On 14 June 2026, the outlet En vie à Béziers published an article by Monique Douillet about an evening of discussion on the humanitarian situation in Gaza and Rafah, attended by Professor Raphaël Pitti, founding president of HuSoMe.
The article looks back at his career, his humanitarian commitment and HuSoMe’s work with civilian populations.
A talk on the humanitarian situation in Gaza
According to En vie à Béziers, Professor Raphaël Pitti was the guest at an event held in Béziers on 11 June by the AFPS (Association France Palestine Solidarité) and La Cimade.
On this occasion, he presented his field experience in Rafah and Gaza and HuSoMe’s work.
Professor Raphaël Pitti’s career
The article traces the career of Professor Raphaël Pitti, a professor of emergency medicine, anaesthesiologist and intensive-care physician, and former military doctor.
According to En vie à Béziers, he has worked in several crisis settings over his career, notably in Lebanon, Sarajevo, the Comoros, during the Gulf War and within NATO.
The outlet also recalls his commitment in Syria from 2012, where he trained teams of health workers in a context of conflict.
In the article, Raphaël Pitti points to the deterioration in the protection of civilians in contemporary conflicts and considers that the situation observed in Gaza is part of a broader shift in international humanitarian law.
Testimony from the field in Rafah and Gaza
The article then reports Professor Raphaël Pitti’s account of the mission carried out in Gaza with a group of doctors.
He describes in particular the conditions of working in a hospital sheltering thousands of displaced people, the lack of medical resources and the gradual organisation of primary care centres in Rafah and Gaza.
HuSoMe’s work presented at the talk
Again according to En vie à Béziers, Professor Raphaël Pitti presented the work HuSoMe is currently carrying out on the ground.
He mentioned in particular the work of the teams, vaccination, monitoring of child malnutrition, the creation of orphanages and care facilities, and the difficulties of access to drinking water.
The article concludes by recalling HuSoMe’s commitment to civilian populations affected by war.
Source: article “SOIRÉE GAZA PALESTINE”, published on 14 June 2026 by Monique Douillet in En vie à Béziers.
Read the original article (in French): https://www.envieabeziers.info/societe/soiree-gaza-palestine/
