“We need a ceasefire,” urges the vice-president of Doctors of the World, who considers the situation “unbearable”

The Israeli army continues its bombings in Rafah, in the Gaza Strip, on Sunday May 26. IDF bombings have not stopped in this town in the south of the enclave, located near the border with Egypt.

A million Gazans took refuge there after Israel ordered the evacuation of the north of the country. “We have around thirty doctors, caregivers and logisticians who had to travel because of Israeli operations in Rafah. History has been repeating itself for seven months. You have populations that are displaced repeatedly. As a reminder, there are approximately 2.2 million people in the Gaza Strip. More than three quarters were displaced by the war“, indicates Jean-François Corty, vice-president of Médecins du monde.

In view of a ground offensive announced on Rafah by Israel, thousands of Gazans were once again forced to flee. Despite everything, they are still not spared from Israel’s strikes. “You have around a million people over the past 15 days who have moved to so-called secure zones. But there is no safe place and there is no secure area since the Hamas attacks. We know that there is 30% mortality in the South. The situation is dramatic“, adds the vice-president of the NGO.

Doctors of the World also urges the international community, “especially Americans, Europeans [et] France“to support institutions such as the international court of justice which”try to humanize the war” And “highlight the fact that every life is worth”. “There needs to be a ceasefire“, insists Jean-François Corty, who describes the situation as “intolerable”.