Doctors Without Borders published an advertisement in the American newspaper “The New York Times” calling for an end to the shooting in Gaza, and the testimony of a doctor in the Strip about the horror of the situation there in light of the Israeli bombing that has continued for 68 days.
The announcement said, “There is no safe place in Gaza. The bombing does not stop. There is barely food or drinking water. This humanitarian catastrophe must end urgently.”
On the other hand, the organization reiterated in a statement to its branch in Canada the call to respond to its demands, citing the words of a doctor from Gaza named Ruba, “Air raids are raining down on us every day and night, and they continue to target everyone. No one is safe.”
Have you seen our ad in the @nytimes?
In Gaza, no place is safe.
The bombing doesn’t stop and there’s barely any food or clean water.
End this humanitarian catastrophe.#CeasefireNow pic.twitter.com/9ngcy4gway— Doctors w/o Borders (@MSF_USA) December 11, 2023
Ruba explained, “We only have basic medical supplies, and we no longer have a way to reach our clinics, as the Israeli army has restricted our paths.”
She continued, “People are devouring what they find, out of hunger. I do not think that anything I say will make a difference. My only message is that the Palestinian people have the right to be treated as human beings and to obtain their rights.”
The doctor added, “After 60 days of war, I became convinced that those who left at the beginning of the war were luckier than us, as they did not experience two months of continuous terror, morning and evening. I see my family suffering, and there is nothing I can do. This world is not fair.”
The number of Palestinian martyrs in Gaza since the start of the Israeli aggression on the Strip has risen to more than 18,000, and the number of injured to more than 50,000, in addition to massive destruction in residential neighborhoods, vital facilities and hospitals, in an unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe.