needs in Gaza. Read full statement: bit.ly/3CiUrcf

🔴 As part of an emergency response to the devastating storm in Mozambique, MSF is providing psychological support to survivors to cope with their distress and to overwhelmed health professionals. 🔗 Read more here about those affected and MSF's response: bit.ly/42anGbN

On 8 January, 3 children from Gaza with severe injuries caused by Israeli airstrikes arrived at the MSF hospital in Jordan after months of delays and rejections by the Israeli authorities. Meanwhile, 2 other patients have still been denied medical evacuation from Gaza with no clear explanation. 1/5

🚨 Nasser hospital, Al-Aqsa hospital and European Gaza hospital, in Gaza, are on the verge of closure due to a lack of fuel. #MSF calls on all parties to allow the entry of fuel into Gaza to ensure lifesaving care can continue to be provided. 🔗Read more: bit.ly/4jabgGQ

In recent days, the Masisi Territory of North Kivu province has been the scene of major clashes between the armed group M23/AFC and the Congolese army, backed by allied elements. These clashes have led to large population movements in the area. bit.ly/3DPyx0M 1/5

🔴Winter in Gaza is taking a toll on children's health. MSF teams at Nasser Hospital are treating infants for respiratory infections and complications from premature birth. 🔗Read more here: bit.ly/4j5UvwE #CeasefireNow #MSF #MSFIreland

🔴 Repeated military attacks on Palestinian civilians 🔴 Dismantling of healthcare system 🔴 Suffocating siege 🔴 Denial of aid Israel has been destroying the conditions of life in Gaza over the past 14 months. More in our latest report: bit.ly/3DxB3IA

Update from Gaza 17th December 2024.

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