The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday called for the opening of a humanitarian corridor to the Gaza Strip, which has been blocked and bombarded by Israeli forces, following Saturday’s Hamas attacks in Israel.
“A humanitarian corridor is needed to provide the population with essential medical supplies,” WHO spokesman Tarik Jasarevic said at a news conference in Geneva.
Jasarevic stated that the organization is working on this situation together with “partners”.
The head of the WHO, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, who was in Cairo on Monday during a regional meeting of the organization, spoke with the Egyptian President, Abdel Fattah al-Sissi, about the possibility of transporting essential products through his country to hospitals in Gaza.
“We need these supplies. Hospitals cannot function without fuel, without electricity. The supplies we want to transport are already at a low level, so we need these products to reach the Gaza Strip,” Jasarevic emphasized.
Israeli authorities have confirmed more than 900 dead and 2,700 injured since the start of the Hamas offensive, which was launched on Saturday and backed by the Islamic Jihad group, while more than 680 Palestinians and 3,700 were injured as a result of Israeli bombing and attacks on the Gaza Strip. , which adds another fifteen operations and clashes with Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank.
Source: DN
