Al Jazeera Photo Gallery Documents Cité Soleil/Cul-de-Sac Displacement: Families Line Airport Road, MSF Hospital Remains Closed

On May 13, 2026, Al Jazeera published a photo gallery documenting the scale of displacement caused by the Cité Soleil and Cul-de-Sac Plain gang violence that began May 10. Hundreds of families were photographed sheltering on the road leading to Toussaint Louverture International Airport — the same artery that had hosted displaced civilians during the February–March 2024 gang offensive. International wire coverage via Manila Times and other outlets continued amplifying the crisis internationally. As of May 13, MSF's hospital in Cité Soleil remained evacuated and closed, leaving the commune's estimated 300,000 residents without any functioning emergency medical facility. The Centre Hospitalier de Fontaine also remained suspended. MSF, which had treated more than 40 gunshot victims in 12 hours and sheltered 800+ displaced civilians before being forced to evacuate on May 10–11, continued calling for conditions that would allow the hospital to reopen safely. The imagery of families sheltering along the airport road underscored the proximity of gang violence to critical national infrastructure. Africanews reported on May 12–13 that a surge in gang violence had left hundreds displaced across the capital with no safe refuge in sight. The humanitarian picture as of May 13 reflects the structural reality: 1.47M+ Haitians internally displaced nationwide, more than 90% of Port-au-Prince under gang control, and the GSF advance force of approximately 545 personnel continuing to face a vast gap between its current capacity and the 5,500-person authorized ceiling needed for territory-holding operations.