Doctors Without Borders Demands Swiss Gaza Clarification

(MENAFN- Swissinfo) The NGO Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has challenged Swiss foreign minister Ignazio Cassis to explain his controversial Gaza statements. This content was published on June 5, 2025 - 13:33 2 minutes Keystone-SDA

• Français fr MSF invite Cassis à venir discuter avec elle de la bande de Gaza Original Read more: MSF invite Cassis à venir discuter avec elle de la bande de Gaz
• العربية ar منظمة أطباء بلا حدود تطالب سويسرا بتوضيح موقفها بشأن غزة Read more: منظمة أطباء بلا حدود تطالب سويسرا بتوضيح موقفها بشأن غز

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The NGO made its demand at a protest on Thursday at the Place des Nations in Geneva.

+ Strong reaction to Swiss foreign minister Gaza comments

“This is a legitimate request,” Micaela Serafini, president of MSF Switzerland, told Keystone-ATS.“We want to tell him what we are seeing on the ground.”

On Tuesday, Cassis explained why Switzerland had not signed the letter from more than 20 European countries calling for aid to be steered by the UN and humanitarian NGOs.

In his view, the letter is an attack against the controversial Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), which is the armed wing of Israel's plan to control humanitarian assistance.

The foundation“could perhaps have done something”, he said. Since last week, dozens of people have been killed at GHF distribution sites.

“Military aid is not humanitarian aid”, shouted between 150 and 200 MSF members.

Translated from French by DeepL/mga

On June 5, 2025, the name of the president of MSF Switzerland has been corrected.

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