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Gaza-Israel war
UNRWA funding suspensions jeopardise lifeline for millions in Palestine
Press Release
29 Jan 2024
Gaza-Israel war
Displaced pregnant women at high risk amid dire conditions in Rafah
Project Update
29 Jan 2024
Gaza-Israel war
With Nasser hospital out of commission, people in southern Gaza run out of healthcare options
Press Release
26 Jan 2024
![Beatriz*, at left, a midwife trainee, speaks with colleagues at Chingussura health center in Beira, Mozambique, where MSF supports Ministry of Health staff providing safe abortion care and maternity services. A year ago when she was still in school, she came to the health center as a patient for safe abortion care. She had heard about the center's services from other health workers. "I had support from my family, from my husband. At first he didn’t accept it, but after we discussed my situation, that I was studying, he accepted it. It is a myth that you cannot get pregnant again after having a [safe] abortion. Because I got pregnant again normally," she said.
*Name has been changed](https://img.msf.org/AssetLink/8a0g306r0r5mvn37n304cai0f8e8c45e.jpg "Safe Abortion Care in Beira, Mozambique")
Syria
Unveiling the mental health crisis at Al-Hol Camp in northeast Syria
Project Update
19 Jan 2024
Bulgaria
MSF provides medical care to asylum seekers arriving in Harmanli
Project Update
19 Jan 2024
Sudan
Restrictions and lack of medicines deprive people in Khartoum state of lifesaving care
Press Release
18 Jan 2024
Myanmar
Health workers struggle to respond amid severe restrictions in Rakhine state
Voices from the Field
16 Jan 2024
Conflict in Sudan
Severe humanitarian needs after half a million people flee violence in Wad Madani
Project Update
15 Jan 2024
Gaza-Israel war
Evacuation orders and bombing around Gaza hospitals leaves people with few healthcare options
Press Release
12 Jan 2024
Lebanon
Providing healthcare to people displaced by military escalation along Lebanon's southern border
Project Update
10 Jan 2024
Gaza-Israel war
Gaza: MSF condemns strike on shelter that killed staff member’s five-year-old daughter
Press Release
9 Jan 2024
Conflict in Sudan
MSF survey sheds new light on scale and intensity of ethnic violence in Sudan
Press Release
9 Jan 2024
![Aliyah*, a Palestinian woman holds tight her daughter in her arms. She lived for 25 years in the old city of Hebron, one of the most restricted areas within the West Bank, Occupied Palestinian Territories.
“Since I became a mother, my anxiety level has only increased”
Aliyah, 25, was born and grew up in the old city of Hebron. In 2015, the Israeli army deemed her neighbourhood as a “closed military zone”. Since then, only registered residents have been allowed to enter the area. When she got married, she left and is now living outside the area while the rest of her family remained there.
“I cannot compare the level of intensity of today with before [the war]. It has continuously gotten worse, but October 7th marked a turning point. The first weeks following that date were terrible. Restrictions of movements have increased and gotten worse. The level of violence increased as if the [Israeli] settlers and the army had no more limitations. Hence, following October 7th, people were thinking that the same situation of Gaza will come soon to the West Bank” says Aliyah.
“I am pregnant and for example, before the war, I could negotiate at the [Israeli] checkpoint to not go through the x-ray machine for the safety of my baby. This morning, they asked me to pass through the machine three times and they would not listen about my condition” says Aliyah. “Women here need to adapt their clothing to pass the checkpoints, cause if there is any metallic thing in the bra stays or in the jean pocket, you will ring and go through a long screening,” she says.
Tel Rumeida, Hebron’s old city area that Aliyah mentions, is one of the most restricted areas within the West Bank. In the past months, Israeli forces allowed movements in and out only for two days an hour in for a few days a week. At times, Palestinians are not permitted to go out of their homes/leave the area for four days at a time - not even to bring out the trash or open their windows. “At the beginning of the war, most of the essential goods were not accessible. Today, they only have a few hours a day to go to the shop” says Aliyah.
“People live in constant fear. [Israeli] settlers and soldiers will come at night, knock, and yell at their doors. This has always happened but since the war, these intrusions are almost daily. Can you imagine the level of stress and insecurity this creates? Children are terrified and suffer from mental health symptoms such as bedwetting, persistent nightmares, behavioural changes, and isolation” describes Aaliyah. “I am a mom, and soon will have a second child. The moment I became a mother, my perspectives changed, and my anxiety level only continued to increase. It breaks my heart to raise children in this environment. You know what my daughter told me the other day? ‘Mom I am so scared’ – and she is only two years old” concludes Aliyah.](https://img.msf.org/AssetLink/2v6x87j8y2eu6u18vlpj6uutnlbxqk1m.jpg "Palestinians in Hebron, West Bank, live in constant fear as violence surges")
Chad
Half a million Sudanese refugees in Chad in dire need of humanitarian aid
Statement
22 Dec 2023
Gaza-Israel war
UN Security Council resolution on Gaza crisis fails to address urgent needs
Statement
22 Dec 2023
Democratic Republic of Congo
Massive needs everywhere as displacement reaches unprecedented levels in DRC
Project Update
20 Dec 2023
Poland
People continue to cross Belarus-Poland border in search of safety in Europe
Press Release
19 Dec 2023
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