WHO highlights catastrophic healthcare in Rafah
The World Health Organisation WHO highlights today the severe situation of healthcare in Rafah, Anadolu has reported. The city in the southern Gaza Strip was attacked by Israel on 6 May despite international opposition to such a move. smc smc smc smc smc smc smc smc smc smc smc smc smc smc smc smc smc smc smc smc smc smc smc smc smc smc smc smc smc
Israeli occupation forces have time WHO highlights
Again attacked and besieged medical facilities in the Palestinian territory over the past eight months.
“Intense hostilities have severely crippled healthcare provision in Rafah where tens of thousands of vulnerable people still remain,” said WHO director general Tedros Ghebreyesus on X. “Insecurity and [the] ongoing closure of the Rafah Crossing continue to compromise our ability to get supplies and staff into and around Gaza to keep health services – a lifeline for Gazans – functional.”
Ghebreyesus pointed out that only the ICRC field hospital Rafah Al-Mawasi remains fully operational and the UAE field hospital in Rafah city is currently the only facility in the area providing health services.
“We call for a ceasefire,” he added. “We call for safety for all patients and health workers. Call for the protection of all civilians. We call for the opening of the Rafah Crossing”
Besides killing more than 36,000 Palestinians and wounding 80,000 more since 7 October, the Israeli military offensive has devastated much of the enclave which is home to 2.3 million people, leaving most civilians homeless and at risk of famine. Civilian infrastructure has been attacked and destroyed, including homes, schools and medical facilities.
Israel stands accused of genocide
At the International Court of Justice, which in its latest ruling ordered Tel Aviv to immediately halt its operation in Rafah. The occupation state denies the allegation and has ignored the court’s rulings.
Israel has kept up raids on Rafah despite an order by the International Court of Justice, the top U.N. court, to halt the attacks.
Israel said its forces had killed 300 Palestinian gunmen in the city since May 6, when it launched what it has called a push to root out Hamas fighters and rescue hostages. The ICJ also called for the release of hostages held in Gaza by Hamas.
More than 36,000 Palestinians have killed in Israel’s air and land war across all of Gaza, with 53 of those killed in the past 24 hours, the Hamas-run enclave’s health ministry said.
Israel launched its offensive after Hamas fighters crossed from Gaza into southern Israel on Oct. 7 last year, killed 1,200 people and abducted more than 250, according to Israeli tallies.
The Israeli military said a soldier had killed in fighting in northern Gaza, bringing to 292 Israel’s combat losses since its first Gaza ground incursion on Oct. 20.
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