500 Medical Personnel Martyred Since Beginning Of Israeli Aggression On Gaza: Palestinian Health Ministry
Date
8/12/2024 12:08:06 AM
(MENAFN- The Peninsula)
QNA
Ramallah: The Palestinian Ministry of health said that about 500 healthcare workers have been martyred, and hundreds have been injured since the start of the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip on October 7.
In a statement released last night, the ministry said that more than 310 others have been arrested, while 130 ambulances have been destroyed in the Gaza Strip. Health facilities and workers in the West bank have also been subjected to more than 340 attacks.
Image shows a man crying over the shrouded corpse of a child killed in an overnight Israeli strike, in the yard of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs hospital in Deir el-Balah in the central Gaza Strip on August 10, 2024. (Photo by Eyad Baba / AFP)
The ministry underlined that the deliberate targeting of medical infrastructure by the occupation has deprived Palestinian citizens of access to basic healthcare services.
It pointed out that poor water and sanitation conditions, along with overcrowding, have led to an increase in diseases and early deaths, noting that the Gaza Strip is facing a public health disaster due to unsafe water resources and a lack of basic hygiene necessities for over 1.7 million forcibly displaced people.
The ministry emphasized that the severe shortage of healthcare workers and medical supplies, including anesthesia and antibiotics, is making it difficult for healthcare workers to save lives.
The ministry called for the unconditional entry of humanitarian supplies to meet the acute shortages and assist in evacuating the injured to receive life-saving medical care abroad.
Israeli occupation forces have continued their aggression on the Gaza Strip by land, sea, and air since October 7, 2023, resulting in the martyrdom of 39,790 citizens, while thousands of victims remain trapped under the rubble and in the streets, with ambulance and civil defense teams unable to reach them.
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