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No painkillers to treat Gaza children for ‘extremely painful injuries’
Hospitals in Gaza are “completely overwhelmed; there’s not enough beds; there’s not enough staff to treat them; patients are on the floor”, Hannah Grace Pan, a paediatric nurse volunteer from the UK, tells Al Jazeera.
She said many patients and small children are being treated for “extremely painful, explosive injuries and burns with no pain treatment at all because it’s not available”.
Grace Pan used the example of a three-year-old child brought to the hospital last week – the only survivor after his entire family was killed in an air attack. But there was no burn specialist to treat him, and with insufficient fluids and no food, his wounds would take much longer to heal.
One of the most shocking cases she witnessed was a 30-week pregnant woman hit in her tent by shrapnel from an Israeli attack that pierced her chest and cut through her abdomen.
When medical staff removed the baby from her abdomen, they discovered it had been killed by the flying metal, Grace Pan said.
13 aid seekers killed in Khan Younis
The Palestinians seeking food have been killed by an Israeli air strike in Khan Younis in southern Gaza, sources at Nasser Medical Complex tell Al Jazeera. Fifty people have been wounded in the attack.
At least 48 people have been killed in Israeli attacks since morning, sources at hospitals across Gaza said.
An injured man at Nasser Hospital in southern Khan Younis after Israeli attacks
At least 60,000 children suffering acute malnutrition in Gaza
A spokesman for Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, Khalil Al-Daqran, spoke to Al Jazeera about the ongoing hunger crisis in the besieged enclave. Here’s a summary of his translated comments:
- Israel systematically targets hospitals in the Gaza Strip.
- At least 60,000 children are suffering from malnutrition because of a lack of food.
- Israel is subjecting the children of Gaza to a policy of starvation.
- Currently, there is not a single carton of milk available for children in the Gaza Strip.
Israel attacks Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in central Gaza
About an hour ago, the Israeli military targeted the courtyard of Al-Aqsa Hospital. There was a huge explosion. The army didn’t issue any warnings before it struck tents housing displaced people. Rescue operations are taking place by Civil Defence workers.
The site of the attack is about 10 metres [33ft] from our broadcast point. This is not the first time the hospital’s courtyard has been attacked. At least 10 times this facility has been squarely targeted by Israeli forces.
The hospital’s administrative office was also hit by three grenades dropped by Israeli quadcopter drones. It’s a staggering concentration of attacks on medical facilities, adding further burden on barely functioning hospitals.
