What is happening in Gaza is « an abomination » according to the WHO – Liberation
« How much blood is sufficient to satisfy the political objectives of the two camps? » Asked the deputy director general of the World Health Organization, Mike Ryan, interviewed, about the war between Israel and Hamas on Thursday. What’s going on in Gaza East « An abomination », he denounced during a press point: “We break the body and mind of the children of Gaza. We embrace the children of Gaza, because if we do not act, we will be accomplices of what is happening before our eyes. ”
This Friday, May 2 will mark the two months of the total blockade of the Gaza Strip by the Israeli army. Since March 2, no humanitarian aid is authorized to enter to force, according to the Israeli authorities, the Islamist Hamas movement to release the hostages taken on October 7 and again in its hands.
The attack on Hamas of October 7, 2023 resulted in the death of 1,218 people on the Israeli side, for most civilians, according to an AFP count based on official figures. Among the 251 people kidnapped that day, 58 are still retained in Gazaincluding 34 dead, according to the Israeli army.
Since the establishment of the blockade, the UN has continued to denounce the humanitarian and health disaster and the risk of famine for the 2.4 million inhabitants. The World Food Program announced a few days ago that he « Had exhausted all his stocks ». On Wednesday, France once again called Israel to lift the blockade « Without delay ».
“We look at this to go before our eyes, and we do nothing. As a doctor, I am angry with myself not to do enough. I am angry with all those who are here behind me with you ”, said Dr. Ryan.
He mentioned, « More than 1,000 children who have no more members, thousands of children with lesions of the spinal cord, with serious head injuries which they will never recover, thousands and thousands of children with serious psychological disorders which they may never recover. »
The war of reprisals led by Israel has left more than 52,365 dead in Gaza since October 7, 2023, mainly civilians, according to data from the Ministry of Health of the Government of Hamas, deemed reliable by the UN.
