UN: Gaza hospitals are in dire condition

As the Zionist regime of Israel continues its genocidal attacks against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip for a fourth week, UN humanitarian workers on Monday warned of dire conditions in hospitals in northern Gaza amid reports of increased ground operations of the Israeli army.

Oct 31, 2023 - 14:01
UN: Gaza hospitals are in dire condition
UN: Gaza hospitals are in dire condition

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Aid OCHA has said that the Shifa and Al Quds hospitals in Gaza City and the Indonesian hospital in the north of Gaza have been attacked over the weekend. The organization has added that the attacks followed a renewed call by the brutal Israeli army for patients to leave the health centers immediately. According to OCHA, approximately 117,000 displaced people are being housed in 10 hospitals that are still operating in Gaza City and elsewhere in northern Gaza, which have received orders to return to the call to leave in recent days. The United Nations health organization WHO, through its page X, has said that "the evacuation of the entire hospital is impossible without endangering the lives of patients". The situation in Gaza after the ongoing sabotage of the illegal Israeli regime On the other hand, the United Nations Population and Reproductive Health Organization (UNFPA) has said that the situation is very bad, especially for mothers who give birth, because currently women's surgeries are performed without anesthesia while there is a great shortage of medical equipment and energy. and sometimes doctors have to produce healthy babies from mothers who die." This comes at a time when the Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip has announced that, as of Monday evening, the number of Martyrs of brutal attacks by the Zionist regime in the area has increased to 8,306 people. According to the information of this ministry, 21,048 people have been injured to different degrees and that of those killed, 3,457 are children and 2,136 are women .