bmj;386/sep03_5/q1915/FAF1faMSFIn response to the continuing attacks by Israeli forces on Gaza, the charity Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has announced that it is prematurely opening a field hospital in Deir al-Balah to help deal with the many hundreds of Palestinians injured in the conflict.The field hospital was designed to complement the nearby al-Aqsa hospital. However, as the front line approached al-Aqsa last Sunday, many patients were forced to flee in fear for their lives.Juliette Seguin, MSF’s emergency coordinator, said, “There is a cumulative impact to the dismantling of Gaza’s healthcare system by Israeli forces. Each health structure dismantled increases the pressure on those remaining, while decreasing people’s access to healthcare.“Without an immediate and sustained ceasefire, the notion of a true medical humanitarian response is an illusion.”
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