Gaza Strip: MSF confirms evacuation of all international staff

Then go Doctors Without Borders (MSF) confirmed this Wednesday the evacuation of all its international staff from Gaza Strip who have been unable to leave the country since October 7, the day the current conflict erupted following an unprecedented offensive by the Islamist group. Hamas against Israel.

The NGO said in a statement that 22 doctors had been evacuated from the Palestinian enclave.

All international Doctors Without Borders staff who have been unable to leave Gaza since October 7 have successfully crossed the Egyptian border at the Rafah border crossing.

However, MSF stressed that another 300 Palestinian staff and their families remain trapped in the Gaza Strip “under fire” as the organization demands.

Those who wish to leave Gaza should be able to do so without further delay.

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MSF assured that the evacuation of its international staff was completed at the same time that several seriously injured patients were allowed to leave the Palestinian territory for emergency treatment, while noting that a further 20,000 wounded still remain in Gaza with “limited access to medical care”. help.”

In this sense, MSF said it has already formed a “new team of international staff” consisting of medical specialists who are “ready to arrive in the Gaza Strip as soon as the situation allows to support the humanitarian and medical response.” ‘

Finally, Doctors Without Borders announced.

We repeat our call for an immediate ceasefire. Essential humanitarian supplies and personnel must be allowed into Gaza as hospitals are overwhelmed and the health system is on the brink of collapse.

🔴Part of the staff #MSF leaves #A loop

‼️ All international MSF staff who have been unable to leave the Gaza Strip since October 7 have successfully crossed the Egyptian border through the Rafah border crossing.

This is the current situation ⬇️

— Doctors Without Borders (@MSF_Espana) November 1, 2023

(according to information from Europe Press)

Source: Aristegui Noticias

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