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‘In the name of humanity’, Guterres asks Israel to immediately stop attacks on the Gaza Strip

  • November 14, 2023
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Antonio Guterresgeneral secretary UNhe asked again Israel A Immediate end to attacks in Gaza “in the name of humanity” after the bombing of several hospitals in the Gaza

Antonio Guterresgeneral secretary UNhe asked again Israel A Immediate end to attacks in Gaza “in the name of humanity” after the bombing of several hospitals in the Gaza Strip.

In a brief statement, Guterres said he felt:deeply concerned about the dire situation in several hospitalsand for the “dramatic loss of life.”

In Gaza, all hospitals are closed due to lack of fuel

Subsequently, and also during the daily press conference of his press secretary Stephane Dujarric, the latter confirmed that from Monday all hospitals in the northern half of the Gaza Strip except one (where 500 patients remained) there were Out of order.

Reason – shutdown of electromedical devices (due to lack of fuel) plus lack of oxygen, food and water caused by explosions and fighting in hospitals and medical centers.

Israel bans gasoline imports into Gaza

On the other hand, fuel shortages in the Gaza Strip (as Israel refuses to allow the import of gasoline or diesel fuel) have already caused a water distribution station in the south of the enclave to fail on Monday, leaving 100,000 people without adequate services. .

Moreover, unless Israel lifts the fuel ban, the trucks currently delivering humanitarian aid – 1,096 as of this Tuesday and 150 yesterday alone – will stop entering the country within 48 hours.

Injured in the Gaza Strip are dying due to lack of medical care, Red Crescent says

The Gaza Red Crescent said on Tuesday that the wounded in the north of the strip were dying due to Neither ambulances nor medical services can reach their locations.

“There are many wounded that we cannot reach. These areas are closed to everyone.

“Ambulances cannot arrive, medical aid cannot be sent, and the wounded are left in agony, suffering and dying without a response to their calls for help,” Gaza Red Crescent Director General Marwan Jilani said in a message published on the medical website. organizations.

According to Jilani, Media Luna receives “numerous calls” from people who say “that There are dead people on the roads, under rubble and even in houses. and families can’t bury them because they can’t leave.”

“This is a new urgent call for medical teams and ambulances to have access to these people to alleviate their suffering and save their lives, not only in the north of Gaza, but also in the south.”

Jilani explained that “the situation is quite catastrophic” and that “all hospitals are not functioning, and those that are functioning are operating at a minimum, without electricity and fuel and with a large shortage of water and food for both the teams and the patients and people who remain in the hospital.”

Al-Quds Hospital is surrounded by the Israeli army

According to the CEO of Gaza Crescent, Al-Quds Hospital is surrounded by the Israeli army and no one “can go outside the hospital.” You can’t even approach the window because the snipers are shooting.”

The general director clarified that several people were injured from these shots, two were killed.

“We tried to evacuate those remaining in the Al-Quds hospital, where, in addition to our team, there are about 50 patients and their accompanying persons, but the attempts were unsuccessful; we were not able to evacuate them,” he noted.

Since Palestinian militias in Gaza kidnapped more than 240 people and killed about 1,200 on October 7, Israel launched an offensive into Gaza—by air, sea, and land—that left more than 11,180 dead, 28,200 injured, 3,000 missing and more than 1.5 million displaced in the Gaza Strip. (EFE)

Source: Aristegui Noticias

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