84% of Gaza's health facilities impacted by Israeli attacks: UNRWA

By Al Mayadeen English
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7 Feb 2024 12:53
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UNRWA reveals that only four out of 22 of its health facilities are currently operational in Gaza.

Palestinians wounded in the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip are brought to a hospital in Deir al Balah on Friday, Jan. 26, 2024. (AP)

The Israeli aggression on Gaza has affected 84% of health facilities in the besieged Gaza Strip, the UN Palestinian Refugee Agency (UNRWA) said on Tuesday.

''Due to continued bombardment and access restrictions, only 4 out of 22 UNRWA health facilities are still operational,'' the UN agency added in a statement on X.

Shocking before & after images show level of destruction to our health centre in north📍#Gaza

84% of health facilities in #Gaza have been affected by attacks.

Due to continued bombardment & access restrictions, only 4 out of 22 @UNRWA health facilities are still operational. pic.twitter.com/YMu74B0F87
— UNRWA (@UNRWA) February 6, 2024

UNRWA also shared photos of the damage incurred by the Sheikh Radwan Health Center in Israeli attacks on northern Gaza.

According to the UN, 85% of Gaza's population has been displaced internally due to Israeli aggression, leading to severe shortages of food, clean water, and medicine. Additionally, 60% of the enclave's infrastructure has been either damaged or destroyed.

Earlier on Tuesday, the Israeli occupation tightened its siege on the Nasser Medical Complex and heavily targeted its vicinity, the spokesperson for the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza, Ashraf al-Qudra confirmed, highlighting the grave risk threatening thousands of people inside the health facility.

Al-Qudra stressed that the Israeli occupation is putting the lives of 300 medical personnel, 450 injured Palestinians, and 10,000 displaced people, who lack any source of nutrition, in immediate danger amid a severe shortage of anesthetic materials, intensive care, and surgical procedures.