Israel’s attacks on healthcare in Palestine
Insecurity Insight, a Swiss NGO, says it has identified 2,038 incidents of violence against or obstruction of access to healthcare in the occupied Palestinian territory and Israel.
This is in the period between October 7, 2023 and November 25 of this year.
According to the group:
- There have been 1,567 attacks in the Gaza Strip with health facilities damaged 279 times and 581 medical workers killed. At least 339 healthcare staff were detained.
- There have been 355 attacks in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem, with 11 medical workers killed and 92 others detained.
Rights group slams Israel’s ‘egregious attack on civilians’ at UN-run school
The International Rescue Committee (IRC), which has deployed a team of doctors to the Nasser Hospital in southern Gaza, has condemned Israel’s attack on a UN-run school on Sunday that killed 20 people.
The victims included several children, it said, citing testimony from its doctors.
The IRC noted that the Ahmed bin Abdul Azeez school is located within the Israeli-designated “humanitarian zone” in Khan Younis and said doctors have reported having to treat severe injuries – such as shrapnel wounds to the head – without adequate medical supplies.
“This is yet another attack on a shelter housing displaced people, in what has become a familiar pattern over the course of this war,” said Bob Kitchen, the IRC’s vice president.
“The testimonies from the doctors not only paint a picture of an egregious attack on civilians, but also highlight the severe lack of vital medical supplies needed to tend to catastrophic injuries, as a result of Israel’s restrictions on aid. Doctors report a shocking lack of painkillers and the necessary tools to carry out specialised procedures. As a result, people are dying or suffering life-changing injuries which may not have been the case with adequate medical supplies.”
Amnesty demands EU leaders take action against genocide in Gaza
Amnesty International has projected the message “End Gaza genocide” in 24 languages spoken in the European Union onto the European Commission headquarters in Brussels before a meeting of the bloc’s leaders.
In a damning report released earlier this month, Amnesty concluded that Israel’s devastating war on Gaza meets the legal threshold for genocide.
Amnesty has called on EU leaders meeting on Thursday to halt all arms transfers to Israel, ban trade with illegal Israeli settlements, and ensure justice and accountability for Israeli crimes.
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