Emergency Situation in Gaza: Rising Death Toll and Urgent Healthcare Needs

Ahmed Gomaa wrote Sunday, October 8, 2023 08:58 PM

On Sunday, the Palestinian Ministry of Health recorded the death of 413 citizens, including 78 children and 41 women, in addition to recording 2,300 wounded, including 213 children and 140 women, indicating that the Ministry is closely following the implementation of the emergency plan and confirms that all governmental and private health departments, units and facilities are working in case of emergency. Poise to perform its duty towards its people during the brutal Israeli aggression.

The Palestinian Health Ministry confirmed that the medical teams have gained great experience through which they were able to deal with the size and type of injuries resulting from the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip, noting that it has recorded at least 8 massacres so far against families, in which about 54 citizens were killed.

The Palestinian Health Ministry pointed out the intensification of the Israeli aggression, which makes the health scene more complicated, with Gaza suffering from a large shortage of medicines, medical consumables, and fuel as a result of the Israeli siege, pointing out that the continued electricity crisis poses a challenge to the health system and a danger to the lives of hundreds of wounded and sick people in sensitive departments.

The Palestinian Ministry of Health called on the international community and all relevant parties to put pressure on the Israeli occupation to restart power lines due to the danger it poses to the health and humanitarian system, stressing its need for urgent action from all sides to support the emergency Palestinian health needs of medicines, medical consumables, fuel, and high-capacity electric generators. .

On Sunday, Israeli Channel 12 confirmed that the number of settlers killed by Palestinian factions’ fire had risen to 700 dead and 2,150 injured, including 300 in critical and dangerous condition.

In addition, the Egyptian Council for Foreign Affairs affirmed that the “Al-Aqsa Flood” operation is a logical result of the illegal Israeli presence in the occupied Palestinian territories, and its policies that included blatant racial discrimination, the unlawful usurpation of lands, and unjust settlement expansion, which deprived the Palestinians of their basic rights amidst conditions A very difficult living, no human being can bear it.

The Council expressed its deep dissatisfaction with the policy of double standards and double standards adopted by Western countries, especially the United States, and its weak position and silence regarding Israeli practices and violations of Palestinian rights, its absolute support for the occupying authority, and the obstruction of any efforts aimed at accepting Palestine as a full member of the United Nations. This has entrenched the chronic failure to comply with the relevant United Nations and Security Council resolutions, and deprived the Palestinian people of any serious political horizon for resolving the protracted conflict. It is unfortunate that instead of dealing fairly with legitimate Palestinian rights, the United States has devoted its priority to the normalization process with Israel, ignoring the successive Palestinian uprisings, the most recent of which was yesterday’s uprising, which included warning messages about the repercussions of continuing the situation as it is.

In this regard, the Council strongly condemned the series of Israeli attacks on Palestinian cities since dawn on Saturday, October 7th, which resulted in hundreds of casualties and injuries, including the massive destruction it caused to the property of Palestinian civilians, affirming its full solidarity with the proud Palestinian people in His just cause, and his right to defend himself. The Council also extends its sincere condolences and sincere sympathy to the martyrs who received martyrdom in order to defend their homeland and nation, wishing a speedy recovery for the injured.

The Council once again draws attention to the necessity of working to find a just, comprehensive and lasting solution to the Palestinian issue on the basis of the two-state solution, and activating the right to self-determination for the Palestinian people by establishing their independent state within the 1967 borders with East Jerusalem as its capital. In this context, the Council calls on the international community, especially the UN Security Council; To carry out its responsibilities, stop the ongoing violence, provide protection for the Palestinian people, and end the racist and settlement practices of the occupation authorities, thus sparing the region new levels of tension and instability.

2023-10-08 17:58:00

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