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War in Gaza especially hard on those with special needs: WHO
The World Health Organization says the situation in Gaza makes it impossible for people “to access care or remain safe and healthy”.
The WHO said a lack of food, water, hygiene, safety and medicine has made it hard especially for those with special needs. It added that 24,090 of the wounded in the war on Gaza have life-changing injuries, with 180 women giving birth every day.
According to the statement, even before the current hostilities, there were 650,000 people with hypertension, 1,500 people with kidney disease, 485,000 people with mental health disorders, and 2,000 cancer patients without access to oncology services.
Lack of food, water, hygiene, safety, medicines has made it impossible for people in #Gaza to access care or remain safe and healthy, especially those with special needs:
💔 24,090 of the injured have life-changing injuries
💔 180 women giving birth every day
And even before the… pic.twitter.com/AgXDH4EADq
— World Health Organization (WHO) (@WHO) October 8, 2024
Infrastructure massively destroyed in Gaza after a year of war
One year of war has rendered the Gaza Strip unrecognisable amid relentless Israeli bombardment of the enclave. Israel’s attacks have obliterated the infrastructure needed to provide the basic necessities of life.
Al Jazeera’s Behdad Mahichi takes a look at the trail of destruction the Israeli military has left behind:
Gaza: ‘A stain on the consciousness of humanity’
Chris Gunness, a former spokesman for the UN’s agency for Palestinian refugees, denounced Israel’s continuing “slaughter” in Gaza, and countries around the world for failing to stop it.
“In the last year, we have seen Gaza transform from the world’s largest open-air prison to the world’s largest concentration camp,” Gunness told Al Jazeera.
“Today, Gaza has been transformed into an industrial-scale slaughterhouse. And I use the word ‘slaughter’ advisedly because frankly animals in most abattoirs around the world are killed more humanely than the women and children of Gaza.
“Shame on the UN Security Council, shame on the Israeli leaders who’ve done this, and shame on all of us because what we’ve seen in the last year is a stain on the conscience of humanity.”
Bodies of Palestinians are brought to al-Awda Hospital after an Israeli attack on northern Gaza City
‘A tragedy that will unfold in the years ahead’
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/10/8/death-sentence-asbestos-released-by-israels-bombs-will-kill-generations
Israel’s relentless bombardment of Gaza has unleashed yet another deadly, but silent enemy on the people there – asbestos.
A mineral that poses little risk to humans when undisturbed but that is highly carcinogenic when dispersed and released into the atmosphere, asbestos is present throughout much of Gaza’s structures.
Over the past year, Israel’s bombs have caused vast amounts of it to be broken into tiny, airborne particles, which can potentially cause cancer in those who breathe it in, leading experts to say cases of cancer will likely be reported “for decades” in Gaza.
A wounded Palestinian woman hugs an injured girl at a hospital following the Israeli bombardment of Khan Younis on November 15
