MSF forced to quit Gaza City as IOF massacres intensify relentlessly
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Dozens of Palestinians, including children, were killed as the IOF bombed homes, hospitals, and aid seekers, leaving Gaza’s health system near collapse.
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Palestinians run for cover during an Israeli airstrike on a high-rise building in Gaza City, Sept. 5, 2025 (AP)
Al Mayadeen’s correspondent confirmed that 55 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza since dawn Saturday as Israeli occupation forces intensify their aggression on the Strip.
Israeli warplanes bombed the home of the al-Sharafa family on Hajar Street in eastern Gaza City, killing 11 people and wounding several others. Civil defense teams reported that 13 remain missing under the rubble.
Israeli quadcopters also struck near al-Sahaba Medical Complex in al-Daraj, while Israeli tanks shelled the vicinity of Al-Quds Hospital in Tal al-Hawa.
Further strikes killed three Palestinians, including two children, north of the al-Nuseirat refugee camp.
Concurrently, Al-Awda Hospital reported receiving one martyr and 10 wounded after an Israeli attack targeted starved Palestinians waiting for aid near the Netzarim Corridor.
The bombardment also extended to displacement camps in central Gaza, leaving additional casualties and widespread destruction. At the same time, invading Israeli units deployed explosive-laden robots to blow up Palestinian homes across multiple neighborhoods.
MSF halts Gaza City operations amid intensified Israeli assault
Doctors Without Borders (MSF) says it has been forced to suspend lifesaving medical activities in Gaza City as invading Israeli units press deeper into the enclave, besieging clinics and placing both patients and staff at severe risk.
“The unacceptable level of risk has led us to reluctantly decide to suspend our lifesaving activities in Gaza City,” the organization said Friday, noting that Israeli tanks are now less than one kilometer from its facilities.
Jacob Granger, MSF’s emergency coordinator in Gaza, underscored the gravity of the decision, saying, “We have been left with no choice but to stop our activities, as our clinics are encircled by Israeli forces. This is the last thing we wanted, as the needs in Gaza City are enormous, with the most vulnerable people, infants in neo-natal care, those with severe injuries and life-threatening illnesses, unable to move and in grave danger.”
While many residents have been forcibly displaced south under evacuation orders, MSF stressed that hundreds of thousands remain trapped in Gaza City. “Those who are able to leave face an impossible choice: either remain under intense military operations and the deterioration of law and order, or abandon what’s left of their houses, their belongings, and their memories,” the group stressed.
Despite the intensifying assault, MSF clinics managed over 3,600 consultations and treated 1,655 malnutrition cases last week alone, alongside trauma patients, burn victims, pregnant women, and others requiring critical care. The group warned that hospitals across Gaza are already overwhelmed, operating with dwindling staff, supplies, and fuel, leaving many in critical condition.
“People in Gaza City have been repeatedly and relentlessly bombed. They are exhausted and are being deliberately deprived of the essentials needed to survive,” MSF emphasized.
The humanitarian organization reiterated its call for an immediate cease-fire and demanded "Israel" ensure “unhindered access and security for humanitarian organizations operating in Gaza City, and acceptable conditions for the safe and sustained delivery of medical care.”
While suspending operations in Gaza City, MSF confirmed it continues supporting hospitals and field clinics in central and southern Gaza, including facilities in Khan Younis and Deir al-Balah.
