Doctors Without Borders calls on Israel to 'show humanity'

Medecins Sans Frontieres, or Doctors Without Borders (MSF), is calling on Israel "to show humanity" in the wake of its "ultimatum" to the Palestinian population of Gaza.

"Despite Israeli announcements suggesting that there are safe areas for the population trapped in the Gaza Strip, they are in fact exposed to bombardment throughout all the territory, including in the south, where tens of thousands of people have fled following the ultimatum," the group said in a statement.

"As the Israeli army has been bombarding the Gaza Strip without restraint for a week, we are calling for the most elementary humanity to be shown."

🔴GAZA UPDATE:

As the ultimatum given to the population expires, we call on the Israeli authorities to show humanity - for safe zones to remain in the north and for regular ceasefires.

Our statement ⤵️https://t.co/BDMEtumtYm
— MSF International (@MSF) October 14, 2023

"The injunction to nearly 1.1 million people to move in a few hours to an already overpopulated territory with precarious access to food, water and healthcare is as absurd as it is intolerable," it continued.