Palestine, Sept. 9 -- On September 9, Israeli forces issued evacuation orders for the estimated 1 million people that still live in Gaza City. Without means to travel and no safe place to seek shelter, however, many Palestinians have no option but to stay in Gaza City despite the intensifying military offensive.

Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) team members are among those facing impossible choices while living and working in Gaza City. Lina Batniji, lay counselor educator, and Mohammed Al-Tibi, supply chain officer, sent us these messages today.

My name is Lina Batniji, and I don't even know where to begin. We have women patients in red zones-areas that are classified as extremely dangerous. Some of them have C-se...