Published January 02,2025
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The World Health Organization‘s (WHO) director-general on Thursday known as on Israel to permit extra medical evacuations from Gaza.
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus wrote on X that “the pace of evacuations remains excruciatingly slow.”
He recalled that solely “5,383 patients have been evacuated with support from WHO since October 2023, of which only 436 since the Rafah crossing was closed.”
The WHO chief careworn that over “12,000 people still need medical evacuation.”
“At this rate, it would take 5-10 years to evacuate all these critically ill patients, including thousands of children. In the meantime, their conditions get worse and some die,” he emphasised.
Tedros thanked a bunch of nations together with Türkiye, Italy, Spain, Jordan, and Ireland “for their support with medical evacuations and health care.”
He urged Israel to “Increase the approval rate for medical evacuations, including no denials of child patients,” and to “Allow all possible corridors and border crossings to be used for safe medical evacuations.”
The Israeli military has continued a genocidal struggle on Gaza that has killed practically 45,600 victims, principally girls and kids, since a Hamas assault on Oct. 7, 2023.
In November, the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant for struggle crimes and crimes in opposition to humanity in Gaza.
Israel additionally faces a genocide case on the International Court of Justice for its struggle on the enclave.
Source: www.anews.com.tr