Published December 19,2023
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Calling for a cease-fire, the World Health Organization warned of an enormous danger of epidemics in Gaza amid the continued Israeli onslaught.
“There’s a massive risk of huge epidemics. And we’re already seeing the evidence of that,” WHO spokeswoman Margaret Harris informed Anadolu in an interview, saying that combating has to cease.
“We need a cease-fire,” Harris urged.
“The situation is definitely getting worse, you’ve got the combination of every factor that will harm people’s health,” she stated, noting that the climate is chilly and moist and 90% of the individuals are susceptible to it. They additionally have no idea the place to get sufficient meals from, she added.
“People, of course, are not getting any sleep. And this, this harms your immune system,” she stated and added: “People are terrified. They don’t know what is going to happen.”
She careworn that there’s “no safe place” in Gaza and other people can not even get to a hospital when they’re injured.
Palestinian Red Crescent Society has not been capable of present an ambulance service within the north, in response to the spokeswoman. “It’s just not possible. So people being injured there are not getting care.”
Israel’s air and floor assaults on the Gaza Strip because the Oct. 7 assault by Hamas have killed at the very least 19,667 Palestinians, largely girls and kids, and injured 52,586 others, in response to well being authorities within the enclave.
The struggle has left Gaza in ruins with half of the coastal territory’s housing inventory broken or destroyed, and almost 2 million individuals displaced throughout the densely-populated enclave amid shortages of meals and clear water.
Nearly 1,200 Israelis are believed to have been killed within the Hamas assault, whereas greater than 130 hostages stay in captivity.
Source: www.anews.com.tr