GENEVA: Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) has said that everything must be done to end the violence in Gaza to prevent more needless death and injury.
In a post on X, on Sunday, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus criticized over 300 attacks on health facilities and continuous lack of safe access to critical aid in the besieged Palestinian enclave.
He said that only 15 hospitals remain functional in the area but are only able to provide limited services.
Today we mark 100 days of a tragedy.
7 October: an attack by Hamas and other armed groups in #Israel. 1300 people killed, more injured. Appalling reports of gender violence. Hostages seized — around 130 still in captivity, many needing medical care. Families desperate for the… pic.twitter.com/e9ujNZ7A3l
— Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (@DrTedros) January 14, 2024
He added humanitarian workers are repeatedly obstructed from providing critically needed aid.
The WHO Chief said people in Gaza are living in hell and nowhere is safe in the area as the war has entered into 100 days.
Meanwhile, International Federation of the Red Cross Secretary-General Jagan Chapagain has made the latest appeal for humanitarian reprieve for the people of Gaza.
In a post on X, he said in Gaza, the health care system is on the brink of collapse adding that any conflict or crisis, access to health care is a question of life or death.
In Gaza, the health care system is on the brink of collapse.
In any conflict or crisis, access to health care is a question of life or death.
Civilian population in Gaza have suffered enough, and healthcare is one of the last remaining beacons of hope.
It’s a humanitarian and… pic.twitter.com/51UmwrUD4n
— Jagan Chapagain (@jagan_chapagain) January 14, 2024
He added that civilian population in Gaza have suffered enough, and healthcare is one of the last remaining beacons of hope.
He wrote that it is a humanitarian and moral imperative to ensure the people of Gaza can access health care.
The Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) on Sunday said it received the trucks from its Egyptian counterpart through the Rafah border crossing. The consignment contained food, water, relief aid and medical supplies.
The United Nations has said Israeli denials of access for humanitarian missions have increased since the start of the year. Only about 21 percent of planned humanitarian deliveries to northern Gaza have reached to their destinations so far in the first weeks of the year.
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