Israeli attacks, siege aimed at dismantling Gaza’s health system: Doctor
The head of field hospitals in the Gaza Strip says Israel’s attacks on hospitals and their staff, as well as its siege on the entry of medical supplies, are meant to “systematically dismantle” the healthcare system of the Palestinian territory.
Dr. Marwan al-Hams made the remarks on Sunday as Gaza is facing its most severe humanitarian crisis over the 18-month Israeli genocidal war on the blockaded territory.
He said Israel is targeting all elements of the medical sector in the Gaza Strip, including healthcare facilities and their workers.
The occupying regime is “deliberately preventing the entry of essential medical supplies [to Gaza], aiming to systematically dismantle the healthcare system” there, he added.
In separate remarks, he told China’s Xinhua news agency that more than 80 percent of hospitals in Gaza are now either partially or completely out of service.
“The health sector in Gaza has collapsed,” he said, calling for urgent “international intervention to supply [Gaza with] fuel and medical equipment. We are working in inhumane conditions. Without help, the wounded will die.”
Israel waged its brutal Gaza onslaught on October 7, 2023, but it failed to achieve its declared objectives despite killing 51,201 Palestinians, mostly women and children, and injuring more than 116,869 others.
The usurping entity accepted longstanding negotiation terms by the Hamas resistance group under a Gaza ceasefire, which began on January 19.
However, Israel unilaterally abandoned the truce on March 2, cutting off humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip. It also resumed its deadly bombing campaign and redeployed troops to the territory.
Rights groups have condemned the Israeli blockade on vital supplies, which is now in its eighth week, as a crime against humanity and a flagrant violation of international law.
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