More than two months ago, Israel launched a total siege on Gaza, and since then has prevented any humanitarian aid from entering.
As a result, critical medications are in short supply, and Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières(MSF) teams have been forced to start rationing medications such as pain killers, provide less effective treatment, and turn some patients away because we don’t have the proper tools to treat them.
In April, at the MSF-run clinic in Gaza City, MSF teams saw an average of over 100 patients with burns and injuries each day, many of whom have to endure excruciating pain with limited or no relief.
MSF teams in Gaza recorded the following message on the current situation:
