Emily Callahan, a Doctors without Borders (MSF) nurse who was evacuated from Gaza during the current escalation has praised the Palestinian medical staff there for providing support and safety to the MSF’s foreign workers.

In an interview with CNN, she said that despite the MSF’s “national staff” being accused of being traitors, they stayed with them. “They said ‘you are family too, we’re not going anywhere’.”

“We would have died within a week without them. They are the only reason we are alive,” the nurse said about her Palestinian colleagues.

“When I say we would have starved to death without them, I’m not exaggerating.”

Opinion

Editorial

Risks ahead
Updated 02 Oct, 2026

Risks ahead

To think that the government would rather push out an elected government than grant a single prisoner some facilities does not square up rationally.
Exit from Iraq
02 Oct, 2026

Exit from Iraq

AMERICAN and British troops have once again shipped out of Iraq. On Wednesday, the foreign forces left the Arab...
Lahore’s ozone warning
02 Oct, 2026

Lahore’s ozone warning

LAHORE has received another warning that its air pollution crisis cannot be treated as a problem that begins with...
Fixing bond markets
Updated 01 Oct, 2026

Fixing bond markets

Pension funds, insurance companies, mutual funds, retail investors, and eventually, foreign investors must become bigger participants in the market.
Call centre rackets
01 Oct, 2026

Call centre rackets

A NUMBER of recent raids conducted by the authorities in different cities point to the growing threat fraudulent ...
Homeward bound
01 Oct, 2026

Homeward bound

FIVE months after Somali pirates captured an oil tanker carrying a 19-member multinational crew, Somali maritime...