Gaza’s Nasser Hospital slams MSF’s ‘unsubstantiated’ armed men allegation

The southern Gaza hospital says MSF issued statements that ‘misrepresent facts and mirror narratives historically used to justify’ Israeli attacks.Published On 15 Feb 2026The Nasser Hospital Complex has condemned aid group Doctors Without Borders, known by its French initials MSF, for pulling out of operations, alleging the presence of armed men and weapons at the facility.In a statement on Sunday, the hospital said the MSF allegation was “false, unsubstantiated, and misleading” and “posed a serious risk to a protected” civilian medical facility – one of southern Gaza’s last functioning large hospitals.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Onsite gunmen force MSF to stop work at Gaza’s Nasser Hospitallist 2 of 4A Palestinian cancer patient stuck in Egypt for two years returns to Gazalist 3 of 4Trauma and defiance: Life and death of 17-year-old killed fighting Israellist 4 of 4ICU patients’ lives at risk in Gaza’s Al-Aqsa Hospital amid Israel’s warend of listMSF on Saturday suspended all its noncritical medical operations at Nasser Hospital, citing security breaches that posed “serious” threats to its teams and patients. The Geneva, Switzerland-based charity said there had been an increase in patients and staff seeing armed men in parts of the compound since a United States-brokered ceasefire between Israel and Hamas was reached in October last year.But the hospital said the MSF issued statements that “misrepresent facts and mirror narratives historically used to justify attacks” on hospitals, “despite full transparency and repeated clarification”.“Such statements are not neutral. They foreseeably endanger Nasser Hospital Complex, serving over one million civilians, by undermining its protected status under international humanitarian law. MSF is aiding in manufacturing consent for attacks against the hospital,” it said.The hospital, located in Khan Younis, demanded that MSF should “immediately retract all allegations regarding weapons or armed presence” and “publicly reaffirm commitment to medical neutrality grounded in verified facts”.