Amid fuel, electricity shortage, PRCS treating injuries in torchlight
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Due to Israeli bombing, crews from Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) and the International Rescue Committee were forced to retreat from Gaza's Al-Aqsa hospital.
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PRCS workers treating a wounded man in the dark in Jabalia (X photo, @PalestineRCS)
Amid fuel and electricity shortages, volunteers from the Palestine Red Crescent Society are treating Palestinians injured by Israeli attacks by torchlight.
PRCS workers can be seen in a video uploaded on X treating a wounded man in the dark while another volunteer holds up a torch at a medical site in Jabalia, northern Gaza.
Despite the power outage, our volunteers continue to work in the PRCS medical point in #Jabalia, northern #Gaza to save the lives of patients and the injured, amid a shortage of medical supplies and medications.
— PRCS (@PalestineRCS) January 7, 2024
📷Filmed by PRCS volunteer: Yusuf Khader, 6/1/2024… pic.twitter.com/ipM5n6kv7F
Meanwhile, due to the Israeli bombing, crews from Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) and the International Rescue Committee were forced to retreat from Gaza's Al-Aqsa hospital. In a statement, the MAP said, “As a result of increasing Israeli military activity around the Al Aqsa hospital, the only functioning hospital in Gaza’s Middle Area, Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) and the International Rescue Committee (IRC)’s Emergency Medical Team (EMT) has been forced to withdraw and cease activities."
"The Israeli military has dropped leaflets designating areas surrounding the hospital as a ‘red zone.’ Given the recent history of attacks on medical staff and facilities in Gaza, the team is unable to return. Many local health workers have also been unable to access the hospital to care for the hundreds of patients that remain due to the conflict," the statement read.
🚨As a result of increasing Israeli military activity around the Al Aqsa Hospital, the only functioning hospital in #Gaza’s Middle Area, MAP and @RESCUEorg’s Emergency Medical Team has been forced to withdraw and cease activities.https://t.co/nh91UBdNte pic.twitter.com/PUv056uisO
— Medical Aid for Palestinians (@MedicalAidPal) January 7, 2024
Since October 7, medical facilities in Gaza have been assaulted and badly destroyed as a result of "Israel's" lethal onslaught.
Martin Griffiths, the UN humanitarian chief, has once again issued a statement detailing the horrific situation in Gaza as "Israel" remains as destructive and barbaric in its quest to annihilate the Strip.
Recently, Griffiths declared Gaza "uninhabitable" as threats of famine, disastrous Israeli bombings, and a collapsed health system ravage the land and imperil 2.3 million Palestinians forced to face the dangers.
According to Griffith's assessment, people are exposed to the cold as residential buildings, shelters, schools, and hospitals are targeted and destroyed. Even areas where displaced Palestinians were told to relocate have been deliberately targeted by the IOF.
Three months since the horrific 7 October attacks, Gaza has become a place of death and despair.
— Martin Griffiths (@UNReliefChief) January 5, 2024
This war should never have started. But it’s long past time for it to end.
My statement:https://t.co/lkUlogG3Cm pic.twitter.com/kLFBZsKGLt
'Israel' causes medical terrors
Gaza's healthcare system is in complete shambles as a result of the relentless bombardment of hospitals and medical complexes. With barely any functional medical centers, the injured and ill cannot be accommodated in a healthy place, leaving them vulnerable in the face of cold weather, infections, and diseases. Griffith's report mentioned about 180 births each day.
This is riddled with the "highest levels of food insecurity ever recorded" and the unfolding famine in the Strip. UNICEF released a report on Friday on the matter.
The report highlighted a concerning rise in cases of diarrhea among children under five, with numbers soaring from 48,000 to 71,000 in just one week starting December 17. A primary target for the Israeli occupation has been Gaza's hospitals, with barely any available anymore, making adequate healthcare nearly impossible for the afflicted children.
This translates to approximately 3,200 new cases of diarrhea daily, marking a staggering 2,000% increase within a short timeframe and underscoring the rapid deterioration of child health in the Gaza Strip.
The report also emphasized a growing number of children facing inadequate nutrition, raising fears of acute malnutrition and mortality surpassing famine thresholds, once again not underlining that this is due to the Israeli policy of starving Palestinians through blockade and besiegement, barring or heavily restricting the entry of any foodstuffs into Gaza.
Almost 90% of children are receiving two of the five essential food groups, while 25% of pregnant mothers reported that they're only getting one.
This comes as the Ministry of Health in Gaza announced that the number of Palestinians martyred by the Israeli aggression has risen to 22,835, in addition to 58,416 injuries, in three months since "Israel" launched a mass murder spree under the guise of "destroying Hamas", a goal that has been declared unattainable and far-fetched.
The latest toll released on the 93rd day of the Israeli aggression came after the occupation committed 12 massacres against entire families in the Gaza Strip in the past 24 hours, killing more than 113 people and injuring another 250, as per the Ministry.
