While 70 people were dead upon arrival, dozens of injured, including many children, arrived in critical conditions with severe burns.

In the burn unit, where MSF works, surgeons are doing around 10 burn surgeries a day. But the hospital is overflowing with hundreds of patients with burns who must wait to be operated.

“The medical needs are huge and MSF is ready to scale up its activities, but we need basic guarantees of safety and unrestricted access of medical and humanitarian supplies into Gaza”, says Christophe Garnier, MSF Project Coordinator in southern Gaza.

"A ceasefire is a must, now more than ever, to stop the bloodshed that is happening".