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SvennoJ on 14 May 2025
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‘Gaza has become a hell on Earth for Palestinians’: MSF

Doctors Without Borders, known by its French language acronym MSF, says the world is watching “the creation of conditions for the eradication of Palestinian lives in Gaza”.

The charity slammed the US-Israeli proposal to control aid distribution in the enclave, describing the effort as “another tool in the ongoing campaign of ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian population” in Gaza.

“MSF firmly rejects and condemns any plan that further reduces availability of aid and subjugates it to Israeli military occupation objectives,” it said, adding that its teams in Gaza City have seen a 32 percent increase in the number of patients showing malnutrition in the past two weeks.

The organisation said it is also running out of essential medical items, such as sterile compresses and sterile gloves.

“The survival of Palestinians lies at the mercy of Israeli authorities, who are denying the entire population access to food, water, medical care and shelter. Israel continues to pursue its campaign of ethnic cleansing by deliberately destroying the conditions necessary for life,” MSF said.


UNRWA head says no government can pledge ignorance of starvation in Gaza

UNRWA chief Philippe Lazzarini says, “No government can say: ‘we did not know'” as hunger spreads in Gaza. The solution to “manmade starvation” is for Israel to “lift the siege on the children of Gaza now”, he said.

Lazzarini reposted on X a speech given by UN relief chief Tom Fletcher calling on the UN Security Council to “act now” and “prevent genocide” in the Gaza Strip.



They're not pledging ignorance, they just won't go beyond useless statements of 'concern'.

How many Gaza children will be ‘sentenced to death’ before blockade lifted?: UNRWA chief

Philippe Lazzarini, the head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA), has shared a photo on social media of a four-year-old Palestinian boy named Youssef who is injured and suffering from malnutrition in Gaza.

“How many more Youssef’s need to be sentenced to death to lift the siege on Gaza?” Lazzarini asked.

“It requires no more than political will & decision.”




Netanyahu will ‘play for time’, seek to avoid ending war on Gaza

Alon Pinkas, a former Israeli diplomat, says that a series of recent moves by the Trump administration is heaping pressure on Israel to end its war on Gaza.

Those moves include Trump’s decision to forgo a stop in Israel on his ongoing trip to the Middle East, the US ceasefire deal with Yemen’s Houthis, and nuclear talks with Iran.

Pinkas told Al Jazeera that Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu would likely now “play for time” amid efforts to reach a Gaza deal.

“He’s going to negotiate because he was asked to, he’s going to show up because he was pressured,” he said. “But I don’t think he’s going to sign any kind of deal that includes a permanent ceasefire, meaning the end of the war.”