Doctors Without Borders (MSF) in the Occupied Palestinian Territories called for an end to the “bloodbath” caused by Israel’s “indiscriminate bombings” in the Gaza Strip, the Europa Press agency reported this Friday.
“We have to stop this bloodbath, we have to stop the indiscriminate bombings that Israel is carrying out against the civilian population. Today we denounce that there is no safe place in Gaza, the population has nowhere to go,” said David Cantero. In an interview.
“The Gaza Strip has been under blockade for 16 years and we must remember that the vast majority of the population, between 70 and 80%, already lived below the poverty line before the start of this war, and therefore depended exclusively on international humanitarian aid.” added the MSF coordinator in the Palestinian territories.
In this sense, the official criticized the “collective punishment” that Israel imposed on the Palestinians within the strip, which he described as a “human cage.”
“That is why we call on all parties to the conflict to stop this massacre, to stop this bloodbath and to stop killing innocent civilians, including women and children,” he insisted.
The situation of the hospitals in the enclave is “completely catastrophic” and “is on the verge of collapse,” he said, noting that few hospitals are still functioning, such as Al Awda or Al Shifa, the largest in Gaza.
“We had testimonies from our workers who had to perform amputations on children in the hallways, on the floor and with partial sedation, with all that that means,” he reported.
“We know that they are also rationing electricity and they had to turn off some incubators (…), a few days ago there were 120 newborns in incubators,” he said.
Cantero, for his part, described as “ridiculous and laughable” the volume of humanitarian aid that enters the Gaza Strip, and called for a “massive” and “fluid” entry to help the more than two million inhabitants of the enclave. half of which children.
He also called for the supply of fuel, so that drinking water production plants and hospitals continue to function.
“If the fuel does not arrive, hospitals will be forced to turn off the machines. We are talking about incubators, we are talking about babies, we are talking about intensive care units, we are talking about people who are on ventilators,” he noted.
The coordinator also revealed the “extremely difficult” task of working in Gaza, as employees of non-governmental organizations “are literally risking their lives” as “there is no safe place in Gaza.”
Regarding the West Bank, David Cantero recalled that MSF has been warning “for a long time” about the increase in tensions in the area, and that both 2022 and 2023 were record years in terms of the number of deaths, injuries and forced victims. displacements. .
Source: TSF
