Babies and seriously ill patients are on the verge of death in Gaza hospitals without electricity
While the Israeli army’s decision to give thousands of people living in the blockaded north of Gaza until this afternoon to head to the south of the region has sparked international reactions, a battle is raging in Gaza’s hospitals under bombardment. great fight for life or death.
At the Şifa hospital, where thousands of people fleeing Israeli bombing took shelter, patients connected to dialysis machines and life support units were at risk of death. As Israel cuts electricity, Gaza hospitals are running generators to keep thousands of wounded alive.
The Red Cross warned that generators would soon stop working and hospitals left completely without power would become morgues. “Hospitals in Gaza are running out of electricity,” said Fabrizio Carboni, regional director of the Red Cross. Newborn babies and elderly patients will lose oxygen support. “Dialysis machines and X-ray machines will stop working for kidney patients,” he said.
Israel had announced that a complete blockade would be imposed on Gaza and that no electricity would be provided before people taken hostage during the bloody Hamas attack were freed.
There are many children among those killed in Gaza. (AA)
LOSS OF LIVES IS RAPIDLY INCREASING
In its latest statement, the Palestinian Ministry of Health announced that the death toll in Gaza was at least 2,215 and 8,714 people were injured.
Speaking to the BBC, a doctor at Şifa Hospital said they were having difficulty treating thousands of injured people due to a lack of fuel and equipment in the hospitals, and that they were unable to care for patients whose condition was not critical.
Doctor of Doctors Without Borders. Justin Dalby emphasized that the number of injured patients arriving was incredible.
ISRAEL GAVE THE GAZANS 6 HOURS TO ESCAPE
Despite international warnings, the Israeli military reiterated its warning to those living in the north of the blockaded Gaza Strip to vacate their homes and head to the south of the region.
Israeli army spokesman Avichay Adraee, in his publication in the
Sharing a map showing the route that will be used for evacuation, Adraee said: “I would like to state that the Israeli army will avoid touching the route marked on the map between 10:00 and 16:00 local time.”
Many Gazans took refuge in UN buildings to escape Israeli bombs.
Many countries and local and international human rights organizations warned of the consequences of the evacuation request and called on Israel to step back.
Palestine’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Riyad Mansour, called Israel’s demand that 1.1 million civilians in Gaza leave their homes and move to the south of the region as “ethnic cleansing and a crime against humanity.” .
Many buildings were destroyed during the bombing.
THOSE WHO ESCAPE FROM THEIR HOMES WERE BOMBED
Palestinians who left their homes following the Israeli army’s statement yesterday were also attacked.
The Gaza Interior Ministry reported last night that at least 70 people were killed and more than 200 injured in the attack on a convoy of displaced Palestinians.
Ahmed Muhenne, director of the Al-Awde hospital in Cibaliye, in the north of the Gaza Strip, stressed that yesterday he received a call from the Israeli army to evacuate the hospital, but that was not possible. Muhenne said: “Some patients were evacuated, but there are also patients who could not be transferred due to the severity of their health condition. “We are determined to stay here and care for patients with our medical staff of 35 doctors and support staff,” he said. (AGENCIES)