Showing posts with label health system. Show all posts
Showing posts with label health system. Show all posts

Friday, October 13, 2023

With Energy Supplies Down, Time May Be Running Out for Injured People in Gaza’s Hospitals | DW News

October 13, 2023 | Palestinian officials now say more than 1,500 people have been killed in retaliatory airstrikes in Gaza, after the Islamist-militant group Hamas' terror attack on Israel which killed 1,300.

On Monday, Israel's Defense Minister Yoav Gallant announced a "total blockade" of Gaza and discontinued supplies of electricity, food and fuel from Israel to the sealed-off territory. Hospitals are affected and on the brink of complete collapse due to the ever-growing number of casualties and lack of energy and medical supllies.

As a result, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has warned that hospitals could soon turn into morgues.


British-Palestinian Surgeon on Treating the Wounded in Gaza | Amanpour & Company

Oct 12, 2023 | Israel’s siege is blocking food, water and medicines from reaching Gaza, and the U.N. warns the population is being placed at imminent risk. British-Palestinian surgeon Ghassan Abu Sittah, who left London for Gaza on Sunday, joins the show. Originally aired on October 12, 2023