Israel-Gaza conflict: Medical charity likens work to ‘patching up torture victims in an open-air prison’ Comments by senior Médecins Sans Frontières official expose ethical dilemma of humanitarian work in conflict zones

by Robert Fisk, The Independent In an unprecedented criticism of the Israeli siege of Gaza, a senior official in the Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) humanitarian charity has described his organisation’s work among the 1.8 million besieged Palestinian refugees as akin to being “in an open-air prison to patch up prisoners […]