WHO: Every 10 minutes the Israeli army kills one child in Gaza
The Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has said that one Palestinian child is killed on average every 10 minutes in the Gaza Strip and warned that "nowhere and no one is safe" under the attacks of Israel in the besieged area. Addressing the United Nations Security Council yesterday, Dr. Tedros Adhanom has described the situation in Gaza as desperate. "On average, one child is killed every 10 minutes in Gaza," said the WHO chief before the 15-member council. Dr. Tedros Adhanom, who is from the Tigray region of Ethiopia, recalled the gunfire and "smells and images" of war, saying, "nowhere and no one is safe in Gaza." "I understand what the children of Gaza must be going through because I was a child, I went through the same situation," he said. The director of the WHO has also warned that the health system of the Palestinian region is about to completely collapse. Dr. Tedros Adhanom Dr. Tedros Adhanom noted that there have been more than 250 attacks on health centers in Gaza since the start of Israel's brutal attacks on the area. "The corridors of the hospital are full of wounded, sick, dying; morgues are overflowing; surgery without anesthesia and tens of thousands of displaced people have rushed to seek shelter in hospitals." The head of the Palestine Red Crescent Society, Marwan Jilani, also addressed the Security Council meeting via video, calling on members to "do everything possible to avoid further deaths and suffering." Jilani warned of dire conditions at Al-Quds hospital in Gaza City, which the Red Crescent said was forced out of business on Friday by Israeli snipers. "Our biggest concern is the direct threat to the lives of all those injured and sick, as well as tens of thousands of civilians, including thousands of children", Jilani said. "All of them are looking at you, begging you to take action to stop another possible massacre," he told the UN council. The Security Council has so far failed to pass a resolution regarding the ongoing war and brutal killings carried out by the brutal Israeli regime against the Gaza Strip.../
