Every day they attack hospitals, ambulances, doctors…

Sunday marks the 10th anniversary of the adoption of Resolution 2286 in the UN Security Council, by which member countries promised to protect medical workers, infrastructure and equipment. Instead, armed conflicts attack hospitals, ambulances and health workers almost every day, MSF said.

The World Health Organization (WHO) recorded a total of 1,348 attacks on medical facilities in 2025 alone, in which 1,981 people died. MSF said 21 of its members had been killed over the past 10 years.

MSF President Javid Abdelmoneim said that there is “obvious neglect” of the protection of medical missions in warring countries. “What was once considered an exception has now become everyday,” Abdelmoneim said. “Countries that pledged to protect healthcare in 2016 must stop hiding behind excuses and finger-pointing and act,” he added.

Over the past 10 years, attacks on health facilities have included airstrikes on hospitals in Syria and Yemen, bombings of hospitals in Ukraine and Palestine, drone attacks on a hospital in Myanmar, and attacks on clearly marked ambulances in Cameroon, Haiti and Lebanon, reports Hina.

Abdelmoneim said health care in conflict areas faces an extreme threat as attacks on workers and infrastructure have been recorded in almost every conflict over the past decade.

“The protection guaranteed to us and our patients by international humanitarian law must lead to action, not just words,” he said.

(Vijesti.ba)