On the occasion of the humanitarian conference on Gaza in Paris, the Vice President of the NGO Doctors of the World, Jean-François Corti, refused to stop the bombing in Gaza for only hours and demanded an immediate and complete ceasefire, to allow a real humanitarian response to meet the enormous needs of 2.2 million civilians in the Strip.
In his statement to Sky News Arabia, he explained that “a cessation of bombing for a few hours cannot be considered ‘humanitarian’ because it does not allow the delivery of large quantities of vital aid that the residents of the Gaza Strip desperately need. Every minute that passes in Gaza without a ceasefire costs more lives.” “Innocent.”
After more than a month of successive bombing and siege, Kurti says, “The ceasefire is an urgent and absolute necessity because civilians, health workers and members of international associations are in danger. There are random bombings targeting civilians. The siege has a major impact on children and women. Civilians are suffering from thirst.” Hunger, fear, and lack of medical care.”
In terms of numbers, he confirms that “35 hospitals have stopped working due to the ban on the entry of fuel and the power outage. Currently, difficult medical operations are performed without anesthesia. There is no hydrogen, the recovery rooms are broken, and even classic diseases cannot be treated or appropriate medications provided for them. There are civilians suffering from diseases.” “Stomach and diabetes, for example, can no longer be treated. Doctors currently provide war medicine at a low level.”
Many sources, including the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and Médecins du Monde, have repeatedly reported that Israeli airstrikes have hit hospitals. Health facilities benefit from special protection under international humanitarian law and should never be considered military objectives.
On the other hand, he points out that the home of a doctor who has been a member of Doctors of the World for more than two years, who received his training in England and returned to work within the sector, was targeted. He lost his life along with his family members in a blind bombing.
He added, “60 percent of those working with the United Nations were killed. This has never happened in contemporary wars. We know that if the bombing does not stop completely, we will in turn lose more of our twenty members present on the spot.”
Kurti regrets “the absence of international law because it aims to protect civilians, which did not happen. Schools, hospitals, and health centers were targeted, and aid to civilians was prevented.”
Returning to the Paris conference, he says, “I understand that this conference is in order to study the aid that can be provided in the short and long term, but the problem now is how it can be introduced. The aid is already available and is waiting for the green light to pass through the Rafah crossing. About two weeks ago, Egypt… The Eid side includes international associations and organizations, especially the Egyptian Red Crescent, which was very professional. They were able to organize trucks, but now they cannot enter because missiles are everywhere.” He continues, “Since last October 20, between 500 and 600 aid trucks have entered, but unfortunately they do not represent even a third of the need of the population of the Gaza Strip, and the helpers cannot distribute water, food, and medicines safely.”
In this regard, the Vice President of Médecins du Monde calls for “imagining the catastrophic and terrible picture of this situation and the dramatic health conditions in Gaza. 2.2 million civilians are trapped in 300 square kilometers, under bombardment, drinking poorly filtered sea water. What is certain is that children, if they do not die under the rubble, will die from “Severe diarrhea that doctors cannot treat.”
2023-11-13 05:38:06
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