Israel deliberately shooting children in Gaza, trauma surgeon says
Feroze Sidhwa, a trauma surgeon who spent two weeks at the European Hospital in Khan Younis in March, told Al Jazeera that Israeli forces were deliberately targeting children.
“We regularly saw, on a daily basis, children shot in the head and chest – often more than one at the same time,” he said, speaking from French Camp, California.
“It’s hard to believe that’s just a consequence of war. I can’t imagine how that’s not deliberate.”
He also said that Israel’s direct attacks on the healthcare system have been devastating. “It’s impossible for the healthcare system to function in this environment, with hospitals being destroyed and even deprived of clean water at this point,” he said.
“[Then there are the] direct attacks on healthcare workers themselves – the healthcare workers in Gaza are extremely dispirited – they know they’re being targeted by the Israelis.”
Israeli forces shoot boy, obstruct medics as Balata raids continue
Israeli forces shot and wounded a 17-year-old Palestinian boy in the Balata refugee camp in the occupied West Bank, before also firing on ambulance crews that tried to help him, according to the Wafa news agency.
The ongoing raid is the fourth Israeli operation in the refugee camp in the past 24 hours, Wafa reported. In the latest attack, Israeli forces bulldozed parts of the Al-Araishi Mall, the agency said.
In an earlier incursion, Israeli forces killed two Palestinians, including a 17-year-old boy. Israeli shelling also wounded a medic who was trying to evacuate those injured in the earlier attacks, according to the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS).
Urgent: A field volunteer EMT with the Palestine Red Crescent Society was injured while evacuating the wounded due to the occupation's shelling of citizens in Balata Refugee Camp, east of #Nablus. #NotATarget #IHL #WestBank pic.twitter.com/WreEuWl5HO
— PRCS (@PalestineRCS) July 27, 2024
WHO chief worried about civilians, patients in Deir el-Bala
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus took to X to express concern over the deadly Israeli attack on the Khadija School, which was being used as a field hospital and shelter.
“Deeply worried about the safety of civilians and patients in Deir al-Balah, Gaza, following the latest reports of airstrikes in areas where many displaced people are sheltering,” he wrote.
“Such attacks also strain fragile health facilities and put them at risk of closure,” he added, calling for a ceasefire and for civilians and health workers to be protected.
Deeply worried about the safety of civilians and patients in Deir al-Balah, #Gaza, following the latest reports of airstrikes in areas where many displaced people are sheltering. Such attacks also strain fragile health facilities and put them at risk of closure.
We call for an…
— Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (@DrTedros) July 27, 2024
