WHO says 16 health workers died while working due to Israeli strikes in Gaza

The bombings of Israel against Link caused the deaths of 16 healthcare professionals while working, caring for the injured and sick, among many others who died in attacks on their homes or vehicles, the World Health Organization (WHO).

“We have 16 colleagues who have died while we made active efforts to save civilian lives, save children, help with births and keep hospitals running.“, declared the organization’s spokesperson, Christian Lindmeierwho paid tribute to the medical personnel working in the Gaza strip.

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“Many more died outside (of hospitals), with their families or on the roads” he added.

Meanwhile, hospitals “They are almost out of fuel to operate, without generators, supplies are exhausted, corridors filled with tens of thousands of injured people and people seeking shelter, while employees work under constant tension and without respite“, he said according to the testimonies that the WHO is receiving from Link.

O WHO managed to get the Gaza strip eight trucks with aid, but stressed that the aid provided so far is very limited compared to the needs that exist as a result of the war.

Almost 500 aid trucks in total they entered Link in the month since the beginning of hostilities, the same amount that entered in a single day to supply the population.

Lindmeier maintained that the WHO there are several trucks full of medical aid on the Egyptian side of the border Rafaready to enter as soon as essential security assurances are received.

On the Palestinian side, he assured that there is a network of people who will be in charge of distribution even hospitals.

The spokesperson specified that the organization does not consider drop help from the airas Jordan did, because that would not solve even a fraction of the population’s needs.

“These releases can help a limited number of people, but what we are talking about here is help equivalent to 500 trucks per day and this is impossible from the air. Secure access to land is the only true solution”, he stressed.

Source: Elcomercio

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