KNUST: At least 2,000 children are said to have been killed in Israeli airstrikes, according to Palestinian health authorities. Here, a father lifts his deceased child outside one of the hospitals in the Gaza Strip. The picture was taken on 22 October. Photo: MAHMUD HAMS / AFP
Hospitals are overcrowded, operations take place without anesthesia and patients must be treated on the floor. The situation is cruel, says a doctor in Gaza to VG.
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Thousands have been killed and wounded in Israeli airstrikes. Over 2,000 of those killed are said to be children. The WHO warns that Gaza’s health system is at breaking point and desperately needs new supplies. At the same time, Israel has blocked access to medicines, food, water and electricity from the outside. The first 20 trucks with emergency aid entered the Gaza Strip at the weekend, but the UN estimates that at least 100 are needed every day. According to the UN, at least 120 children are also in incubators in hospitals in Gaza. Their lives are in danger due to the lack of petrol.Show more
At least 5,000 people have been killed and 15,200 injured in Israeli air strikes on Gaza, according to Palestinian health authorities. Over 2,000 of those killed are said to be children.
Doctor Muhammed Ghunaim works at the Shifa hospital in the north of the Gaza Strip. Photo: Private
– Lack of equipment and fuel
Doctor Muhammed Ghunaim works at the largest hospital in Gaza, Shifa Hospital.
The hospital has the capacity to treat 700 patients, but now treats 5,000, according to the report hospital management.
– The situation is very cruel, there is a lack of medical equipment and fuel. The power will go out in a few hours, he tells VG.
The Shifa hospital is located in the northern part of Gaza, where Israel now directs much of its military power.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that the health care situation in Gaza is at breaking point, and that it is absolutely necessary to get new supplies into the enclave.
Night to Sunday Israel allegedly dropped bombs near three hospitals, including the Shifa hospital.
This is reported by the Palestinian media. Scope and further information have not been confirmed.
Follow developments in Israel and Gaza directly here.
Vinegar for disinfection
Israel controls most of the border around Gaza, and has blocked medicine, food, water and electricity from entering the population of 2.3 million people.
Egypt has also long closed its borders into Gaza.
THE WOUND: Here, doctor Muhammed Ghunaim treats a child after the war in Gaza broke out on 7 October. Photo: Private
The first 20 trucks with emergency aid entered Gaza on Saturday. On Sunday, another 31 trucks entered Gaza through the Rafah crossing.
But the UN estimates that at least 100 trucks per day are needed to cover the enormous needs for emergency aid.
The organization has warned that a “humanitarian disaster” is on the way.
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Earlier this week, a massive explosion hit a hospital in Gaza. Both Hamas and Israel dispute who was behind it, but the consequences were brutal anyway. Several hundred were killed, according to the UN.
– We received body parts from children, there were women, civilians who had sought refuge in the hospital. The injuries were horrific. We had to operate on people in the corridors and without anesthesia, says Ghunaim to VG.
The doctor describes the situation inside Gaza now as a genocide.
– My message to the world is that humanity has failed.
Other doctors at Shifa Hospital say that vinegar is used as a disinfectant, while a mixture of salt water and contaminated water is used to clean wounds.
Ordinary sewing needles are used on human skin.
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The attacks in Israel and Gaza
On Saturday 7 October, Hamas declared the start of a new military operation against Israel. They say they are fighting for a free Palestine.
Over the weekend, Hamas carried out massive attacks against Israel, including a large number of civilian killings. They also took civilians hostage, which they still hold. Many countries, including Norway, have called this an act of terrorism.
On October 8, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu officially declared the country to be at war. 1,400 were killed in Israel by Hamas fighters.
In a few days, thousands of people on both sides have been injured.
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UN: Over a hundred children in incubators
At the same time, UNICEF says that the lives of 120 newborn babies in an incubator incubator An incubator or incubator is a closed special bed with transparent walls, suitable for the care of premature or seriously ill infants. is in danger due to lack of petrol. The channel reports Al Jazeera.
– 70 of them are on ventilators. We are of course extremely concerned, says Jonathan Crickx in UNICEF, according to the channel.
Al Jazeera writes further that around 160 women give birth every day in Gaza. It is estimated that there are around 50,000 pregnant women in Gaza now. The channel refers to figures from the UN.
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GAZA: Palestinian doctors treat premature babies at the Al Aqsa hospital in Deir el-Balah. The picture was taken on Sunday 22 October 2023. Photo: Adel Hana / NEWBORN: Among the children in incubators, 70 will be helped to breathe with ventilators. The picture was taken on Sunday 22 October 2023. Photo: Adel Hana / AP
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GAZA: Palestinian doctors treat premature babies at the Al Aqsa hospital in Deir el-Balah. The picture was taken on Sunday 22 October 2023. Photo: Adel Hana / AP
Several doctors inside Gaza are sharing pictures of children lying in incubators.
– The world simply cannot just watch these children die during the siege of Gaza, writes Melanie Ward, head of the organization Medical Aid for Palestinians in a message on X.
On Friday, Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide confirmed that over a hundred Norwegian children stuck in the rain of bombs on the Gaza Strip.
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Published: 24.10.23 at 04:46
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