Situation in Gaza ‘direct results of selections taken by Israel’, medical charity says
The present scenario in Gaza “is the direct results of the string of unconscionable selections taken by Israeli authorities”, the medical assist company Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders) has mentioned.
In a press release, MSF president Dr Isabelle Defourny mentioned the charity was “horrified” by the assist convoy incident earlier at present (see submit at 2.42pm).
“MSF workers weren’t current on the positioning, and as a result of dangerous telecommunications, we’re presently unable to succeed in our medical workers nonetheless working in some hospitals within the north,” she mentioned.
“What we do know is that the scenario in Gaza, and notably within the north, is catastrophic.
“A number of days in the past, once we spoke to our workers there, they mentioned they didn’t have sufficient meals to eat, and that some had been resorting to pet meals to outlive. They additionally reported the dearth of water and its general poor high quality, resulting in ailments.”
Dr Defourny mentioned the present scenario in Gaza “is the direct results of the string of unconscionable selections taken by Israeli authorities whereas waging this conflict”.
“A relentless bombing and shelling marketing campaign, an entire siege imposed on the enclave, the bureaucratic hurdles and lack of safety mechanisms to make sure protected meals distribution from southern to northern Gaza, the systematic destruction of livelihood capacities comparable to farming, herding and fishing,” she added.
She additionally mentioned the north “has been largely minimize off from help for months”.
“We take into account Israel accountable for the scenario of utmost deprivation and despair which prevails in Gaza, notably within the north, which led to at present’s tragic occasions,” she mentioned.
