VIDEO. “On average, 160 children are killed every day in the Gaza Strip,” says WHO

32 days after the start of the war between Israel and Hamas, losses on the Palestinian side continue to mount. In Israel, 1,400 people were reported killed in the Gaza Strip; According to the World Health Organization, this figure will rise to 11,000. “On average, 160 children are killed every day” in the Gaza Strip, WHO spokesman Christian Lindmeier warned during a briefing at the UN in Geneva on Tuesday, November 7.

Christian Lindmeier calls for access to the Gaza Strip for medical assistance. He recalls that eight WHO trucks were able to enter Gaza. Much of the equipment brought to the Palestinians is “absolutely necessary emergency care, including anesthesia, as people are now being operated on for amputations and other injuries without anesthesia,” a WHO spokesman said.

Over the past four weeks, 500 trucks carrying supplies have entered Gaza. A significant figure for the WHO official, who calculated that 500 trucks is the number of trucks needed every day to meet the needs of Palestinians.