“We walk the fine gray line between operational capacity and complete disaster, every day,” said Dr Thanos Gargavanis, WHO Trauma surgeon and emergency manager, speaking of the enclave.
The comments of the United Nations veteran came in the midst of new reports on Tuesday morning that more Palestinians had been killed by trying to access food, this time near a help distribution site in Khan Younis in southern Gaza.
The mass victim event left “hundreds of victims, a medical complex of Nasser completely” in Khan Younis, said who is representative of the occupied Palestinian territory, Dr. Rik Peeperkorn.
Prohibited area
Through Gaza today, health services are “barely available” and difficult to access, said Dr. Peeperkorn, because more than 80% of the Gaza territory is under evacuation orders.
“The narrowing humanitarian space makes each health activity much more difficult than the day before,” added Dr. Gargavanis.
Nasser’s medical complex is the largest reference hospital in Gaza and the only main hospital remaining in Khan Younis. It is located in the evacuation zone announced by the Israeli army on June 12.
The neighboring Al-Aal hospital-operated by Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS)-continues to provide services to patients already there, but it is unable to admit anyone else because of the ongoing military operations.
“This is what we call a completely minimal functional hospital,” said Dr. Peeperkorn.
Mortal impact of fuel shortages
Only 17 of the 36 Gaza hospitals are currently partially functional, medical supplies are extremely low and no fuel has entered the band for more than 100 days.
The latest mass victim event is only the last gasans who are trying to access aid in the middle of severe continuous restrictions imposed on the amount of aid authorized in the band by Israel.
Monday, more than 200 patients arrived at the Red Cross hospital in Al Mawasi-the greatest number received by the establishment in a single mass incident. Of this number, 28 patients were reportedly declared dead, said Dr. Peeperkorn.
One day earlier, on June 15, the same hospital received at least 170 patients, who would have tried to access a food distribution site.
“The recent food distribution initiatives by actors not one entail mass incidents each time,” insisted Dr. Gargavanis.
Fallout of private aid plan
Since the end of May, UN partners and humanitarian aid have been sidelined in Gaza as a new aid distribution model supported by Israel and the United States began operations as part of Gaza Humaninitarian Foundation (GHF), which uses private military entrepreneurs.
The WHO trauma trauma surgeon highlighted a “constant correlation” between the locations of food distribution places and the incidents of mass victims in Rafah, Khan Younis and along the Netzarim corridor.
Asked about the type of injury suffered by those asking for help and is responsible, Dr. Garavanis stressed that who is not a forensic agency.
“We are unable to clearly identify the nature of the injury,” he said, he said. “What we can say, however, is that we are talking about ball injury, and we are talking about very few incidents of shell injury. »»
The UN has repeatedly warned that the new aid distribution system does not meet the humanitarian principles of humanity, impartiality, independence and neutrality. The World Organization has also called for the lifting of aid restrictions.
Dr. Peeperkorn insisted that the WHO should be facilitated to move supplies to Gaza profitably “via all possible routes” to prevent other medical services closings. He said that 33 who trucks with supplies are waiting in Al Arish in Egypt to obtain a passage in the enclave, with 15 others standing in the occupied West Bank.
Originally published at Almouwatin.com
