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The Red Cross warns that Gaza is at risk of a “comprehensive medical closure”

The International Committee of the Red Cross warned on Thursday that the Gaza Strip faces the risk of a “total medical closure” due to attacks launched by the Israeli army as part of the offensive that began after the attacks carried out by the Israeli occupation forces on October 7. Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas).

The head of the agency's office in Gaza, William Schomburg, said, “All hospitals in the Gaza Strip are overcrowded and suffer from a lack of medical supplies, fuel, water, and food,” adding that “many of them host thousands of displaced families.”

He also pointed out that Al-Nasr Hospital and the European Hospital in Gaza both have it [Jan Yunis, en] South of the enclave, “they are at risk of being lost due to the fighting.” “The cumulative impact on the health system is devastating, so urgent action is necessary,” he warned.

The ICRC noted that these two hospitals, the only referral hospitals providing emergency and surgical services, serve nearly two million people, almost the entire population of Gaza, and added that their current capacities are “not sufficient” to meet the needs of the Strip. A number of wounded and sick. The International Committee of the Red Cross said, “Al-Nasr Hospital and a third facility, Al-Amal Hospital, run by the Palestine Red Crescent, are at the heart of the hostilities.” km, which represents less than 20% of Gaza's territory.

In this sense, he stressed that these people are living in “desperate conditions” in the south of the enclave, which is witnessing a “major escalation in fighting,” a situation that “threatens their survival.” He stressed that “the humanitarian necessity to protect medical facilities in Gaza is clear.”

“If these medical facilities, especially Al-Nasr Hospital and the European Hospital in Gaza, stop working, the world will witness an untold number of thousands of preventable deaths, given the size of the population, the harsh living conditions, and the collapse of the health sector.” The health system and the intensity of the fighting.”

For this reason, he stated that parties to the conflict and “those who affect them” must take “immediate steps” to “ensure the safety of hospitals and the people in them,” and “ensure the safety of health workers, the wounded, the sick, and hospital staff.” Ambulances can reach hospitals safely” and “facilitate the delivery of supplies needed to operate hospitals, including medicines, fuel, food and water.” (People's Army)