MSF: Children with wounds, deficiencies at heightened risk after storm
12/13/2025 12:24:00 PM
Caroline Seguin, the emergency coordinator in Gaza for Doctors Without Borders, known by its French initials MSF, says conditions were terrible in the enclave after the rain started getting inside people’s tents.
“MSF is very, very worried about the next month with the winter coming and the heavy rain,” said Seguin.
She said last year the organisation saw “a huge increase in respiratory infections” for children, as well as diarrhoea.
Injured Palestinians living inside the tents will have major difficulties healing their wounds, too, Seguin said, adding that those people will likely see an increase in infections and risks.
“Within the last two years of war, we have many people [with amputations] who have wheelchairs. So it’s near to not possible to live in these conditions,” she said.
“It’s also very hard for the newborn, knowing that with the last famine we have a lot of children born with low weight, so they are very, very fragile. Begin life in this condition under tents that are floating is very difficult for them and could compromise even their life.”
“MSF is very, very worried about the next month with the winter coming and the heavy rain,” said Seguin.
She said last year the organisation saw “a huge increase in respiratory infections” for children, as well as diarrhoea.
Injured Palestinians living inside the tents will have major difficulties healing their wounds, too, Seguin said, adding that those people will likely see an increase in infections and risks.
“Within the last two years of war, we have many people [with amputations] who have wheelchairs. So it’s near to not possible to live in these conditions,” she said.
“It’s also very hard for the newborn, knowing that with the last famine we have a lot of children born with low weight, so they are very, very fragile. Begin life in this condition under tents that are floating is very difficult for them and could compromise even their life.”