Gaza: No warning given before military action on hospital - WHO

Dr. Rick Peppercorn, the UN agency representative in the occupied Palestinian territory, said on Friday that there was heavy bombardment around Kamal Adwan Hospital throughout the night. This is one of the few health centers in northern Gaza that are partially functioning. While giving information to journalists in Geneva through video link, he said that a tank of Israeli military forces was seen outside the hospital at 4 am on Friday. When people were asked to leave the health center. “There was no official order to evacuate,” but instead there were rumors and chaos. Had happened. “People tried to climb over the walls to escape and in the chaos Israeli military forces opened fire. There are reports of deaths and arrests.” According to Dr Pepperkorn, only a limited number of aid supplies and emergency health teams have been able to reach Kamal Adwan Hospital since the Israeli military operation began in northern Gaza in October. This has left the hospital short of vital medical supplies and fuel. After seven weeks of unsuccessful attempts and requests being denied, just a few days ago an emergency medical team was allowed to deploy there with medical supplies , but then he was asked to leave from there. This team included two surgeons, two emergency nurses, a gynecologist and an operations specialist. Dr. Pepperkorn said that there is currently no surgeon in the hospital and it is very sad that this international team has been asked to leave. WHO mission is refused. Since October 2023, till now, the UN health agency has requested for 273 missions. Of these, about 58 percent were denied, postponed, or otherwise blocked. Dr. Pepperkorn said patients were safe, Arrangements for sending people out of Gaza to other countries for better treatment are also a challenge. After the attacks on Israel by other extremist groups including Hamas on October 7, Israeli military forces launched a large-scale retaliation in Gaza. . Since then, 5,325 patients have been sent out of Gaza. Of these, about five thousand patients were sent through the Rafah checkpoint, but it was closed on May 7. The UN Health Agency estimates that less than There are at least 12 thousand patients whose lives need to be evacuated to save their lives. More than 44 thousand Palestinians have lost their lives and more than a million have been injured, the majority of whom are women and children. The terrible cost The United Nations Children's Fund has expressed outrage that tents, makeshift camps and queues for food in the Gaza Strip Children engaged in food are being killed. Four children were killed in an airstrike near a food aid distribution center in central Gaza on Wednesday, as they were on their way to collect food. At least 22 people were killed in an airstrike on a camp with 40 tents in the Al Mawasi area, which was designated as a humanitarian zone. Among them were eight children. UNICEF has said that the lives of all children in Gaza are in danger and the humanitarian system is on the verge of complete collapse. There is no provision of humanitarian aid in accordance with international law and attempts to normalize such a terrible situation must be stopped at all costs.


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