Doctors in the Gaza Strip are faced with a shortage of medical equipment and impossible conditions. World media reports that they operate on patients on the floors of overcrowded hospitals, in unhygienic conditions, without anesthesia. All the hospitals in Gaza are running out of fuel for the generators.
According to the data of the Gaza Ministry of Health, 7 people have been killed and more than 3.785 wounded in Israeli airstrikes since October 12.000. There are 1.524 children among the victims.
Due to a severe shortage of medical supplies and available space, doctors had no choice but to perform some critical operations on hospital floors and corridors. Abu Selmia, director of Al Ahly Hospital where the explosion claimed nearly 400 lives, stressed the urgent need for basic medical resources.
"We need equipment, we need medicine, we need beds, we need anesthesia, we need everything," said the hospital director.
British-Palestinian surgeon Ghassan Abu Sita told the BBC that doctors at Al Shifa Hospital used up a month's worth of medical supplies in one day.
There were about 4.000 people in Al Ahli Hospital at the time of the attack, not only patients, but also those who sought shelter there, believing that they were safe from Israeli airstrikes in the hospital.
Hamas accused Israel of this crime. The Israeli army claims that it was a missile fired at Israel by the Islamic Jihad organization and that it fell immediately after launch. These claims were supported by the Israeli military command with alleged evidence that it sent to the media. "We are not targeting hospitals," repeated officials in Tel Aviv.
MJ
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