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===Incidents=== {{See also|Kunduz hospital airstrike}} Below is a partial list of notable incidents of direct violence against MSF staff or facilities, in chronological order: * 14 August 2013: MSF announced that it was closing all of its programmes in Somalia due to attacks on its staff by [[Al-Shabaab (militant group)|Al-Shabaab]] militants and perceived indifference or [[Desensitization (psychology)|inurement]] to this by the governmental authorities and wider society.<ref name=Wmdtls>{{cite web |last=Karunakara |first=Unni |title=Why MSF decided to leave Somalia |url=http://www.msf.org/article/why-msf-decided-leave-somalia |access-date=13 November 2013}}</ref> * 3 October 2015: Fourteen staff and 28 others died when an MSF hospital [[Kunduz hospital airstrike|was bombed]] by [[War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)|American forces]] during the [[Battle of Kunduz (2015)|Battle of Kunduz]].<ref name="msf.org">{{cite press release |url=http://www.msf.org/article/afghanistan-msf-demands-explanations-after-deadly-airstrikes-hit-hospital-kunduz |author=Christopher Stokes |date=4 October 2015 |title=Death toll rises |publisher=Médecins Sans Frontières}}</ref> ** On 7 October 2015, US President [[Barack Obama]] issued an apology.<ref>{{Cite news|last1=Shear|first1=Michael D.|last2=Sengupta|first2=Somini|date=2015-10-07|title=Obama Issues Rare Apology Over Bombing of Doctors Without Borders Hospital in Afghanistan|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/08/world/asia/obama-apologizes-for-bombing-of-afghanistan-hospital.html|access-date=2019-10-01|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Doctors Without Borders was not satisfied by Obama's apology.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Kheel|first=Rebecca|date=2015-10-08|title=Doctors Without Borders not mollified by Obama apology|url=https://thehill.com/policy/defense/256341-after-obama-apology-doctors-without-borders-continues-pressing-for|access-date=2019-10-02|website=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]]}}</ref> * 27 October 2015: An MSF hospital in [[Sa'dah]], Yemen, [[Saudi-led airstrikes on Yemen|was bombed]] by the [[Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen|Saudi Arabia-led military coalition]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/27/yemen-hospital-hit-by-saudi-led-airstrikes |title=Airstrikes hit Médecins Sans Frontières hospital in Yemen |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |date=27 October 2015 }}</ref> * 28 November 2015: An MSF-supported hospital was barrel-bombed by a Syrian Air Force helicopter, killing seven and wounding forty-seven people near Homs, [[Syria]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.msf.org.uk/article/syria-barrel-bombing-of-msf-supported-hospital-kills-seven |title=Syria: Barrel bombing of MSF-supported hospital kills seven |publisher=Msf.org.uk |date= December 2015|access-date=2016-07-06}}</ref> * 10 January 2016: An MSF-supported hospital in Sa'dah was bombed by the [[Saudi Arabia]]-led military coalition, killing six people.<ref>{{cite web |work=msf.org |url=http://www.msf.org/article/msf-supported-hospital-bombed-yemen-death-toll-rises-six |title=MSF-supported hospital bombed in Yemen: death toll rises to six |date=17 January 2016 }}</ref> * 15 February 2016: Two MSF-supported hospitals in [[Idlib District]] and [[Aleppo]], Syria, were [[Airstrikes on hospitals in Yemen|bombed]], killing at least 20 and injuring dozens of patients and medical personnel.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/air-strike-destroys-syrian-medical-centre-a6874676.html |title=Syrian war: Suspected Russian air strikes destroy two hospitals – despite so-called Syria 'ceasefire' |work=The Independent |date=15 February 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2016/feb/15/msf-hospital-maaret-al-numan-syria-video |title=MSF-supported hospital bombed by Russian Air Force in Northern Syria |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=15 February 2016 }}</ref> Both Russia and the United States denied responsibility or being in the area at the time.<ref>{{cite news |agency=[[Associated Press]] |publisher=[[CBS News]] |url=http://www.cbsnews.com/news/russia-syria-blame-us-airstrike-msf-hospital-clinic-idlib-aleppo-civilians/ |title=U.S. and Russia both deny bombing Syrian clinic |date=16 February 2016 |access-date=2016-07-06}}</ref> * 28 April 2016: An MSF hospital in Aleppo was bombed, killing 50, including six staff and patients.<ref>{{cite web|author1=Kareem Shaheen in Beirut |author2=Ian Black |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/apr/28/deadly-airstrike-on-hospital-aleppo-syria-reports-say |title=Airstrike on MSF-backed Aleppo hospital kills patients and doctors |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=2016-04-28 |access-date=2016-07-06}}</ref> * 12 May 2020: an MSF-supported hospital in [[Dasht-e-Barchi]], [[Kabul]], Afghanistan, was attacked by an unknown assailant. The attack left 24 people dead and at least 20 more injured.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.msf.org.uk/article/kabul-hospital-attack-they-came-kill-mothers|title=Kabul Hospital Attack: 'They came to kill the mothers' |work=Médecins Sans Frontières |date=15 May 2020}}</ref> * 25 June 2021: Three MSF employees were reported killed in [[Tigray, Ethiopia]].<ref name="reuters-3-killed-tigray">{{cite news |title=Three MSF employees killed in Ethiopia's Tigray, aid agency says |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/three-msf-employees-killed-ethiopias-tigray-aid-agency-says-2021-06-25/ |access-date=26 June 2021 |work=[[Reuters]]|date=25 June 2021}}</ref> * 18 November 2023: An evacuation convoy of MSF vehicles was attacked in [[Gaza, Palestine]] during the [[Gaza war]], resulting in deaths of two family members of MSF workers with one being a volunteer supporting MSF at [[Al-Shifa Hospital|Al Shifa Hospital]]. MSF reported "MSF considers that all elements point to the responsibility of the Israeli army for this attack".<ref>{{Cite web |last=manpreet |date=2023-12-01 |title=MSF convoy attacked in Gaza: all elements point to the responsibility of the Israeli army |url=https://www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/msf-convoy-attacked-in-gaza-all-elements-point-to-the-responsibility-of-the-israeli-army/ |access-date=2024-02-22 |website=Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF ...}}</ref>
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