Posted: Tuesday, December 19, 2023. 2:20 pm CST.
By Zoila Palma Gonzalez: Today, United Nations officials expressed anger and disbelief about the situation in Gaza hospitals, where injured people do not have basic supplies and children recovering from amputations are being killed in the ongoing conflict.
According to Reuters, about 27 of 36 hospitals in Gaza are not functional due to damages caused by the attacks and lack of fuel and staff.
The hospitals that are open are only partly functional and under pressure due to both strikes and growing numbers of sick and injured patients arriving.
“I’m furious that children who are recovering from amputations in hospitals are then killed in those hospitals,” said James Elder, spokesperson for the U.N. children’s agency.
“So where do children and families go? They’re not safe in hospitals, they’re not safe in shelters, and they’re certainly not safe in so-called safe zones,” he added.
In addition, Margaret Harris of the World Health Organization (WHO) described the situation in Gaza hospitals as “unconscionable”.
Only about 30% of the 20,000 pre-conflict health staff are working now due to deaths, injuries and detentions, she said.
“The very basics, they do not have them. One of my colleagues described people lying on the floor in severe pain, in agony, but they weren’t asking for pain relief. They were asking for water,” she said.
“It’s beyond belief that the world is allowing this to continue,” she added.
Thousands have been killed and thousands more displaced since Hamas attack on Israel on October 7th and Israel’s response of declaration of war.
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