The Secretary General of Doctors Without Borders reported that for 138 days, the Israeli war in the Gaza Strip has systematically destroyed the health system, rendering the humanitarian response an illusion. The situation has resulted in traumatized doctors, wrecked ambulances, ruined hospitals, and a significant health threat due to accumulated garbage and waste. Studies from Johns Hopkins University and the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine project that thousands more Palestinians could die, with up to 58,000 excess deaths possible in the next six months if the conflict continues. The charity @MSF informed the UN Security Council that Gaza's healthcare system is no longer functioning, emphasizing the systematic disabling of hospitals.
This week, researchers released a report that projects how many people will die in Gaza in the next six months. @IChotiner speaks with one of the author’s about why even a ceasefire scenario could see more than 10,000 additional excess deaths. https://t.co/leN7f4qwwO
With most Gazans pushed into a small corner of the territory by Israel’s military offensive, a severe shortage of toilets is posing a sanitation crisis that is spreading disease. https://t.co/qHcRjed3xf
Many doctors who have worked in other war zones say that conditions in Gaza are the worst they have seen. Even if a ceasefire can be agreed, the damage to the strip’s health system is so great that many more deaths will follow, a new study suggests https://t.co/Fp41XB5DEi 👇
The ongoing war in Gaza has exacerbated an already dire situation, with the accumulation of garbage and waste now posing a significant health threat to the people of Gaza. https://t.co/EOkL8GcnHL
The healthcare system in #Gaza is no longer functioning, the charity @MSF has told the UN Security Council in a strongly worded speech. “Instead of adherence to international law, we see the systematic disabling of hospitals,” they said https://t.co/tbxMb6UjLY
Gaza’s health system is being destroyed at its roots. The strip could see 58,000 excess deaths over the next six months if fighting continues https://t.co/Q7vnmaWqF2 👇
grim death projections in gaza over next six months via johns hopkins university/london school of hygiene & tropical medicine. https://t.co/IbJJNbHtd2
Gaza's health system is being destroyed at its roots: traumatized doctors, wrecked ambulances and ruined hospitals. Even if the war ended today, studies estimate that thousands more Palestinians would die in the next six months for lack of medical care. https://t.co/VqrsTKyq5K
Secretary General of Doctors Without Borders: ▫️ For 138 days we witnessed the systematic destruction of the health system due to the Israeli war in the Gaza Strip. ▫️ The humanitarian response in Gaza has become an illusion, and the quantities of medicine and food are…