Inside the Doctors Without Borders Clinics That Israel Is Closing in Gaza
The New York Times • • general
Key Points:
- Aseel Hamada, who lost her right leg and sustained facial wounds from tank fire in Gaza, is awaiting plastic surgery at a clinic run by Doctors Without Borders (M.S.F.) in Gaza City.
- The clinic, providing critical medical care, may be forced to close as the Israeli government has ordered Doctors Without Borders to leave Gaza by the end of February.
- Israel has cut off the clinic's supply access and now requires international aid groups to submit lists of Palestinians on their payrolls, citing security concerns about militant infiltration.
- Patients like Ms. Hamada emphasize that M.S.F. is essential in Gaza, with no alternatives available for the widespread medical needs in the region.
