All doctors in Gaza witness to Israel’s ‘genocidal intent’: French physician
Pascal Andre, a French emergency room doctor, has told the Anadolu news agency that all healthcare professionals working in Gaza have witnessed Israel’s “genocidal intent”.
Andre said two of his French colleagues who hve worked as doctors in warzones said they had never seen such wounds before.
Andre, who returned to France after working in Gaza, said he worked at the European Hospital in Khan Younis on February 8-22.
“[My colleagues] have never seen a warzone where civilians are targeted so much, where there is no escape,” he said as he applauded the Gazan health personnel for continuing to work despite the risks. “There are people there definitely with incredible courage.”
He said the Israeli army targets mosques, universities, schools, healthcare personnel, holy and historical places.
‘Personal hygiene impossible’ due to constant mass displacement
Erik Fosse, CEO of the Norwegian Aid Committee, says schools in Gaza, which are being used as shelters, have been attacked “many times” by Israeli forces.
“We have seven employees still in Gaza and they are moving now for the sixth or seventh time since the war started,” Fosse told Al Jazeera, adding that the constant movement and being concentrated in small areas “makes personal hygiene impossible”.
He added that the main health issues at the moment are “lack of clean water [and] sewage management, which cause a lot of infectious diseases”.
“The healthcare system has broken down. There are international teams working there, and of course there are also the local staff. They work day and night but it is very difficult for them to get to work, to stay in the hospitals,” Fosse said.
16,456 children killed in Gaza war: Media office
The Government Media Office in Gaza has released the toll on the 311th day of the war in Gaza.
According to a statement on Telegram, in 3,486 attacks carried out by the Israeli army, 39,897 people have been killed, 16,456 of them children and 11,088 women.
It also said at least 885 medical staff, 168 journalists and 79 civil defence members have been killed in the Israeli strikes.
Gaza officials say 75 bodies identified after Israeli school strike: Report
Officials have told AFP news agency that medics identified the bodies of Palestinians killed in the weekend strike by Israel out of 93 dead in total.
“There are 93 dead in the Al-Tabieen school strike, 75 of them have been identified,” Gaza civil defence agency spokesman Mahmud Bassal told AFP. “The others have not yet been identified because some bodies are torn and charred by the bombardment,” Bassal added.
