ARAB AND WORLD
Sat 28 Oct 2023 6:29 pm - Jerusalem Time
World Health: We are concerned about our employees and there is no safe place in Gaza
World Health Organization head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said reports of intense bombing in the Gaza Strip are worrying.
The head of the World Health Organization confirmed in a tweet on the X website on Saturday morning the difficult humanitarian conditions experienced by the residents of the besieged Gaza Strip, which was cut off from water, electricity and fuel, before it was cut off from the outside world as a result of communications being cut off from it. All of this happened in conjunction with an intense bombing campaign by Before the Israeli occupation forces.
The head of the World Health Organization also spoke about the difficult conditions experienced by the residents of the Gaza Strip, as "patients cannot be evacuated in such conditions, safe shelter cannot be found, and power outages make it impossible for ambulances to reach the wounded."
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus expressed his fear for the fate of the United Nations employees in the sector, especially after there was no news of them due to the isolation that the sector is experiencing, following the disruption of communication networks. He said: “We are still far from communicating with our employees and health facilities. I am concerned for their safety.”
Ghebreyesus appealed to all actors to press for a ceasefire: “The World Health Organization calls on all those who have the ability to press for a ceasefire to act now.”
The World Health Organization previously stated that its estimates indicate that there are a thousand people trapped under the rubble in the Gaza Strip. It also noted in a press conference that it had received from the Palestinian Ministry of Health a list containing the names of 6,740 martyrs who died as a result of the Israeli occupation’s bombing in Gaza.
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World Health: We are concerned about our employees and there is no safe place in Gaza