Officials said there had been 115 attacks on health care facilities, and the majority of hospitals in Gaza were out of service, while water and electricity were in short supply.
The World Health Organization is calling for him to be granted urgent access to Gaza in order to deliver aid and medical supplies and warns of a long-term humanitarian crisis.
About half of them 2,800 Palestinians killed were women and children while another 11,000 have been injured in Gaza since the start of Israel’s bombardment following deadly attacks by Hamas, WHO officials said, according to Reuters.
The UN agency is meeting today with “decision-makers” on the issue of getting access to Gaza as soon as possible as there is currently no way in or out.
Officials stated that there have been 115 attacks on health care facilities and the majority of hospitals in Gaza are not functioning, while water and electricity are scarce.
“There are strong fears of an increase in incidents of dehydration as well as the outbreak of waterborne diseases due to the collapse of water and sanitation services,” the UN Refugee Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) said in a statement. “People will start dying without water.”
Source :Skai
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