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NEWS RELEASE: WHO and United Arab Emirates evacuate 85 patients from Gaza Inbox WHO Media Unsubscribe 00:11 (10 hours ago) to me No images? Click here Tuesday, 30 July 2024 NEWS RELEASE WHO and United Arab Emirates evacuate 85 patients from Gaza (Arabic below) https://www.who.int/news/item/30-07-2024-who-and-united-arab-emirates-evacuate-85-patients-from-gaza Jerusalem, Cairo, Geneva, 30 July 2024 - Today, 85 sick and severely injured patients from Gaza were evacuated to Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE), for specialized care. This extremely complex joint evacuation was supported by the World Health Organization (WHO) in partnership with the Government of the UAE and other partners. This is the largest medical evacuation outside Gaza since October 2023. “I am immensely grateful to the United Arab Emirates for evacuating sick and severely injured patients from Gaza and providing them with lifesaving medical care,” said Dr Hanan Balkhy, WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean. “This initiative is a clear demonstration of the intra-regional solidarity that is urgently needed. Support to people in the Region must start from the Region. Thousands more inside Gaza remain at risk without access to advanced medical care. I urge Member States who are able to receive and care for more patients to do so.” The patients include 35 children and 50 adults, who were transferred from Gaza via Kerem Shalom to Ramon Airport in Israel, with support from WHO. Fifty-three patients have cancer, including four children, 20 have trauma injuries, three have blood diseases, including thalassemia, three have congenital conditions, two have fanconi anaemia, one has a neurological condition, one has cardiac disease, one has liver disease, and one has renal failure. Sixty-three family members and care givers accompanied the patients. “We are thankful to the UAE for supporting the evacuation of these patients to receive the urgent care they need,” said Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General. "We hope this paves the way for the establishment of evacuation corridors via all possible routes, including the Kerem Shalom and Rafah crossings to Egypt and Jordan, and from there to other countries. We also call for evacuations to the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, to be restored. Thousands of sick people are suffering needlessly. Above all, and as always, we call for a ceasefire.” The evacuation, originally scheduled for 29 July, was postponed, adding significant challenges to the operation, and diverting scarce resources. Despite damaged roads, insecurity, and risks to their own safety, the WHO team organized and managed the transfer of patients from various areas in Gaza to the Kerem Shalom crossing under extremely challenging conditions. Prior to the evacuation, nine patients were transferred by WHO and partners on July 27 from northern Gaza to the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) field hospital in Deir al-Balah for stabilization and further movement. Other patients were picked up from five locations in Deir al-Balah and Khan Younis. Some critically injured patients, who had already been relocated to the final departure point in the south, were accommodated and cared for at the Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) field hospital in Deir al-Balah, in coordination with WHO, following the postponement of the mission. WHO and the International Medical Corps team provided medical supplies, electricity, safe water and sanitation facilities at the hospital as it is still being set up. During the evacuation, patients underwent back-to-back transfer at Kerem Shalom, where they boarded buses, organized by WHO, heading to the airport after security checks. WHO provided wheelchairs to ensure patients could safely switch buses at the crossing, arranged access to food, water and medical professionals during the entire journey within Gaza and en route to the airport, and supported patient documentation. Other partners supporting the evacuation included the emergency medical teams Cadus and International Medical Corps, MSF Belgium and PRCS. Since October 2023, around 5 000 people have been evacuated for treatment outside Gaza, with over 80% receiving care in Egypt, Qatar and the UAE. Over 10 000 more people in Gaza still need medical evacuation. Today’s evacuation follows previous ones to Spain and Belgium from Cairo, coordinated by WHO. Twenty patients have been evacuated to these countries in the past few days. The WHO continues to call on the international community to intensify efforts to ensure safe, sustained, timely, and organized medical evacuations. Multimedia: A video package and a broll edit have been sent to UNIFEED The link to the photographs will be shared shortly ************ منظمةُ الصحة العالمية والإمارات العربية المتحدة تُجليان 85 مريضًا من غزة 30 تموز/ يوليو 2024 القدس، القاهرة، جنيف - تم اليوم إجلاء 85 مريضًا ومصابًا بجروحٍ خطيرةٍ من غزة إلى أبو ظبي، في الإمارات العربية المتحدة، لتلقي الرعاية المتخصصة. وتحقق هذا الإجلاءُ شديد التعقيد بدعمٍ وشراكة بين منظمة الصحة العالمية وحكومة الإمارات العربية المتحدة وشركاء آخرين، وهذا أكبر إجلاء طبي إلى خارج غزة منذ تشرين الأول/ أكتوبر 2023. وقالت الدكتورةُ حنان حسن بلخي، المديرةُ الإقليميةُ لمنظمة الصحة العالمية لشرق المتوسط: «إني ممتنة للغاية لدولة الإمارات العربية المتحدة لإجلائها مرضى ومصابين بجروحِ خطيرة من غزة وتقديم الرعاية الطبية المُنقذِة للحياة لهم. وهذه المبادرة دليلٌ واضحٌ على ما نحتاج إليه بشكلٍ عاجلٍ من تضامن بينيٍّ على مستوى الإقليم؛ فدعم شعوب الإقليم يجب أن يبدأ من داخل الإقليم نفسه. ولا يزال الآلاف داخل غزة معرضين للخطر ما لم يحصلوا على الرعاية الطبية المتخصصة. وإنني أحث الدول الأعضاء القادرة على استقبال ورعاية المزيد من المرضى على الإسراع بذلك». وهذه المجموعة ضمت 35 طفلاً و50 بالغًا تم نقلهم - بدعم من المنظمة - من غزة عبر معبر كرم أبو سالم إلى مطار رامون في إسرائيل. وضمن هذه المجموعة ثلاثة وخمسون مريضًا مصابون بالسرطان، بينهم أربعة أطفال، وعشرون مريضًا مصابون بإصابات شديدة، وثلاثة مصابون بأمراض الدم، مثل الثلاسيميا، وثلاثة مصابون بحالات مرضية ولادية، واثنان مصابان بفقرِ الدمِ الفانكوني، ومريض بحالة مرضية عصبية، وآخر مصاب بمرض في القلب، وواحد مصاب بمرض في الكبد، وواحد مصاب بالفشل الكُلوي. وبالإضافة إلى ذلك، رافقَ المرضى ثلاثة وستون من أفراد أسرهم ومقدمي الرعاية. وقال الدكتورُ تيدروس أدحانوم غيبريسوس، المديرُ العام لمنظمة الصحة العالمية: "نحن ممتنون لدولة الإمارات العربية المتحدة لدعمها إجلاء هؤلاء المرضى لتلقي الرعاية العاجلة التي يحتاجون إليها. ونأمل أن يمهد ذلك السبيل إلى إنشاء ممرات إجلاء عبر جميع الطرق الممكنة، وخاصة معبرَي كرم أبو سالم ورفح إلى الأردن ومصر، ومن هناك إلى بلدان أخرى. وندعو أيضًا إلى استئناف عمليات الإجلاء إلى الضفة الغربية والقدس الشرقية. وأذكّر بأن آلاف المرضى يعانون دون داعٍ. ودائمًا وأبدًا، ندعو إلى وقف إطلاق النار". وكان من المقرر تنفيذ الإجلاء في 29 تموز/ يوليه ولكنه أُرجئ، الأمر الذي أضاف تحديات كبيرة إلى العملية من جهة، واستلزم إعادة توجيه الموارد الشحيحة بالأصل. وتمكن فريقُ المنظمة من تنظيم وإدارة نقل المرضى من عدة أماكن في غزة إلى معبر كرم أبو سالم رغم الظروف البالغة الصعوبة؛ مثل تضرر الطرق وانعدام الأمن وكثرة المخاطر التي تهدد سلامة الفريق والمرضى. وقبل الإجلاء، نقلت المنظمةُ وشركاؤها تسعة مرضى في 27 تموز/ يوليو من شمالِ غزة إلى المستشفى الميداني لجمعية الهلال الأحمر الفلسطيني في دير البلح لتحقيق الاستقرار الطبي للمرضى ومن ثم المضي قدمًا في نقل الحالات. وتم نقل مرضى آخرين من خمسة مواقع في دير البلح وخان يونس. وفي أعقاب تأجيل تنفيذ الإرجاء، وبالتنسيق مع المنظمة، تمت إعادة إيواء بعض المرضى المصابين بإصابات حرجة في المستشفى الميداني لمنظمة أطباء بلا حدود في دير البلح حيث تلقوا الرعاية هناك، وذلك بعد أن كانوا قد نقلوا بالفعلِ إلى نقطة المغادرة النهائية في الجنوب. ودبرت المنظمةُ والهيئةُ الطبية الدولية الإمدادات الطبية والكهرباء والمياه المأمونة ومرافق الصرف الصحي في المستشفى الذي لا يزال قيد الإنشاء والإعداد. وفي أثناء عمليةِ الإجلاء، خَضَعَ المرضى لعمليات نقل متتابعة في كرم أبو سالم، حيث استقلوا حافلات وفرتها ونظمتها المنظمةُ ليتوجهوا من هناك إلى المطار بعد عمليات التفتيش الأمنية. ووفرت المنظمةُ أيضًا الكراسي المتحركة لضمان تمكين المرضى من تبديل الحافلات بأمان عند المعابر، وتولت توفير الغذاء والماء والمهنيين الطبيين خلال الرحلة بأكملها، في غزة وطوال الطريق إلى المطار، ودعمت توثيق بيانات المرضى.  ودعمت جهات أخرى عملية الإجلاء، مثل الفرق الطبية الإسعافية من منظمة كادوس، والهيئة الطبية الدولية، ومنظمة أطباء بلا حدود في بلجيكا، وجمعية الهلال الأحمر الفلسطيني. ومنذ تشرين الأول/ أكتوبر 2023، تم إجلاء نحو 5000 شخص خارج غزة لتلقي العلاج، وحصل أكثر من 80٪ منهم على الرعاية في مصر وقطر والإمارات العربية المتحدة. ولا يزال أكثر من 10000 شخص آخر في غزة يحتاجون إلى الإجلاء الطبي. وتأتي عمليةُ الإجلاء اليوم في أعقاب عمليات إجلاء سابقة إلى إسبانيا وبلجيكا من القاهرة، بتنسيق من منظمة الصحة العالمية. وقد تم إجلاء عشرين مريضًا إلى هذه البلدان في الأيام القليلة الماضية. وتواصل المنظمةُ دعوة المجتمع الدولي إلى تكثيف الجهود لضمان تنفيذ عمليات إجلاء طبي مأمونة ومستدامة ومنظّمة في الوقت المنا WHO media contact: mediainquiries@who.int You are receiving this NO-REPLY email because you are included on a WHO mail list. If you have been forwarded this update you can click here to subscribe. Journalists may send feedback to WHO Media Team Share Tweet Share Forward World Health Organization, Avenue Appia 20, 1202 Geneva 27, Switzerland Unsubscribe WHO and United Arab Emirates evacuate 85 patients from Gaza - link to the photographss Inbox Search for all messages with label Inbox Remove label Inbox from this conversation WHO Media Unsubscribe 00:41 (10 hours ago) to me No images? Click here Tuesday, 30 July 2024 Note to journalists: WHO and United Arab Emirates evacuate 85 patients from Gaza - link to the photographs https://www.who.int/news/item/30-07-2024-who-and-united-arab-emirates-evacuate-85-patients-from-gaza The selection of photographs from today's evacuation of 85 patients from Gaza to the United Arab Emirates can be accessed here: https://who.canto.global/b/P0PCR. Please credit WHO. Also see the post by WHO Director-General, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. WHO media contact: mediainquiries@who.int You are receiving this NO-REPLY email because you are included on a WHO mail list. If you have been forwarded this update you can click here to subscribe. Journalists may send feedback to WHO Media Team NEWS RELEASE: Fifteen children from Gaza to receive urgent medical care in Spain Inbox Search for all messages with label Inbox Remove label Inbox from this conversation WHO Media Unsubscribe Thu, 25 Jul, 01:29 (6 days ago) to me No images? Click here Wednesday, 24 July 2024 NEWS RELEASE Fifteen children from Gaza to receive urgent medical care in Spain https://www.who.int/news/item/24-07-2024-fifteen-children-from-gaza-to-receive-urgent-medical-care-in-spain Cairo, Copenhagen, Geneva, 24 July 2024 – Sixteen people from Gaza with complicated medical conditions will arrive in Spain today to receive care there, through an evacuation process involving the World Health Organization (WHO) and multiple partners. Fifteen of them are children, ranging in age from 3 to 17 years old. The mother of one of the children will also be treated in Spain. The patients had been in hospital in Egypt for the past several months, after evacuating from Gaza. They are a small portion of the thousands of other children and adults who need access to specialized medical care outside of Gaza. “These very sick children will be getting the care they need thanks to cooperation between several partners and countries,” said Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the WHO. “We are immensely grateful for the support and facilitation provided by Egypt and Spain. We encourage other countries who have the capacity and medical facilities to welcome people who, through no fault of their own, are caught in the grips of this war.” Thirteen of the children have complex injuries, one has a chronic heart condition, and one is living with cancer. The children, who are accompanied by 25 family members and other caregivers, have been in Egypt since before 6 May, after which evacuations became almost impossible with the closure of the Rafah Crossing. Only 23 people have been evacuated since then, via the Kerem Shalom crossing. Since October 2023, around 5000 people have been evacuated for treatment outside Gaza, with over 80% receiving care in Egypt, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates. Another 10 000 still need to be evacuated. “These children are just the tip of the iceberg. Thousands of people of all ages still remain in Gaza who need to be medically evacuated and are at risk of dying if they are unable to quickly access the advanced medical care they need,” said Dr Hanan Balkhy, WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean. “Patients who need evacuation outside of the Gaza Strip must be able to exit, preferably to the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, but also to Egypt or Jordan and then onwards.” Today’s evacuation to Spain was supported through the EU Civil Protection Mechanism in partnership with WHO. The Palestine Children’s Relief Fund facilitated the patients’ documentation and evacuation approvals. The Government of Egypt supported their care while they were there, and Spain is providing similar support. The children will be treated at various hospitals across Spain. WHO is encouraging other countries to follow this example. “We are truly thankful to Spain, a WHO/Europe Member State, for having responded so willingly to our request to accept several children from Gaza for critical treatment, a template for other countries to follow,” said Dr Hans Henri P. Kluge, WHO Regional Director for Europe. “Gracias, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, Health Minister Monica Garcia, and all who have made this possible. Indeed, ‘to save one child, one life, is to save mankind’ is a concept recognizing the interconnectedness of all humanity.” WHO appeals for the establishment of multiple medical evacuation corridors to ensure sustained, organized, safe, and timely passage of patients via all possible routes, including Rafah and Kerem Shalom. Of utmost urgency is the restoration of medical evacuations from Gaza to the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, where hospitals are ready to receive patients. Patients must also be facilitated to be transferred to Egypt and Jordan, and from there to other countries when needed. “The solidarity of the host countries is a bright spot in a war that has had so many moments of tragedy,” said Dr Tedros. “The fact that severely ill people are receiving needed medical care should not be headline news, but routine global cooperation.” WHO once again calls for the end of the war, as peace is ultimately the best path to health. Related link Conflict in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory ./. WHO Media inquiries: mediainquiries@who.int You are receiving this NO-REPLY email because you are included on a WHO mail list. If you have been forwarded this update you can click here to subscribe. 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I used to work as a translator, content writer, and online teacher before the war By God, I'm asking you, and I'm ashamed of you, but if it weren't for the need I lost my entire family, they were martyred, and my house and work were gone I was displaced from Gaza with two children They took my husband prisoner from the checkpoint My situation is very difficult I sent to many people to help me Unfortunately, I don't have a donation link or a source of income We've been in war, starvation, lack of work, and no income for 9 months I want someone to donate to me or help me set up a tent, even if you consider it a debt until after the war I can take pictures of proof that I'm from Gaza and the place I'm in I want to provide for myself and my children, by God, if it weren't for the need, I wouldn't have asked I hope you can help me. Tr_Reem’s Profile linkedin.com/in/tr-reem-sameer-430892219 Email reem60786@gmail.com Statement -- WHO concerned about escalating health crisis in West Bank Inbox WHO Media Unsubscribe Sat, Jun 15, 2:05 AM (5 days ago) to me No images? Click here Friday, 14 June 2024 Statement WHO concerned about escalating health crisis in West Bank 14 June 2024 - Jerusalem/Cairo/Geneva -- WHO remains concerned about the escalating health crisis in the occupied Palestinian territory, including the West Bank, where attacks on health infrastructure and increased restrictions on movement are obstructing access to health care. A spike in violence in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, since the war in Gaza started has resulted in the deaths of 521 Palestinians, including 126 children between 7 October 2023 and 10 June 2024. In addition, over 5200 people, 800 of them children, have been injured, adding to the growing burden of trauma and emergency care at already strained health facilities. As of 28 May, WHO has documented 480 attacks on health care in the West Bank since 7 October 2023, resulting in 16 deaths and 95 injuries. The attacks affected 54 health facilities, 20 mobile clinics and 319 ambulances. Fifty-nine percent of the attacks occurred in the cities of Tulkarem, Jenin and Nablus. They include attacks on health infrastructure and ambulances, detention of health workers and patients, obstruction of their access to health facilities, use of force on health workers and militarized searches of ambulances and staff. The closure of checkpoints, arbitrary obstructions, and detentions of health workers, rising insecurity, as well as the siege and closure of entire towns and communities has made movement within the West Bank increasingly restricted, impeding access to health facilities. Extensive infrastructure and housing damage, particularly in the northern West Bank, have compounded the situation by obstructing access for ambulances and first-aid responders. The long-standing fiscal crisis faced by the Palestinian Authority (PA) is further impacting the health system and has been worsened by Israel’s increased withholding of tax revenues meant for the occupied Palestinian territory since 7 October, and the overall deterioration of the economic situation in occupied Palestinian territory. The impact of the financial situation on health service delivery is significant – with health workers receiving only half of their salary for nearly a year and 45% of essential medications being out of stock. In most areas of the West Bank, primary care clinics and outpatient specialty clinics are now operating two days per week, and hospitals are operating at approximately 70% capacity. Between October 2023 and May 2024, 44% of 28 292 applications for patients to seek medical care outside the West Bank, in East Jerusalem or Israeli health facilities, have been denied or remain pending with access being mainly granted to cancer, dialysis and other lifesaving cases. In the same period, 48% of the 26 562 companion permit applications have been denied or remain pending. A comparison between October 2022–May 2023 and October 2023–May 2024 shows a 56% decrease in the West Bank patient permit applications and 22% decrease in approvals, and a 63% decrease in companion permit applications and a 24% decrease in approvals. Prior to October 2023, over 300 patients required permits daily to cross from the West Bank to east Jerusalem and Israeli health facilities. WHO is supporting the Ministry of Health with procurement of essential medications as well as with technical assistance to address some of the policies and procedures that contribute to the fiscal crisis in health. Additionally, WHO has pre-positioned supplies at key hospitals across the West Bank, including in East Jerusalem, and conducted community trauma management training for first aid responders in the affected communities to boost emergency preparedness, but worsening insecurity and accessibility for emergency health workers and field volunteers to reach the injured, combined with the ongoing strict curfews, pose significant risks to the health system and make it very difficult for responders to reach those in need of urgent care. WHO calls for the immediate and active protection of civilians and health care in the West Bank. International humanitarian law must be respected, which means the sanctity of health care must be observed at all times. _____ Impact of health attacks in West Bank (7 Oct 2023 – 28 May 2024) West Bank health access (Oct 2023 – May 2024) ______ Related photos More information on the conflict in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory WHO Media inquiries: mediainquiries@who.int You are receiving this NO-REPLY email because you are included on a WHO mail list. If you have been forwarded this update you can click here to subscribe. Journalists may send feedback to WHO Media Team incursion would substantially increase mortality and morbidity and further weaken an already broken health system Inbox WHO Media May 3, 2024, 9:06 PM Friday, 03 May 2024 STATEMENT Rafah incursion would substantially increase mortality and morbidity and further weaken an already broken health system https://www.who.int/news/item/03-05-2024-rafah-incursion-would-substantially-increase-mortality-and-morbidity-and-further-weaken-an-already-broken-health-system Jerusalem/Cairo/Geneva, 03 May 2024 -- WHO is deeply concerned that a full-scale military operation in Rafah could lead to a bloodbath. More than 1.2 million people are currently sheltering in the area, many unable to move anywhere else. A new wave of displacement would exacerbate overcrowding, further limiting access to food, water, health and sanitation services, leading to increased disease outbreaks, worsening levels of hunger, and additional loss of lives. Only 33% of Gaza’s 36 hospitals and 30% of primary health care centers are functional in some capacity amid repeated attacks and shortages of vital medical supplies, fuel, and staff. As part of contingency efforts, WHO and partners are urgently working to restore and resuscitate health services, including through expansion of services and pre-positioning of supplies, but the broken health system would not be able to cope with a surge in casualties and deaths that a Rafah incursion would cause. The three hospitals (Al-Najjar, Al-Helal Al-Emarati and Kuwait hospitals) currently partially operational in Rafah will become unsafe to be reached by patients, staff, ambulance, and humanitarians when hostilities intensify in their vicinity and, as a result quickly become nonfunctional. The European Gaza Hospital in east Khan Younis, which is currently functioning as the third-level referral hospital for critical patients, is also vulnerable as it could become isolated and unreachable during the incursion. Given this, the south will be left with six field hospitals and Al-Aqsa Hospital in the Middle Area, serving as the only referral hospital. As part of ongoing contingency efforts, WHO, partners and hospital staff have completed the first phase of restoration of Nasser Medical Complex, including cleaning and ensuring essential equipment is functioning. The emergency ward, nine operating theaters, intensive care unit, maternity ward, neonatal intensive care unit and the outpatient department are now partly functional, and national staff alongside emergency medical teams are working there. To alleviate the burden on hospitals, WHO and partners are establishing additional primary health centers and medical points in Khan Younis, Middle Area, and northern Gaza as well as pre-positioning medical supplies to enable these facilities to detect and treat communicable and non-communicable diseases and manage wounds.  A new field hospital is being set up in Al Mawasi in Rafah.   A large WHO warehouse has been established in Deir al Bala and a sizable volume of medical supplies has been shifted there from WHO warehouses in Rafah as they could become unreachable during the incursion. These measures will help to ensure the rapid movement of supplies to Khan Younis, Middle Area and northern Gaza when needed. In the north, WHO and partners are scaling up efforts to resupply and expand services at Kamal Adwan, Al-Ahli, and Al-Awda hospitals, along with supporting the transfer of very ill patients to hospitals where they can get the treatment they need to survive. Plans are also underway to support the restoration of Patients’ Friendly Hospital, focusing on pediatric services. Despite the contingency plans and efforts, WHO warns that substantial additional mortality and morbidity is expected when the military incursion takes place. WHO calls for an immediate and lasting ceasefire and the removal of the obstacles to the delivery of urgent humanitarian assistance into and across Gaza, at the scale that is required.  WHO additionally calls for the sanctity of health care to be respected. Parties to the conflict have the coordinates of health facilities: it is imperative they are actively protected and remain accessible to patients, health workers and partners. The safety of health and humanitarian workers must be guaranteed. Those striving to save lives should not have to endanger their own.  Audio-visual assets: Broll WHO / GAZA NASSER MEDICAL COMPLEX (30 May 2024): https://media.un.org/unifeed/en/asset/d320/d3202467 Broll WHO / NORTH GAZA HOSPITALS (2 May 2024): https://media.un.org/unifeed/en/asset/d320/d3203458 Photos: latest gallery on Nasser Hospital in the southern Gaza Strip, before and after the attack: https://photos.emro.who.int/galleries/497/nasser-hospital-in-the-southern-gaza-strip-before- WHO Media: mediainquiries@who.int You are receiving this NO-REPLY email because you are included on a WHO mail list. If you have been forwarded this update you can click here to subscribe. Journalists may send feedback to WHO Media Team Statement: Six months of war leave Al-Shifa hospital in ruins, WHO mission reports WHO Media Unsubscribe 12:08 AM Saturday, 6 April 2024 Six months of war leave Al-Shifa hospital in ruins, WHO mission reports 6 April 2024 | Statement | Jerusalem/Cairo/Geneva - A WHO-led multi-agency mission accessed Al-Shifa Hospital in north Gaza on 5 April to conduct a preliminary assessment of the extent of destruction and identify needs to guide future efforts to restore the facility. The highly complex mission was conducted in close partnership with the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS), United Nations Department for Safety and Security (UNDSS), and in collaboration with the acting Hospital Director. Prior to the mission, WHO’s efforts to reach the hospital to medically evacuate patients and staff and conduct an assessment were denied, delayed or impeded 6 times between 25 March and 1 April. Like the majority of the north, Al-Shifa Hospital ­– once the largest and most important referral hospital in Gaza – is now an empty shell after the latest siege. No patients remain at the facility. Most of the buildings are extensively damaged or destroyed and the majority of equipment is unusable or reduced to ashes. The WHO team said that the scale of devastation has left the facility completely non-functional, further reducing access to life-saving health care in Gaza. Restoring even minimal functionality in the short term seems implausible and will require substantial efforts to assess and clear the grounds for unexploded ordnance to ensure safety and accessibility for partners to bring in equipment and supplies. The hospital’s emergency department, surgical, and maternity ward buildings are extensively damaged due to explosives and fire. The western wall of the emergency department and northern wall of the neonatal intensive care department (NICU) have been torn down. At least 115 beds in what once was the emergency department have been burnt and 14 incubators in the NICU destroyed, among other assets. An in-depth assessment by a team of engineers is needed to determine if these buildings are safe for future use. The hospital's oxygen plant has been destroyed, leaving Kamal Adwan Hospital as the only source of medical oxygen production in the north. Further comprehensive assessment is essential to evaluate the functionality of vital equipment such as CT scanners, ventilators, sterilization devices, and surgical equipment, including surgical tools and anaesthesia devices. The current situation has left north Gaza without CT scanning capabilities and significantly diminished laboratory capacity, severely compromising effective diagnosis, which will increase avoidable deaths. Numerous shallow graves have been dug just outside the emergency department, and the administrative and surgical buildings. In the same area, many dead bodies were partially buried with their limbs visible. During the visit, WHO staff witnessed at least 5 bodies lying partially covered on the ground, exposed to the heat. The team reported a pungent smell of decomposing bodies engulfing the hospital compound. Safeguarding dignity, even in death, is an indispensable act of humanity. According to the acting Hospital Director, patients were held in abysmal conditions during the siege. They endured severe lack of food, water, health care, hygiene and sanitation, and were forced to relocate between buildings at gun point. At least 20 patients have reportedly died due to the lack of access to care and limited movement authorized for health personnel. Despite deconfliction, yesterday’s mission faced significant delays at the military checkpoint en route to Al-Shifa Hospital. On the same day, another WHO-led mission bound for Al-Awda and Kamal Adwan hospitals in northern Gaza – to deliver medical supplies, fuel, deploy emergency medical teams, and support referral of critical patients – encountered unnecessary delays, including the detention of a supply truck driver who was part of the convoy. He was detained for over an hour at a separate location, out of view of the mission team. Eventually this mission was aborted due to safety concerns as the delays left insufficient time for safe completion and return before nightfall. Between mid-October and end March, over half of all WHO missions have been denied, delayed, impeded or postponed. As health needs soar, the lack of a functional deconfliction system is a major obstacle in delivering humanitarian aid – including medical supplies, fuel, food and water to hospitals – anywhere close to the scale needed. Six months – half a year – into the war, the destruction of Al-Shifa Hospital and Nasser Medical Complex has broken the backbone of the already ailing health system. Prior to the latest siege, WHO and partners had supported the revival of basic services at Al-Shifa Hospital, and Nasser Medical Complex was regularly supplied to continue serving as the main hospital in south Gaza. These efforts are now lost. As WHO marks World Health Day tomorrow, under the theme “My health, my right”, this basic right is utterly out of reach for the civilians of Gaza. Access to health care in Gaza has become totally inadequate, and the ability of WHO and partners to help is constantly disrupted and impeded. Of the 36 main hospitals that used to serve over 2 million Gazans, only 10 remain somewhat functional, with severe limitations on the types of services they can deliver. The proposed military incursion into Rafah can only result in further diminution of access to health care and would have unimaginable health consequences. The systematic dismantling of health care must end. WHO repeats its calls for the protection of patients, health and humanitarian workers, health infrastructure, and civilians. Hospitals must not be militarized, misused, or attacked. WHO demands an effective, transparent and workable deconfliction mechanism, and safety guarantees, ensuring that the movement of aid within Gaza, including through checkpoints, is safe, predictable and expedited. WHO calls for additional land crossings to allow access into and across Gaza more safely and directly. As famine looms, disease outbreaks spread, and traumatic injuries increase, WHO calls for unimpeded access of humanitarian aid into and across the Gaza Strip, and a lasting ceasefire. Photos: https://photos.emro.who.int/galleries/478/destruction-of-gazas-shifa-hospital-6-april-2024 Video News Package: https://who.canto.global/b/SI6MH Six months of war leave Al-Shifa hospital in ruins, WHO mission reports More information on the conflict in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory Media contact: mediainquiries@who.int You are receiving this NO-REPLY email because you are included on a WHO mail list. If you have been forwarded this update you can click here to subscribe. Journalists may send feedback to WHO Media Team Millions are suffering from hunger, thirst, displacement and trauma! 😢 Embrace the essence of #Ramadan with acts of kindness. 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This International Day for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Awareness comes at a perilous moment, marked by rising levels of military spending, deepening geopolitical tensions and growing violent conflicts across the globe. Global leaders must invest in peace by strengthening the systems and tools that prevent the proliferation and use of deadly weapons, and by developing disarmament solutions. We must speak with one loud, clear voice. It’s time to stop the madness. We need disarmament now. THE WORLD PEACE RESEARCH CENTER (WPRC) wprc2023.blogspot.com Dated 10 March, 2024. Let's establish urgently "United World Peace Committee" with a view to safe and sound build world. We do our best Insha Allah under: https://wprc2023.blogspot.com in this regard. وَمَا تَوْفِيقِي إِلَّا بِاللَّـهِ ۚ And my success (in my task) Can only come from Allah. (Source: Sūra 11: Hūd (The Prophet Hūd), Ayat: 88, https://quranyusufali.com/11/) Thesis: The scientific formula of peace in the light of knowledge Experiment: We move with knowledge”. by Muhammad Sheikh Ramzan Hossain, Director-in-Charge, World Peace Research Center (WPRC) Definition of Knowledge noun, understanding, comprehension, grasp, grip, command, mastery, apprehension, expertise, skill, proficiency, expertness, accomplishment, capacity, capability, know-how, learning, erudition, education etc. Knowledge is a familiarity or awareness, of someone or something, such as facts (descriptive knowledge), skills (procedural knowledge), or objects (acquaintance knowledge) contributing to ones understanding. The term "knowledge" can refer to a theoretical or practical understanding of a subject. It can be implicit (as with practical skill or expertise) or explicit (as with the theoretical understanding of a subject); formal or informal; systematic or particular ."knowledge: definition of knowledge in Oxford dictionary (American English) (US)". oxford dictionaries.com. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. The philosopher Plato argued that there was a distinction between knowledge and true belief in the Theaetetus, leading many to attribute to him a definition of knowledge as "justified true belief".Steup, Matthias; Neta, Ram (2020), "Epistemology", in Zalta, Edward N. (ed.), The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Fall 2020 ed.), Metaphysics Research Lab, Stanford University, retrieved 19 November 2021.Paul Boghossian (2007), Fear of Knowledge: Against relativism and constructivism, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ISBN 978-0199230419, Chapter 7, pp. 95–101. Indeed, Knowledge is the most essential subject of the field of epistemology, which studies what we know, how we come to know it, and what it means to know something. The root word of Knowledge is "Know".Indeed,the Best knowing is self-knowing. That self-knowledge is the highest aim of philosophical inquiry appears to be generally acknowledged. In all the conflicts between the different philosophical schools this objective remained invariable and unshaken: it proved to be the’ Archimedean point, the fixed and immovable center, of all thought. (Source: An Essay on Man is a work, written and published in English in 1944 by Ernst Cassirer). Know thyself: The Ancient Greek aphorism "know thyself" are: γνῶθι σεαυτόν, transliterated: gnōthi seauton; also ... σαυτόν … sauton and in Latin the phrase, "know thyself", is given as nosce te ipsum[3] or temet nosce. The Suda, a 10th-century encyclopedia of Greek knowledge, states: "the proverb is applied to those whose boasts exceed what they are", and that "know thyself" is a warning to pay no attention to the opinion of the multitude. By Socrates One of Socrates's students, the historian Xenophon, described some of the instances of Socrates's use of the Delphic maxim "Know Thyself" in his history titled: Memorabilia. In this writing, Xenophon portrayed his teacher's use of the maxim as an organizing theme for Socrates's lengthy dialogue with Euthydemus. By Plato Plato, another student of Socrates, employs the maxim "Know Thyself" extensively by having the character of Socrates use it to motivate his dialogues. Benjamin Jowett's index to his translation of the Dialogues of Plato lists six dialogues which discuss or explore the Delphic maxim: "know thyself". Scientific knowledge Science (from the Latin word scientia, meaning "knowledge") is a systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe. The earliest roots of science can be traced to Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia..Their contributions to mathematics, astronomy, and medicine entered and shaped Greek natural philosophy of classical antiquity, whereby formal attempts were made to provide explanations of events in the physical world based on natural causes. After the fall of the Western Roman Empire, knowledge of Greek conceptions of the world deteriorated in Western Europe during the early centuries of the Middle Ages but was preserved in the Muslim world during the Islamic Golden Age. The recovery and assimilation of Greek works and Islamic inquiries into Western Europe from the 10th to 13th century revived "natural philosophy", which was later transformed by the Scientific Revolution that began in the 16th century as new ideas and discoveries departed from previous Greek conceptions and traditions. The scientific method soon played a greater role in knowledge creation and it was not until the 19th century that many of the institutional and professional features of science began to take shape; along with the changing of "natural philosophy" to "natural science." Modern science is typically divided into three major branches that consist of the natural sciences (e.g., biology, chemistry, and physics), which study nature in the broadest sense; the social sciences (e.g., economics, psychology, and sociology), which study individuals and societies; and the formal sciences (e.g., logic, mathematics, and theoretical computer science), which study abstract concepts. There is disagreement,however, on whether the formal sciences actually constitute a science as they do not rely on empirical evidence. Disciplines that use existing scientific knowledge for practical purposes, such as engineering and medicine, are described as applied sciences. Science is based on research, which is commonly conducted in academic and research institutions as well as in government agencies and companies. The practical impact of scientific research has led to the emergence of science policies that seek to influence the scientific enterprise by prioritizing the development of commercial products, armaments, health care, and environmental protection. ► The development of the scientific method has made a significant contribution to how knowledge of the physical world and its phenomena is acquired. "Science – Definition of science by Merriam-Webster". merriam-webster.com. ► To be termed scientific, a method of inquiry must be based on gathering observable and measurable evidence subject to specific principles of reasoning and experimentation."Rules for the study of natural philosophy", Newton 1999, pp. 794–796, from the General Scholium, which follows Book 3, The System of the World. ► The scientific method consists of the collection of data through observation and experimentation, and the formulation and testing of hypotheses.scientific method, Merriam-Webster Dictionary. ► Science, and the nature of scientific knowledge have also become the subject of philosophy. As science itself has developed, scientific knowledge now includes a broader usage Wilson, Timothy D. (12 July 2012). "Stop bullying the 'soft' sciences". Los Angeles Times. Practical analysis: Question: It usually does not cause any embarrassment or discomfort due to using natural muscle force (energy) in our daily work but sometimes do we feel a little shocked when we try to lift, push, or move something but why? Possible Answer: A stationary object on the Earth's surface moves only when force (force) is applied to that object. The more energy or force applied, the faster the object gains energy. That is to say, less is less, speed is more. It should be noted that 1. Matter has an important role to play in the release of stability, that is, force/power to move, so the object is moving as will gain speed. It also shows that there is a relation between low and high levels of energy in moving and gaining speed of the object. If so, what is the third source? The source with which there will be a dependent relationship, respectively 1. The object will be stable or 2. Will be active? 3. Will the speed of the object be less or more? For a possible answer is as follows: Scientific analysis Ingredients: 1) Light 2) Brain 3) Knowledge What is light? Light is at the same time energy, particles and also waves - which enter the eye and give rise to the feeling of vision. Light makes the object visible, but it itself disappears. We do not see the light, but we see the illuminated object. In the biological process we see: the brain controls the lion's share of the human body's activity. For this purpose, the brain collects information from the sensory nervous system or senses, completes its processing, co-ordinates and coordinates the processed information, and in response decides what kind of instructions will be sent to the neuro(coordinated organ or system. Functions of the forebrain: 1. The forebrain part acts as the center of various endeavors. 2. The intellect, thought, memory, etc. of the animal controls the human senses. Regulates various physiological functions such as food, intake, excretion, reproduction, etc. 3. Nerves from different clients receive stimuli and analyze those feelings. The average human brain weighs 1.38 or 1.4 kg. The unit of the brain is the neuron. The number of neurons in the brain is 10 billion. The brain, made up of soft material, is protected inside the skull bones in the human head. Direct observation: Enlivening knowledge and how the eyes work. Different parts of your eye work together to help you see. First, light travels through the cornea (the clear frontal layer of the eye). The cornea is shaped like a dome and bends light to help focus the eyes. Some of this light enters the eye through an opening called the PUOO-pul. The iris (colored part of the eye) controls how much light enters the eyeball. Then, the light passes through the lens (a clean inner part of the eye). The lens works together with the cornea to focus light properly on the retina. When light hits the retina (a light-sensitive layer of tissue behind the eye), a special cell called the photoreceptor converts light into electrical signals. These electrical signals travel from the retina to the brain through the optic nerve. The brain then converts the signals into the images you see. The retina is a light sensitive layer behind the eye. The retina acts like a camera film, capturing the image through a photoreceptor. From there, retinal signals or "images" are transmitted through the optic nerve to the visual center of the brain so that we can interpret what we see. Cerebrum: The regulator of knowledge The cerebrum of the brain controls human thinking, consciousness, knowledge, memory, will, speech and optional muscle activity. The cerebrum is 80% of the brain. Functions of neurons: Brain cells include nerve cells (neurons) and the nerve cells (glia cells) that support them. The human brain has more than 8,600 billion neurons and the same number or more. Nerve cells are connected to each other and secrete a substance called neurotransmitter in response to neural stimulation, so that the brain can perform its functions. Direct observation: Enlivening knowledge Test No. 01: Flour sack vs. wheat sack. I think there is flour in this sack and there is sack of flour written in it. B contains a sack of wheat. It does not say that it is a sack of wheat. The two sacks have the same size. I think the laborer, knowing the sack of wheat, easily picks it up, moves it, puts it in its proper place, and when he comes back, using his previous experience (assuming the sack of wheat), he picks up the sack of flour and falls backwards. What is the scientific reason for this? Test No. 02: For example, think a pot at washroom is full of water every day. For some reason, one night the water in the pot was half or zero. Meanwhile, the power supply was cut off due to load shedding. As a result I have shocked to use the waterless pot in the dark but what is the scientific reason for this? From the above review, observation, discussion, experimental survey it is clear that, firstly, the light emitted from the object is reflected through the retina of the eye, cornea, iris, photoreceptor, neurons of the brain, cerebrum. As soon as the hand touches an visible object, the cerebrum of the brain provides material knowledge through neurons, and directs how much muscle power has to be expended in moving/lifting the object. As a result we can easily say that we have done the work easily, comfortably everyday due to proper direction of using muscle power by our knowledge. Conclusion: “We move with knowledge”. António GuterresAntónio Guterres Secretary-General of the United NationsSecretary-General of the United Nations 1st day of March, 2024. "I condemn Thursday’s incident in northern Gaza in which more than 100 people were reportedly killed or injured while seeking life-saving aid. The desperate civilians in Gaza need urgent help, including those in the north where the United Nations has not been able to deliver aid in more than a week. The tragic human toll of the conflict in Gaza, in which more than 30,000 people have now reportedly been killed and over 70,000 injured, is appalling. I reiterate my call for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire and the unconditional release of all hostages, and call for urgent steps so that critical humanitarian aid can get into and across Gaza to all those in need" MEDIA ADVISORY: WHO and UNICEF propose alternative solutions for infection prevention and hygiene in Gaza Inbox WHO Media Unsubscribe 7:37 AM (1 hour ago) to me Thursday 22 February 2024 MEDIA ADVISORY WHO and UNICEF propose alternative solutions for infection prevention and hygiene in Gaza The situation in the Gaza Strip is dire, with a high risk of further spread of epidemic-prone diseases due to overcrowding, poor sanitation and waste management, as well as a dysfunctional health system. In response to this public health emergency, WHO partnered with UNICEF to release a technical note on infection prevention and control (IPC) and water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) measures at health-care facilities and shelters in Gaza. The note provides both standard recommendations and alternative solutions for IPC and WASH, acknowledging various constraints in Gaza. (One example: if no sinks are available at health facilities, Veronica buckets can be installed to provide water for hand hygiene.) The technical note is available for download. Link: Infection prevention and control and water, sanitation and hygiene measures in health-care settings and shelters/congregate settings in Gaza: Technical note, 22 February 2024 (who.int) Media contacts: mediainquiries@who.int World Health Organization, Avenue Appia 20, 1202 Geneva 27, Switzerland Statement by Principals of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC): Civilians in Gaza in extreme peril while the world watches on Inbox WHO Media Wednesday 21 February 2024 Statement by Principals of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC): Civilians in Gaza in extreme peril while the world watches on Ten requirements to avoid an even worse catastrophe https://www.who.int/news/item/21-02-2024-statement-by-principals-of-the-inter-agency-standing-committee-(iasc)-on-gaza New York, Geneva, Rome---In the less than five months that followed the brutal 7 October attacks and the ensuing escalation, tens of thousands of Palestinians – mostly women and children – have been killed and injured in the Gaza Strip. More than three quarters of the population have been forced from their homes, many multiple times, and face severe shortages of food, water, sanitation and healthcare – the basic necessities to survive. The health system continues to be systematically degraded, with catastrophic consequences. As of 19 February, only 12 out of 36 hospitals with inpatient capacity are still functioning, and only partially. There have been more than 370 attacks on health care in Gaza since 7 October. Diseases are rampant. Famine is looming. Water is at a trickle. Basic infrastructure has been decimated. Food production has come to a halt. Hospitals have turned into battlefields. One million children face daily traumas. Rafah, the latest destination for well over 1 million displaced, hungry and traumatized people crammed into a small sliver of land, has become another battleground in this brutal conflict. Further escalation of violence in this densely populated area would cause mass casualties. It could also deal a death blow to a humanitarian response that is already on its knees. There is no safe place in Gaza. Humanitarian workers, themselves displaced and facing shelling, death, movement restrictions and a breakdown of civil order, continue efforts to deliver to those in need. But faced with so many obstacles – including safety and movement restrictions – they can only do so much. No amount of humanitarian response will make up for the months of deprivation that families in Gaza have endured. This is our effort to salvage the humanitarian operation so that we can provide, at the very least, the bare essentials: medicine, drinking water, food, and shelter as temperatures plummet. For this, we need: An immediate ceasefire. Civilians and the infrastructure they rely on to be protected. The hostages to be released immediately. Reliable entry points that would allow us to bring aid in from all possible crossings, including to northern Gaza. Security assurances and unimpeded passage to distribute aid, at scale, across Gaza, with no denials, delays and access impediments. A functioning humanitarian notification system that allows all humanitarian staff and supplies to move within Gaza and deliver aid safely. Roads to be passable and neighbourhoods to be cleared of explosive ordnance. A stable communication network that allows humanitarians to move safely and securely. UNRWA (1) , the backbone of the humanitarian operations in Gaza, to receive the resources it needs to provide life-saving assistance. A halt to campaigns that seek to discredit the United Nations and non-governmental organizations doing their best to save lives. Humanitarian agencies remain committed, despite the risks. But they cannot be left to pick up the pieces. We are calling on Israel to fulfil its legal obligation, under international humanitarian and human rights law, to provide food and medical supplies and facilitate aid operations, and on the world’s leaders to prevent an even worse catastrophe from happening. Signatories: Mr. Martin Griffiths, Emergency Relief Coordinator and Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Ms. Sofia Sprechmann Sineiro, Secretary General, CARE International Dr. Qu Dongyu, Director-General, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Ms. Jane Backhurst, Chair, ICVA (Christian Aid) Mr. Jamie Munn, Executive Director, International Council of Voluntary Agencies (ICVA) Mr. Tom Hart, Chief Executive Officer and President, InterAction Ms. Amy E. Pope, Director General, International Organization for Migration (IOM) Ms. Tjada D’Oyen McKenna, Chief Executive Officer, Mercy Corps Mr. Volker Türk, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) Ms. Janti Soeripto, President and Chief Executive Officer, Save the Children Ms. Paula Gaviria Betancur, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons (SR on HR of IDPs) Mr. Achim Steiner, Administrator, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Dr. Natalia Kanem, Executive Director, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Mr. Filippo Grandi, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Mr. Michal Mlynár, Executive Director a.i., United Nations Human Settlement Programme (UN-Habitat) Ms. Catherine Russell, Executive Director, UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Ms. Sima Bahous, Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director, UN Women Ms. Cindy McCain, Executive Director, World Food Programme (WFP) Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General, World Health Organization (WHO) 1. 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Journalists may send feedback to WHO Media Team MEDIA ADVISORY: Virtual Press Conference on the health situation in Gaza : 14 February 2024 Inbox WHO Media Tue, Feb 13, 10:18 PM Tuesday, 13 February 2024 MEDIA ADVISORY Virtual Press Conference : Update on the Health Situation in Gaza When: Wednesday, 14 February 2024 at 11.00 CET (Geneva time) Subject: Update on the health situation in Gaza Speakers: Dr Rik Peeperkorn, WHO Representative, occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) Dr Athanasios Gargavanis, WHO Trauma surgeon & Emergency officer Link: https://who.zoom.us/j/91858696813 International numbers available: https://who.zoom.us/u/aevbZK4Uh Notes to journalists: Please ensure you enter your name and media outlet (use name/outlet). Kindly note, only questions from media are allowed. When you sign in you will be automatically put in the meeting room. WHO reserves the right to remove any participant whose behaviour causes any disruption. 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Journalists may send feedback to WHO Media Team Updated statement: WHO and partners bring fuel to Al-Shifa, as remaining hospitals in Gaza face growing threats Inbox WHO Media Tuesday, 24 January 2024 Statement Update WHO and partners bring fuel to Al-Shifa, as remaining hospitals in Gaza face growing threats Note to journalists: For your convenience, the earlier statement has now been published on the WHO web page, with an update: Cairo, Geneva, Jerusalem, 23 January 2024-- WHO and partners completed another high-risk mission on Monday to resupply fuel to the Al-Shifa Hospital in northern Gaza, where hundreds of thousands of people remain cut off from aid. Across the Gaza Strip, the few remaining hospitals find themselves in ever more dire circumstances, with hostilities often preventing access for patients and supplies, and health workers managing on little rest and scarce supplies. LINK: WHO and partners bring fuel to Al-Shifa, as remaining hospitals in Gaza face growing threats Related links: Conflict in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory (who.int) Previous statements: Lethal combination of hunger and disease to lead to more deaths in Gaza (who.int), 21 December 2023 WHO delivers health supplies to Al-Shifa Hospital, appeals for continued access to address urgent needs in north Gaza, 17 December 2023 WHO calls for protection of humanitarian space in Gaza following serious incidents in high-risk mission to transfer patients, deliver health supplies, 12 December 2023 Media contact: mediainquiries@who.int You are receiving this NO-REPLY email because you are included on a WHO mail list. If you have been forwarded this update you can click here to subscribe. Journalists may send feedback to WHO Media Team Al Jazeera EnglishAl Jazeera English 10,413 followers10,413 followers Dr. Rik Peeperkorn, WHO representative for the occupied Palestinian territory, says in addition to the 23,210 people killed, 59,100 have been wounded in #Israeli attacks, many who will require long-term #healthcare.⁠ .⁠ He cited multiple trauma cases: “spinal trauma, crush injuries, severe burns, amputees – I’ve never seen so many amputees in my life, including among children.”⁠ .⁠ “This will have such a long-term impact for everything,” said Peeperkorn.⁠ . Follow our 🔴 LIVE coverage here: aje.io/9i3va3 58 reposts Muhammad Sheikh Ramzan Hossain WHO teams deliver supplies to hospitals in Northern and Southern Gaza Inbox WHO Media Wed, Dec 27, 2023, 11:12 PM ( Wednesday, 27 December 2023 Statement WHO teams deliver supplies to hospitals in Northern and Southern Gaza New mass displacement of Palestinians fleeing fighting, health facilities crammed with people seeking refuge, food 27 December 2023 World Health Organization teams have undertaken high-risk missions to deliver supplies, with partners, to hospitals in Northern and Southern Gaza witnessing intense hostilities in their vicinity, high patient loads and overcrowding caused by people displaced by the conflict seeking refuge. “Today I repeat my call on the international community to take urgent steps to alleviate the grave peril facing the population of Gaza and jeopardizing the ability of humanitarian workers to help people with terrible injuries, acute hunger, and at severe risk of disease,” said Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General. In WHO’s latest high-risk mission, teams visited on Tuesday 26 December two hospitals - Al-Shifa in the north and Al-Amal Palestine Red Crescent Society in the south – to deliver supplies and assess needs on the ground. Both hospitals also serve as shelters for displaced people seeking relative safety. At Al-Shifa Hospital, a reported 50 000 people are sheltering, while in Al-Amal there are 14 000. At Al-Shifa, WHO delivered fuel to keep essential health services running. With UNICEF, WHO also delivered medical supplies for the hospital. And in support of NGO partner, the World Central Kitchen, delivered materials to support a kitchen at Al-Shifa. Medical supplies were also delivered to the Gaza Central Drug Store, which will act as a medical supply hub to deliver to other hospitals, and will be supported by WHO and partners. At Al-Amal, colleagues saw the aftermath of recent strikes that disabled the hospital’s radio tower and impacted the central ambulance dispatch system for the entire Khan Younis area affecting more than 1.5 million people. Of the 9 ambulances the hospital once had, only 5 remain functioning. WHO staff reported finding it impossible to walk inside the hospital without stepping over patients and those seeking refuge. There are only few functioning toilets available in the hospital and adjacent community buildings and PRCS training centres for the people taking refuge there, staff and hospital patients. While transiting across Gaza, WHO staff witnessed tens of thousands of people fleeing heavy strikes in the Khan Younis and Middle Area, on foot, riding on donkeys, or in cars. Make-shift shelters were being built along the road. “WHO is extremely concerned this fresh displacement of people will further strain health facilities in the south, which are already struggling to meet the population’s immense needs,” said Dr Rik Peeperkorn, WHO Representative in WHO's office for the West Bank and Gaza. “This forced mass movement of people will also lead to more overcrowding, increased risk of infectious diseases, and make it even harder to deliver humanitarian aid.” According to the latest WHO assessments, Gaza has 13 partially functioning hospitals, 2 minimally functioning ones, and 21 that are not functioning at all. Among these is Nasser Medical Complex, which is the most important referral hospital in Southern Gaza, and is partially functioning. Recent reports of residential areas being ordered to evacuate around the hospital are extremely concerning. “When military activities intensify near the hospital, ambulances, patients, staff, and WHO and partners will be unable to reach the complex, and this key hospital will quickly become barely functional,” said Dr Peeperkorn. “This scenario was witnessed all too often in the North. Gaza can not afford to lose any more hospitals. WHO is working to strengthen and expand the existing struggling health system.” WHO staff also reported Tuesday that the need for food continues to be acute across the Gaza Strip. Hungry people again stopped our convoys today in the hope of finding food. WHO’s ability to supply medicines, medical supplies, and fuel to hospitals is being increasingly constrained by the hunger and desperation of people en route to, and within, hospitals we reach. Dr Tedros said: “The safety of our staff and continuity of operations depends on more food arriving in all of Gaza, immediately. My own colleagues are also being directly and personally affected by the conflict, just like virtually everyone in Gaza. I continue to receive heartbreaking news of the loss of our Gaza staffers’ family members.” “The recent United Nations Security Council resolution appeared to provide hope of an improvement in humanitarian aid distribution within Gaza,” Dr Tedros added. “However, based on WHO eyewitness accounts on the ground, the resolution is tragically yet to have an impact. What we urgently need, right now, is a ceasefire to spare civilians from further violence and begin the long road towards reconstruction and peace.” LINK: WHO teams deliver supplies to hospitals in Northern and Southern Gaza Related links: Conflict in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory (who.int) WHO EMRO | Occupied Palestinian territory health crisis 2023 | Priority areas | Palestine site WHO EURO: Conflict in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory (who.int) Previous statements: Lethal combination of hunger and disease to lead to more deaths in Gaza (who.int), 21 December 2023 WHO delivers health supplies to Al-Shifa Hospital, appeals for continued access to address urgent needs in north Gaza, 17 December 2023 WHO calls for protection of humanitarian space in Gaza following serious incidents in high-risk mission to transfer patients, deliver health supplies, 12 December 2023 Media contact: mediainquiries@who.int CORRECTED: WHO calls for protection of humanitarian space in Gaza following serious incidents in high-risk mission to transfer patients, deliver health supplies Wednesday, 13 December 2023 CORRECTED STATEMENT: A correction was made on 13 December to the date of the Al-Shifa mission, during which partner staff were detained. It was a mission on 22 November, not 18 November. WHO calls for protection of humanitarian space in Gaza following serious incidents in high-risk mission to transfer patients, deliver health supplies 12 December 2023, Cairo/Geneva/Jerusalem - WHO reiterates its call for the protection of health care and humanitarian assistance in Gaza, following military checkpoint delays and detention of health partners during a mission to transfer critically-ill patients and deliver supplies to a hospital in northern Gaza. During the mission, a patient reportedly died. On 9 December 2023, a WHO team, in collaboration with the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) and the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), and with support from the United Nations Department of Safety and Security (UNDSS), completed a high-risk mission to Al-Ahli Hospital in Gaza City to deliver medical supplies, assess the situation in the hospital, and transfer critically-injured patients to a hospital in the south. The mission delivered trauma and surgical supplies, enough to treat 1500 patients, to the hospital, and transferred 19 critical patients with 14 companions to Nasser Medical Complex in south Gaza, where they can receive a higher level of care. On the way north, the UN convoy was inspected at the Wadi Gaza checkpoint, and ambulance crew members had to leave the vehicles for identification. Two PRCS staff were detained for over an hour, further delaying the mission. WHO staff saw one of them being made to kneel at gunpoint and then taken out of sight, where he was reportedly harassed, beaten, stripped and searched. As the mission entered Gaza City, the aid truck carrying the medical supplies and one of the ambulances were hit by bullets. On the way back towards southern Gaza, with the patients from Al-Ahli Hospital on board, the convoy was again stopped at the Wadi Gaza checkpoint, where PRCS staff and most of the patients had to leave the ambulances for security checks. Critical patients remaining in the ambulances were searched by armed soldiers. One of the same two PRCS staff temporarily detained earlier on the way in was taken for interrogation a second time. The mission made numerous attempts to coordinate his release, but eventually—after more than two and a half hours—had to make the difficult decision to leave the highly dangerous area and proceed, for the safety and well-being of the patients and humanitarian workers. (Three ambulances carrying extremely critical patients had already continued onwards earlier, while three remained with the convoy.) PRCS reported afterwards that during the transfer process, one of the injured patients died, as a result of his untreated wounds. The PRCS staff member was released later that night after joint UN efforts. Yesterday, the WHO team met him, as well as his father, supervisor, and colleagues. He said he was harassed, beaten, threatened, stripped of his clothes, and blindfolded. His hands were tied behind his back and he was treated in a degrading and humiliating manner. Once released, he was left to walk towards the south with his hands still tied behind his back, and without clothes or shoes. Detentions have happened previously during humanitarian missions in Gaza. On 22 November, six people from the Ministry of Health and PRCS were detained during a WHO-led mission to move patients from Al-Shifa Hospital. Four people–three from the Ministry of Health and one PRCS staff—are still in detention, three weeks later. There is no information on their well-being or whereabouts. This is unacceptable. WHO, along with their family, colleagues and loved ones, is deeply concerned about their well-being. We reiterate our call for their legal and human rights to be respected. Obstructing ambulances and attacks on humanitarian and health workers are unconscionable. Healthcare, including ambulances, are protected under international law. They must be respected and protected in all circumstances. The difficulties faced by this mission illustrate the shrinking space for humanitarian actors to provide aid within Gaza, even though access is desperately needed to alleviate the catastrophic humanitarian situation, as called for in the resolution adopted by the WHO Executive Board members on 10 December. WHO and partners remain firmly committed to staying in Gaza and assisting the population. But as hostilities increase across Gaza, aid falls short of needs, the humanitarian support system is on the verge of falling apart. The only viable solution is a sustained ceasefire, so WHO and partners can work safely and unhindered to strengthen a deteriorating health system, replenish critical supplies of fuel, medicines, and other essential aid, and prevent disease, hunger, and further suffering in the Gaza Strip. Note to editors on Al-Ahli Hospital During the above mission to the heavily destroyed Gaza City, WHO staff saw hundreds of people, including women, elderly people, youth, and children, who seemed surprised to see aid workers in the area given the highly volatile situation and insecurity. WHO staff described Al-Ahli Hospital as in a state of “utter chaos and a humanitarian disaster zone.” It is extremely congested with many displaced people and over 200 patients, while it only has enough resources to support 40 beds – half of its original bed capacity. The building has sustained substantial damage because of the hostilities. Doctors said the situation is “beyond control” as they face shortages of fuel, oxygen, and essential medical supplies, as well as a lack of food and water for patients and themselves. Health staff capacity is minimal, nursing care is extremely limited, and the hospital is relying heavily on volunteers. Faced with vast numbers of trauma patients inside the hospital, and outside on the street, doctors are forced to prioritize who receives care and who does not. They are treating many serious cases in the hospital’s corridors, on the floor, in the hospital chapel, and even in the street. The hospital is severely short-staffed, and it is lacking the ability to perform vascular operations. Limb amputations are decided as the last resort to save lives. Related links WHO Director-General tweet Conflict in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory Media inquiries: mediainquiries@who.int https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2023/12/9/israel-hamas-war-live-us-veto-of-un-ceasefire-effort-draws-condemnation Statement: WHO’s Executive Board adopts resolution on access for emergency aid into Gaza and respect for laws of war. Sunday, 10 December 2023 https://www.who.int/news/item/10-12-2023-who-s-executive-board-adopts-resolution-on-access-for-life-saving-aid-into-gaza-and-respect-for-laws-of-war 10 December 2023- Geneva- In a special session held today in Geneva, WHO’s Executive Board adopted a resolution aimed at addressing the catastrophic humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip. The resolution was adopted by consensus. This is the first time since 7 October that a resolution on this conflict has been adopted by consensus within the UN system. It underscores the importance of health as a universal priority, in all circumstances, and the role of healthcare and humanitarianism in building bridges to peace, even in the most difficult of situations. Among other points, the resolution calls for “immediate, sustained and unimpeded passage of humanitarian relief, including the access of medical personnel.” It calls on “all parties to fulfill their obligations under international law…and reaffirms that all parties to armed conflict must comply fully with the obligations applicable to them under international humanitarian law related to the protection of civilians in armed conflict and medical personnel.” The resolution also commends WHO and health cluster partners in the field for remaining and delivering. Just yesterday, 9 December, amid extremely difficult circumstances, WHO and partners delivered supplies for up to 1500 patients and transferred patients from a Al-Ahli Hospital in the north to one in the south. In remarks delivered throughout the day, many Member States offered sympathies for the loss of life of civilians, as well health workers and UN employees, including WHO colleague Dima Alhaj. In his closing remarks, WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the adoption of the resolution was a starting point. “It does not resolve the crisis. But it is a platform on which to build.” He added that “Without a ceasefire, there is no peace. And without peace, there is no health. I urge all Member States, especially those with the most influence, to work with urgency to bring an end to this conflict as soon as possible.” Link to Dr Tedros closing remarks: https://www.who.int/director-general/speeches/detail/who-director-general-s-closing-remarks-at-the-special-session-of-the-executive-board-on-the-health-situation-in-the-occupied-palestinian-territory---10-december-2023 Other useful links: Link to final EB page which includes Resolution: https://apps.who.int/gb/e/e_ebss7.html Link to Dr Tedros opening remarks: https://www.who.int/news-room/speeches/item/who-director-general-s-opening-remarks-at-the-special-session-of-the-executive-board-on-the-health-situation-in-the-occupied-palestinian-territory---10-december-2023 Link to WHO Regional Director Dr Ahmed Al-Mandhari statement. https://www.emro.who.int/media/news/rds-intervention-for-the-special-session-on-the-health-conditions-in-the-occupied-palestinian-territory-including-east-jerusalem-geneva.html Link to EB press release: https://www.who.int/news-room/events/detail/2023/12/10/default-calendar/executive-board-special-session-on-the-health-situation-in-the-occupied-palestinian-territory WHO photos: Media need to register with the WHO EMRO photo library for access to images for media. Link to register: https://photos.emro.who.int/join Link to images: https://photos.emro.who.int/category/93/israelipalestinian-conflict-october-2023 For questions email: emphotos@who.int Media contacts: mediainquries@who.int Israel-Gaza war: Half of Gaza's population is starving, warns UN Young children take shelter inside Nasser hospital in Khan Younis By Fiona Nimoni BBC News A senior UN aid official has warned that half of Gaza's population is starving, as fighting there continues. Carl Skau, deputy director of the UN World Food Programme, said only a fraction of supplies needed have been able to enter the Strip - and nine out of 10 people cannot eat everyday. Conditions in Gaza have made deliveries "almost impossible", Mr Skau said. Israel says it must continue air strikes on Gaza to eliminate Hamas and bring Israeli hostages home. Israel Defence Forces spokesman Lt Col Richard Hecht told the BBC on Saturday that "any death and pain to a civilian is painful, but we don't have an alternative". "We are doing everything we can to get as much as possible inside the Gaza Strip," he said. Movement in and out of Gaza has been heavily restricted since 7 October, when Hamas fighters broke through Israel's heavily-guarded perimeter fence - killing 1,200 people and taking 240 hostages. In response, Israel closed its borders with Gaza and began launching air strikes on the territory, restricting aid deliveries which Gazans heavily relied on. The Hamas-run health ministry says Israel has killed more than 17,700 Gazans in its retaliatory campaign, including more than 7,000 children. Only the Rafah crossing bordering Egypt has been open, allowing limited quantities of aid to reach Gaza. This week Israel agreed to open the Kerem Shalom crossing from Israel into Gaza in the next few days - but only for the inspection of aid lorries. The trucks would then go to Rafah to cross into Gaza. Mr Skau said nothing had prepared him for the "fear, the chaos, and the despair" he and his WFP team encountered during their trip to Gaza this week. They witnessed "confusion at warehouses, distribution points with thousands of desperate hungry people, supermarkets with bare shelves, and overcrowded shelters with bursting bathrooms," he said. International pressure and a temporary seven-day ceasefire last month had allowed some badly-needed aid to enter the Gaza Strip, but the WFP insists a second border crossing is now needed to meet demand. Nine out of 10 families in some areas are spending "a full day and night without any food at all", according to Mr Skau. People in Khan Younis in the south of Gaza, a city now surrounded on two fronts by Israeli tanks, say the situation there is dire. Dr Ahmed Moghrabi, head of the plastic surgery and burns unit in the city's only remaining health facility, Nasser hospital, fought back tears as he spoke to the BBC about the lack of food. "I have a daughter, three years old, always she ask me (for) some sweets, some apple, some fruits. I can't provide. I feel helpless," he said. "There is not enough food, there is not enough food, only rice, only rice can you believe? We eat once, once a day, only." (Courtesy: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-67670679), Your Action Matters: Stand with Palestine Today! The Islamic Council Mon, 4 Dec, 22:30 Amidst the global issues we face, the importance of standing against injustices has never been clearer nor more urgent. The situation in Palestine has deeply moved our global community, resonating in a chorus of shared grief, anger, and frustration. 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WHO is gravely concerned about the resumption of hostilities, including heavy bombardment in Gaza, and reiterates its appeal to Israel to take every possible measure to protect civilians and civilian infrastructure, including hospitals, as per the laws of war. We have seen what happened in northern Gaza. This cannot be the blueprint for the south. Gaza cannot afford to lose another hospital as health needs continue to soar. As more civilians in southern Gaza receive immediate evacuation orders and are forced to move, more people are being concentrated into smaller areas, while the remaining hospitals in those areas run without sufficient fuel, medicines, food, water, or protection of health workers. WHO and other partners are less able to provide support, given dwindling access to our supplies or any assurance of safety when we move supplies or staff. This morning WHO was contacted with advice to move as many medical supplies as possible from a warehouse in Gaza, situated in an area ordered to be evacuated. Access to storage could become challenging over the coming days due to ground operations. Intensifying military ground operations in southern Gaza, particularly in Khan Younis, are likely to cut thousands off from health care – especially from accessing Nasser Medical Complex and European Gaza Hospital, the two main hospitals in southern Gaza – as the number of wounded and sick increases. Lack of access would also limit WHO’s ability to deliver aid to these hospitals. About 1.9 million people, nearly 80% of Gaza's population, are estimated to be internally displaced. Recent evacuation orders cover 20% of Khan Younis and localities east of Khan Younis, which prior to the hostilities were home to nearly 117 000 and 352 000 people, respectively. In less than 60 days, the number of functioning hospitals has dropped from 36 to 18. Of these, three are only providing basic first aid, while the remaining hospitals are delivering only partial services. Those able to admit patients are delivering services well over their intended capacities, with some treating two to three times as many patients as they were designed for. The 12 hospitals that are still operational in the south are now the backbone of the health system. On a recent visit to Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis, the WHO team described the situation inside as catastrophic, with the building and hospital grounds grossly overcrowded with patients and displaced people seeking shelter. The emergency ward is overflowing with patients. There is a shortage of health workers compared to the overwhelming needs. Those who are available have been working non-stop and are exhausted. Many patients are being treated on the floor. Bed capacity has been overwhelmed. Patients and families sheltering at the hospital are scared for their security. Disease surveillance systems are hampered, but syndromic surveillance has noted increases in infectious diseases, including acute respiratory infections, scabies, jaundice, diarrhoea, and bloody diarrhoea. Shelters in the south are also reporting cases of acute jaundice syndrome, a worrisome signal of hepatitis. From 7 October to 28 November, WHO recorded an unprecedented number of attacks on health care: 203 attacks on hospitals, ambulances, medical supplies, and the detention of health-care workers. This is unacceptable. There are means to protect civilians and civilian infrastructure, and they should be instituted. The only viable solution is a sustained ceasefire. Note to editors: On 3 December alone, 349 people were killed and 750 injured according to reports from the Ministry of Health. According to the Ministry of Health, the bed occupancy rate at operational hospitals stands at 171%, while in the intensive care units the occupancy rate is up to 221%. Currently, there are 1000 patients and thousands of people sheltering at the 350-bed Nasser Medical Complex, and 1000 patients and an estimated 70 000 people sheltering at the 370-bed European Gaza Hospital. Both hospitals are three times beyond their capacity. As of 3 December, per Ministry of Health reports, more than 15 899 people have died, over two-thirds of them women and children. An additional 42 003 people, also mostly women and children, have been injured. LINK: WHO appeals for protection of the health system from further attacks and degradation of its capacity Related Links: WHO EMRO | EMRO home page | Landing | Front page Conflict in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory (who.int) EMRO Media Contact: WHO EMRO | Contact us | Media centre WHO Media Team Email: mediainquiries@who.int You are receiving this NO-REPLY email because you are included on a WHO mail list. Netherlands accused of war crimes complicity for Israeli military supplies Injured people, including children, are brought to Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital for treatment after an Israeli attack following the humanitarian pause between Israel and Palestinian resistance group Hamas in Deir el-Balah, Gaza on December 02, 2023 [Ali Jadallah/Anadolu] I have spent the last week in Gaza, where I’ve witnessed a dire situation becoming catastrophic. While visiting a shelter in the south, I met a displaced family desperate to find milk for their young baby, whose mother had died, buried under rubble. I met children who were queuing with hundreds of others for one toilet. I met colleagues working heroically to provide assistance in a shelter where they themselves sought refuge. These stories of untold suffering are sadly the norm in Gaza, where 1.8 million people – almost 80 percent of the population – are now homeless and seeking refuge wherever they can. Netherlands accused of war crimes complicity for Israeli military supplies end of list The seven-day pause in fighting provided some relief for families, enabling them to look for food, to look for loved ones, to take a break from the relentless bombardments. But this was short-lived. As humanitarians, we worked tirelessly to bring in more trucks, to get critical supplies to the hundreds of thousands of people still in the north, and to distribute to the children and their families seeking refuge in the shelters. Yet, this was still insufficient to meet the needs of the 2.3 million people who need life-saving assistance. As the news spread early Friday morning that the pause was over, hopes of a definitive ceasefire turned to despair. Once again ambulances were transporting casualties to the hospital, and already displaced families were ordered to move once again. To move to areas that cannot accommodate them. To move to areas that do not have adequate infrastructure like water and sanitation, shelter or access to basic services. To move when there are ongoing air strikes, shelling and fighting. And through roads so badly damaged and littered with debris of fallen buildings that travelling with the elderly, sick or people with disabilities is all but impossible. To move to areas that are not safe. Because the reality is that nowhere is safe in Gaza. Rather than ensuring the safety and survival of families, Israel’s orders to move are just giving them the option to die another way, elsewhere. What I’ve seen and heard during my time in Gaza confirmed my belief that there is no such thing as a “safe zone” there. Sign up for Al Jazeera Week in the Middle East Catch up on our coverage of the region, all in one place. It is also against humanitarian international law to forcibly displace a population. A young child might not understand what is happening, but they see the destruction around them. They see when their homes, schools and communities are destroyed. They hear everything that is happening around them, the air strikes, the cries for help. And they feel the terror, the insecurity and the helplessness. Humanitarians are driven to do all that we can to protect the rights and preserve life of all civilians, especially children. We are guided by humanitarian principles to protect the most vulnerable and protect humanity. The anticipated expansion of military operations in southern cities like Khan Younis would have catastrophic humanitarian consequences for children, compounded by the current restrictions and impediments that prevent us from doing our job. We cannot stand idly by and watch the horror in Gaza unfold. The international community must uphold international law, the global rules-based order that was designed to prevent the very violations that we are witnessing. There is only one right thing to do: secure a definitive ceasefire to protect all civilians, and unfettered access for humanitarians to deliver assistance to all children in Gaza. The failure for us to do so, would be at the cost of the lives, hopes and futures of all children in the region, condemning them to be trapped in a continuous cycle of violence. The views expressed in this article are the author’s own and do not necessarily reflect Al Jazeera’s editorial stance.(Source: https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2023/12/4/there-is-nowhere-safe-for-children-to-go-in-gaza/?traffic_source=rss) Joint UN mission transfers critical patients from Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza, under intense fighting WHO Media Sat, Nov 25, 2:41 AM Friday, 24 November 2023 Joint UN mission transfers critical patients from Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza, under intense fighting 24 November 2023, Geneva/Cairo - On 22 November, in cooperation with the Palestine Red Crescent Society, WHO participated in another joint-UN mission to transfer 151 patients, relatives and health workers accompanying them from Al-Shifa hospital in northern Gaza. The mission was undertaken following specific requests from health authorities and hospital officials in Gaza. This was the third mission to Al-Shifa carried out by WHO, other UN agencies and partners in less than a week; the first was an assessment mission (18 November) and the second was an evacuation mission to transport 31 infants (19 November). During this mission, the team transferred 73 severely ill or injured patients, including 18 dialysis patients; 26 patients with serious spinal injuries; 8 patients with severe chronic conditions; two in need of critical care; and 19 patients in wheelchairs. The patients were transported in 14 ambulances supplied and staffed by the Palestine Red Crescent Society, and two buses, with 8 health workers and 70 family members accompanying them. This was a high-risk mission, as intense fighting and shelling continued in proximity of Al-Shifa hospital. It took 20 hours for the team to complete the evacuation, including 6 hours at a checkpoint where the team and patients were screened by the Israeli Defense Force. This was despite an initial agreement to only screen participants at the origination point in Al-Shifa Hospital. The screening process involved checks on the patients, their relatives, and the personnel; these included elderly, children and severely ill patients. Three medical personnel from the Palestine Red Crescent Society and three from the Ministry of Health were detained. After 6 hours at the security checkpoint, the convoy proceeded as the condition of some of patients was already deteriorating. Patients reached their final destination late at night. Most of the patients were ultimately transferred to the European Gaza Hospital, with the dialysis patients admitted to Al Najjar Hospital. Both facilities are in the south of Gaza. WHO is extremely concerned about the safety of the estimated 100 patients and health workers remaining at Al-Shifa. Due to the limited time that the mission members were able to spend in the hospital and the urgency of moving the most critical, it was difficult to determine exactly how many remain. Two of the six detained health workers have reportedly been released. We do not have information about the well-being of the four remaining health staff, including the director of Al-Shifa hospital. WHO calls for their legal and human rights to be fully observed during their detention. This and other evacuations were requested by health authorities, health workers and patients, and became necessary as Al-Shifa Hospital is no longer able to function due to lack of water, fuel, medical supplies, food, and staff, and recent military incursions. Also on 21 November, WHO and partners undertook a mission to Al-Ahli Hospital in northern Gaza to assess medical priorities. Al-Ahli, which is one of the only functional hospitals in the north, must be urgently and regularly supplied with fuel, water, food and medical supplies to ensure the continuity of care. Today, 22 patients along with 19 companions arrived at the European Gaza hospital, in the transfer mission undertaken with the Palestine Red Crescent Society, following the assessment mission. WHO again asks all relevant authorities to ensure that the medical evacuations that WHO has been requested to assist in can proceed safely, under agreed procedures, without endangering the lives of patients. Ultimately, the safety, security and evacuation decisions rest with the relevant authorities. LINK: https://www.who.int/news/item/24-11-2023-joint-un-mission-transfers-critical-patients-from-al-shifa-hospital-in-gaza--under-intense-fighting Media inquiries: mediainquiries@who.int Joint UN mission transfers critical patients from Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza, under intense fighting 24 November 2023 Statement Geneva/Cairo Reading time: 2 min (577 words) On 22 November, in cooperation with the Palestine Red Crescent Society, WHO participated in another joint-UN mission to transfer 151 patients, relatives and health workers accompanying them from Al-Shifa hospital in northern Gaza. The mission was undertaken following specific requests from health authorities and hospital officials in Gaza. This was the third mission to Al-Shifa carried out by WHO, other UN agencies and partners in less than a week; the first was an assessment mission (18 November) and the second was an evacuation mission to transport 31 infants (19 November). During this mission, the team transferred 73 severely ill or injured patients, including 18 dialysis patients; 26 patients with serious spinal injuries; 8 patients with severe chronic conditions; two in need of critical care; and 19 patients in wheelchairs. The patients were transported in 14 ambulances supplied and staffed by the Palestine Red Crescent Society, and two buses, with 8 health workers and 70 family members accompanying them. This was a high-risk mission, as intense fighting and shelling continued in proximity of Al-Shifa hospital. It took 20 hours for the team to complete the evacuation, including 6 hours at a checkpoint where the team and patients were screened by the Israeli Defense Force. This was despite an initial agreement to only screen participants at the origination point in Al-Shifa Hospital. The screening process involved checks on the patients, their relatives, and the personnel; these included elderly, children and severely ill patients. Three medical personnel from the Palestine Red Crescent Society and three from the Ministry of Health were detained. After 6 hours at the security checkpoint, the convoy proceeded as the condition of some of patients was already deteriorating. Patients reached their final destination late at night. Most of the patients were ultimately transferred to the European Gaza Hospital, with the dialysis patients admitted to Al Najjar Hospital. Both facilities are in the south of Gaza. WHO is extremely concerned about the safety of the estimated 100 patients and health workers remaining at Al-Shifa. Due to the limited time that the mission members were able to spend in the hospital and the urgency of moving the most critical, it was difficult to determine exactly how many remain. Two of the six detained health workers have reportedly been released. We do not have information about the well-being of the four remaining health staff, including the director of Al-Shifa hospital. WHO calls for their legal and human rights to be fully observed during their detention. This and other evacuations were requested by health authorities, health workers and patients, and became necessary as Al-Shifa Hospital is no longer able to function due to lack of water, fuel, medical supplies, food, and staff, and recent military incursions. Also on 21 November, WHO and partners undertook a mission to Al-Ahli Hospital in northern Gaza to assess medical priorities. Al-Ahli, which is one of the only functional hospitals in the north, must be urgently and regularly supplied with fuel, water, food and medical supplies to ensure the continuity of care. Today, 22 patients along with 19 companions arrived at the European Gaza hospital, in the transfer mission undertaken with the Palestine Red Crescent Society, following the assessement mission. WHO again asks all relevant authorities to ensure that the medical evacuations that WHO has been requested to assist in can proceed safely, under agreed procedures, without endangering the lives of patients. Ultimately, the safety, security and evacuation decisions rest with the relevant authorities. Media Contacts WHO Media Team Email: mediainquiries@who.int News release: WHO appalled by latest attack on Indonesian Hospital in Gaza Inbox WHO Media Monday, 20 November 2023 WHO appalled by latest attack on Indonesian Hospital in Gaza https://www.emro.who.int/media/news/who-appalled-by-latest-attack-on-indonesian-hospital-in-gaza.html 20 November 2023 — WHO is appalled by the attack today on the Indonesian Hospital in North Gaza, which reportedly resulted in the killing of at least 12 persons including patients and their companions residing at the hospital. According to reports, tens of people were also injured in the attack, including some with critical and life-threatening injuries. Health workers and civilians should never have to be exposed to such horror, and especially while inside a hospital. According to the latest reports, the Indonesian Hospital continues to be besieged. No one has been allowed to enter or leave the hospital: there have been reports of shooting towards those attempting to leave but no injuries or fatalities thus far. The hospital, like others in northern Gaza and Gaza City, has faced power outages since the main and secondary generators stopped functioning several weeks ago due to lack of fuel; it also faces severe shortages of water, essential medicines and supplies. The hospital is only able to provide basic services, putting the lives of those with severe injuries and other medical emergencies at immediate risk. There have been multiple and ongoing attacks on health facilities in the last six weeks, that have resulted in forced mass evacuations from hospitals, and multiple fatalities and casualties among patients, their companions, and those who had sought refuge in hospitals. The Indonesian Hospital had already reportedly sustained damages due to at least five attacks since 7 October. WHO has recorded 335 attacks on health care in the occupied Palestinian territory since 7 October, including 164 attacks in the Gaza Strip and 171 attacks in the West Bank. There were also 33 attacks on health care in Israel during the violent events of October 7. As a result of these attacks and shortages of fuel, medicines, and safe water, and other essential resources, hospital bed capacity in Gaza has gone down from 3500 beds before 7 October to 1400 beds, leaving critical gaps for patients with injuries and other illness that require hospitalization. The world cannot stand silent while these hospitals, which should be safe havens, are transformed into scenes of death, devastation, and despair. WHO reminds the parties to the conflict of their obligation under International Humanitarian Law to respect the sanctity of, and actively protect, health facilities. Health care is not a target. #NotATarget Useful link: https://www.who.int/news/item/19-11-2023-who-led-joint-un-and-red-crescent-mission-evacuates-infants-from-al-shifa-hospital-in-gaza https://www.who.int/news/item/18-11-2023-who-leads-very-high-risk-joint-humanitarian-mission-to-al-shifa-hospital-in-gaza WHO loses communication with contacts in Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza amid reports of attacks Children with cancer evacuated from Gaza for treatment to Egypt and Jordan (who.int) Risk of disease spread soars in Gaza as health facilities, water and sanitation systems disrupted Attacks on health care in Gaza Strip unacceptable, says WHO WHO welcomes decision by Egypt to receive patients from Gaza Strip Multi-Country Funding Appeal: occupied Palestinian territory and Egypt, Lebanon, Syrian Arab Republic and Jordan As Gaza’s health system disintegrates, WHO calls for safe passage of fuel, supplies for health facilities WHO health supplies move towards Gaza Joint statement by UNDP, UNFPA, UNICEF, WFP and WHO on humanitarian supplies crossing into Gaza WHO delivers medical supplies to Lebanon as violence in the occupied Palestinian territory intensifies Lifesaving WHO health supplies land in Egypt for people-in-need in Gaza WHO pleads for immediate reversal of Gaza evacuation order to protect health and reduce suffering Hospitals in the Gaza Strip at a breaking point, warns WHO October 2023 emergency situation reports Occupied Palestinian territory website WHO photos: Media need to register with the WHO EMRO photo library for access to images for media. Link to register: https://photos.emro.who.int/join Link to images: https://photos.emro.who.int/category/93/israelipalestinian-conflict-october-2023 For questions email: emphotos@who.int Related video b-roll for media: https://who.canto.global/b/NFK4L Media inquiries: mediainquiries@who.int https://www.facebook.com/stories/101938908640172/UzpfSVNDOjM1MjYwMzI0MDU4MDUzMQ==/?view_single=1 https://www.pinterest.com/ramzanctg60/safe-gaza-save-humanity/ News release: WHO leads very high-risk joint humanitarian mission to Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza WHO Media Sunday, 19 November 2023 WHO leads very high-risk joint humanitarian mission to Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza https://www.emro.who.int/opt/news/who-leads-very-high-risk-joint-humanitarian-mission-to-al-shifa-hospital-in-gaza.html 18 November 2023 - Earlier today, a joint UN humanitarian assessment team, led by WHO accessed Al-Shifa Hospital in northern Gaza to assess the situation on the ground and conduct a rapid situational analysis, assess medical priorities, and establish logistics options for further missions. The team included public health experts, logistics officers, and security staff from OCHA, UNDSS, UNMAS/UNOPS, UNRWA and WHO. The mission was deconflicted with the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) to ensure safe passage along the agreed route. However, this was a high-risk operation in an active conflict zone, with heavy fighting ongoing in close proximity to the hospital. Earlier in the day, the IDF had issued evacuation orders to the remaining 2,500 internally displaced people who had been seeking refuge on the hospital grounds. They, along with a number of mobile patients and hospital staff, had already vacated the facility by the time of the team's arrival. Due to time limits associated with the security situation, the team was able to spend only one hour inside the hospital, which they described as a “death zone,” and the situation as “desperate.” Signs of shelling and gunfire were evident. The team saw a mass grave at the entrance of the hospital and were told more than 80 people were buried there. Lack of clean water, fuel, medicines, food and other essential aid over the last six weeks have caused Al-Shifa Hospital—once the largest, most advanced, and best equipped referral hospital in Gaza—to essentially stop functioning as a medical facility. The team observed that due to the security situation, it has been impossible for the staff to carry out effective of waste management in the hospital. Corridors and the hospital grounds were filled with medical and solid waste, increasing the risk of infection. Patients and health staff with whom they spoke were terrified for their safety and health, and pleaded for evacuation. Al-Shifa Hospital can no longer admit patients, with the injured and sick now being directed to the seriously overwhelmed and barely functioning Indonesian Hospital. There are 25 health workers and 291 patients remaining in Al-Shifa, with several patient deaths having occurred over the previous 2 to 3 days due to the shutting down of medical services. Patients include 32 babies in extremely critical condition, two people in intensive care without ventilation, and 22 dialysis patients whose access to life-saving treatment has been severely compromised. The vast majority of patients are victims of war trauma, including many with complex fractures and amputations, head injuries, burns, chest and abdominal trauma, and 29 patients with serious spinal injuries who are unable to move without medical assistance. Many trauma patients have severely infected wounds due to lack of infection control measures in the hospital and unavailability of antibiotics. Given the current state of the hospital, which is no longer operational or admitting new patients, the team was requested to evacuate health workers and patients to other facilities. WHO and partners are urgently developing plans for the immediate evacuation of the remaining patients, staff and their families. Over the next 24–72 hours, pending guarantees of safe passage by parties to the conflict, additional missions are being arranged to urgently transport patients from Al-Shifa to Nasser Medical Complex and European Gaza Hospital in the south of Gaza. However, these hospitals are already working beyond capacity, and new referrals from Al-Shifa Hospital will further strain overburdened health staff and resources. WHO is deeply concerned about the safety and health needs of patients, health workers and internally displaced people sheltering at the few remaining partially functional hospitals in the north, which are facing risk of closure due lack of fuel, water, medical supplies, food, and the intense hostilities. Immediate efforts must be made to restore the functionality of Al-Shifa and all other hospitals to provide urgently needed health services in Gaza. WHO reiterates its plea for collective efforts to bring an end to the hostilities and humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza. We call for an immediate ceasefire, the sustained flow of humanitarian assistance at scale, unhindered humanitarian access to all of those in need, the unconditional release of all hostages, and the cessation of attacks on health care and other vital infrastructure. The extreme suffering of the people of Gaza demands that we respond immediately and concretely with humanity and compassion. Related links WHO loses communication with contacts in Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza amid reports of attacks Children with cancer evacuated from Gaza for treatment to Egypt and Jordan (who.int) Risk of disease spread soars in Gaza as health facilities, water and sanitation systems disrupted Attacks on health care in Gaza Strip unacceptable, says WHO WHO welcomes decision by Egypt to receive patients from Gaza Strip Multi-Country Funding Appeal: occupied Palestinian territory and Egypt, Lebanon, Syrian Arab Republic and Jordan As Gaza’s health system disintegrates, WHO calls for safe passage of fuel, supplies for health facilities WHO health supplies move towards Gaza Joint statement by UNDP, UNFPA, UNICEF, WFP and WHO on humanitarian supplies crossing into Gaza WHO delivers medical supplies to Lebanon as violence in the occupied Palestinian territory intensifies Lifesaving WHO health supplies land in Egypt for people-in-need in Gaza WHO pleads for immediate reversal of Gaza evacuation order to protect health and reduce suffering Hospitals in the Gaza Strip at a breaking point, warns WHO October 2023 emergency situation reports Occupied Palestinian territory website Related WHO photos: Media need to register with the WHO EMRO photo library for access to images for media. Link to register: https://photos.emro.who.int/join Link to images: https://photos.emro.who.int/category/93/israelipalestinian-conflict-october-2023 For questions email: emphotos@who.int Related video b-roll for media: https://who.canto.global/b/NFK4L Media Contact: mediainquiries@who.int Biden and Qatar’s emir discuss Gaza hostages, humanitarian aid Leaders discussed efforts to increase the flow of urgently needed humanitarian assistance into Gaza. 17 Nov 2023 US President Joe Biden pressed on Friday for the immediate release of hostages seized by Hamas in Israel during talks with the leader of Qatar, which has relations with the Palestinian group that governs Gaza. Biden, in San Francisco for an Asia-Pacific summit, in a telephone call with Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani “discussed the urgent need for all hostages held by Hamas to be released without further delay,” a White House statement said on Friday. Biden also raised Israel’s decision to let two tankers of diesel each day into the war-torn Gaza Strip, following pleas from the United States. Biden and the emir “discussed ongoing efforts to increase the flow of urgently needed humanitarian assistance into Gaza and Israel’s decision to resume fuel deliveries for life-saving aid,” the White House said. The pair discussed “strategic relations between the two countries” and ways strengthen them, the Qatari Emiri Diwan said. The diwan also said Sheikh Tamim held a call with Bahrain’s King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa. The two leaders discussed developments in Gaza, as well as other “regional and international developments of common interest”. The call with Bahrain’s monarch comes as Qatar’s prime minister and foreign minister travelled to Manama for meetings with the country’s crown prince and other top officials. Qatar’s foreign ministry said the two sides “stressed the need to immediately stop the war in Gaza and protect civilians”. Advertisement Biden two days earlier had told reporters that he was “mildly hopeful” of reaching a deal to free the hostages, believed to include about 10 US citizens. Fighters from Hamas, which controls the Gaza Strip, on October 7 infiltrated Israel and killed about 1,200 people, most of them civilians, and took about 240 hostages, according to Israeli officials. Pro-Palestinian Demonstrators Rally Across Europe PARIS — Thousands of protesters rallied across France and Britain calling Saturday for a cease-fire in Gaza, while hundreds of others turned out again in cities across Europe. Protests have been held across Europe since the unprecedented Oct. 7 Hamas attacks on Israel unleashed the latest Gaza war. Several thousand people marched through central Paris in torrential rain behind a banner saying, "Halt the massacre in Gaza and West Bank, immediate cease-fire." "France must immediately call for a cease-fire so that the guns go silent," said CGT union secretary-general Sophie Binet, one of several union leaders to speak at the rally. The CGT estimated that 60,000 people rallied in the capital and a further 40,000 gathered in dozens of other towns across the country. The interior ministry however said 7,000 people marched in Paris and 45,000 nationwide for the third straight Saturday. In Marseille, AFP saw several hundred people stage a minute's silence for Palestinian victims of the war, while in Toulouse more than 1,200 people took part in a march, according to police. Israel says Hamas militants killed more than 1,200 people, mainly civilians, and took about 240 hostages when they stormed across the border on Oct. 7. The Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza says around 12,300 people have died in the Palestinian territory in Israel's relentless military response, more than 5,000 of them children. Free the Palestinians Elsewhere in Europe, organizers said around 4,000 people marched in Geneva, lighting candles displayed as a map of Gaza in front of the United Nations' European headquarters. One large banner read "Stop Genocide in Gaza" and many shouted "Free, free Palestine!" in English. Two rallies were held in Amsterdam, one urging a cease-fire for Gaza, another demanding the release of the Hamas-held hostages, though police said the protests were calm and no arrests were made. Several thousands marched in Lisbon, many also shouting in English "Palestine will be free." "I think the injustice toward Palestine, for the past 75 years, is incredibly severe," said Maria Joao Ralha, 64. A few hundred people marched through Warsaw, with the protest culminating in a rally in front of Israel's embassy in Poland. In Istanbul, which has seen massive protests called by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan urging an end to Israel's campaign, about 100 people lit flares and held up anti-war banners under heavy rain outside the Israeli consulate. The rally was called by football supporter groups, which often play an important role in Turkish protests. All Israeli diplomatic staff left Turkey last month as a security precaution. Targeting political parties In Britain, the protest numbers were smaller after more than 300,000 people staged a pro-Palestinian march in London last Saturday. One targeted an office where the leader of the main opposition Labour party, Keir Starmer, holds meetings, with protesters waving Palestinian flags and chanting "cease-fire now." Some held placards reading "Stop the war in Gaza" and "Starmer — blood on your hands" amid a heavy police presence in the Camden area of north London. Starmer, a former human rights lawyer whose party is predicted to win an election expected next year, has refused to call for a permanent cease-fire, sparking a string of resignations from his top team. Instead, he has called for a humanitarian pause to Israel's bombardment to allow aid in for the 2.4 million people in Gaza. One protester at the London event, Nicoleta, 36, held a placard reading "Bombing hospitals is a crime." "Because I'm a health care provider I'm here to defend the hospitals, the innocent civilians, the children in incubators," she said. The rally was one of many smaller protests organized nationwide by the Stop The War Coalition.(Source: Voice of America, Washington DC) Tufail Hussain reposted this Islamic Relief UK Islamic Relief UKIslamic Relief UK 1w • Edited • 1w • Edited • 🌟 Here's a recap of what Islamic Relief UK got up to in October: 1 -📍Alhamdulillah, so far, we’ve provided much-needed psychosocial support for 4,584 children in Gaza! 🧸 2 - We kicked off Charity Week, and have pledged to raise £1 million to support orphans and children across the world, including in #Palestine. 💙 3 - Our Director Tufail appeared as a guest-speaker at the first-ever Muslim Charities Convention in #London! 🎤 4 - We held our first-ever annual Walk for Orphans in six locations across the UK, raising funds to help orphans and children around the world - including those in Palestine. 💫 5 - A snap from the Muslim Scout Fellowship Olympics, which raised an incredible £22,000 for emergency aid in Palestine! ✨ 6 - Jummah collections for #Gaza with our wonderful volunteers, in mosques across the UK. 🕌 7 - We attended a vigil organised by Medical Aid for Palestinians, to remember the children of Gaza who have been killed and to demand a #CeasefireNow. 💔 8 - A snap of our #LifeSavers who completed the Ben A’an trek for #CharityWeek! 🥾 9 - We presented The Felix Project with an appreciation award! They whip-up culturally-sensitive meals for those in need around the UK, all year-round - we're proud to partner with them. 🧑🏼‍🍳 10 - Tufail recently featured in the Daily Mirror, describing the harrowing situation in #Gaza and the need for an immediate ceasefire. 🛑 Activate to vie WHO Director-General's remarks at UN --17 November 2023 WHO Media Friday, 17 November 2023 WHO Director-General's remarks at the Informal Plenary Meeting of the United Nations General Assembly – 17 November 2023 Mr President, Excellencies, dear colleagues, Thank you, Mr President, for convening this meeting. On Tuesday of this week, I met for the second time with families of Israeli hostages being held in Gaza. I heard and felt their pain and heartache. WHO continues to call for those hostages who are still alive to be released, without condition. We are deeply concerned for their health and well-being, just as we are concerned for the health and well-being of the people of Gaza, which is becoming more precarious every hour. So far this week, WHO has not received updates on the number of deaths or injuries in Gaza, which makes it harder for us to evaluate the functioning of the health system. What is clear is that the health needs of the people of Gaza are growing all the time, and the health system is near collapse. Only 10 of Gaza’s 36 hospitals are still functioning, with just 1,400 hospital beds. Many health workers have been displaced, forced to flee with their families. Here’s what that means: More and more casualties, and fewer and fewer beds, health workers, medicines and supplies; Premature babies dying as life-support systems shut down; More than 2000 patients with cancer, 1000 with kidney disease, 50,000 with cardiovascular disease and 60,000 with diabetes, all at risk as their treatment is interrupted; Up to 200 women giving birth every day in the worst imaginable conditions; An estimated 20,000 people and counting in need of specialized mental health services; Among displaced populations in overcrowded shelters, we are seeing increasing numbers of respiratory and skin infections; Cases of acute watery diarrhea as the sewage system breaks down and people are forced to defecate in the open; Increasing malnutrition; I could go on and on. There are no words to describe the horror. The people of Gaza need our support – your support – now. The best way to support Gaza’s health workers and the people they serve is by giving them the tools they need – medicines, medical equipment, clean water, food, power and protection. Field hospitals and emergency medical teams can complement and support existing hospitals and health workers in Gaza, but they cannot replace them. Supporting Gaza’s health workers is at the heart of WHO’s operational response plan. We need to rapidly resupply the hospitals, reconstitute the health workforce and ensure health services are protected. But frankly, the amount of aid that has been allowed into Gaza so far is pitiful. It’s pathetic. And even the little aid we can get into Gaza cannot be distributed without fuel. It’s as simple as that: no fuel, no aid. The small amount of fuel that entered this week has already run out. We welcome reports that an agreement has been reached for increased supply of fuel to Gaza. We look forward to seeing the details of those reports, and to their fulfilment. But it’s not just fuel. Electricity is also needed to power desalination plants, water and sewage treatment plants, hospitals and other essential services. We welcome the Security Council’s adoption on Wednesday of a resolution on urgent and extended humanitarian pauses and corridors in Gaza. It doesn’t go far enough – we need a ceasefire – but it’s a start. We call for the immediate implementation of the resolution, and we call on all parties to abide by it. Most of all, we need attacks on health care to stop. The Geneva conventions were adopted and ratified to establish what is acceptable and what is not in conflict. Violating the neutrality of health care is not acceptable. Attacks on health care must stop. But so far, WHO has verified 152 attacks on health care in Gaza, 170 in the West Bank, and 33 in Israel – attacks on hospitals, clinics, ambulances, health workers, and patients. Al-Shifa hospital must be enabled to function as a hospital. There are reportedly up to 300 health workers and 650 patients inside the hospital. Even if Hamas has used the hospital for military purposes, the hospital, and indeed all health care facilities, are never without protection under humanitarian law. Furthermore, the proposal for a so-called “safe zone” at Al-Mawasi is a recipe for disaster. Attempting to cram so many people into such a small area with such little infrastructure or services will significantly increase risks to health for people who are already on the brink. WHO will not participate in the establishment of any so-called “safe zone” in Gaza without broad agreement, and unless fundamental conditions are in place to ensure safety and other essential needs are met, and a mechanism is in place to supervise its implementation, as Martin Griffiths said earlier. === Back ground of Gaza Tragedy 2023 The attacks by Hamas and other armed groups on Israel, the killing of 1200 people, and the taking of more than 200 hostages were totally unjustifiable. Back ground: 😥The frozen body of our 16-year-old Dini Hafeza sister, Samah Johayer Mubarak, lies on the side of the road. He was walking towards Al-Quds, a Jewish soldier of Khinji standing at the checkpoint stopped her way, ordering her to remove her face niqab..! But my sister did not move her niqab directly, and immediately the Jewish soldier fired....! It's not too late for my sister's veiled frozen body to fall down the slippery slope......😥 Note: Sister "Samah Zohayer Mubarak" returned to Palestine after visiting the House of Allah. May Allah accept her as a bird of paradise, and cover her with the cloak of mercy. #Amen: According to some, this latest incident emboldens Hamas to launch an ambush. With at least 11,500 Gazans killed, 70% of them women and children; With 1.7 million people displaced; With two-thirds of Gaza’s hospitals out of action; With no electricity, no fuel, no clean water, no food; With every bomb that kills or maims a child; With every family buried beneath the rubble of its own home; The scale of Israel’s response appears increasingly unjustifiable. WHO, like the rest of the United Nations system, is impartial. We are not on one side or the other. We are on the side of humanity. === Mr President, Excellencies, We are witnessing the destruction of life and property on a horrific scale. But we are also witnessing the destruction of civility, the rules-based system, and trust between countries. This crisis is an acid test for the United Nations, and for you, its Member States. This organization was established to foster peace in our world. If you, as Member States of the United Nations, will not or cannot stop this bloodshed, then we must ask: what is the United Nations for? The crisis in Gaza is a crisis for the UN, and a crisis for humanity. Talk is not enough. Resolutions are not enough. Statements are not enough. You must act, and you must act now. We call on you to ensure unfettered access to deliver humanitarian aid to the civilians of Gaza; We call on Hamas to release the hostages; We call on Israel to restore supplies of water, electricity and fuel; We call on both sides to abide by their obligations under international humanitarian law; We call for attacks on health care to stop, and for patients, health facilities, health infrastructure and health workers – as well as aid workers – to be protected. And we continue to call for an end to this conflict, to prevent further deaths of civilians and further damage to Gaza’s hospitals and health facilities. Mr President, thank you once again for inviting me. LINK: WHO Director-General's remarks at the Informal Plenary Meeting of the United Nations General Assembly – 17 November 2023 For more information, see: WHO Conflict in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory (who.int) WHO EMRO | Occupied Palestinian territory health crisis 2023 | Priority areas | Palestine site WHO EURO: Conflict in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory (who.int) Media inquiries: mediainquiries@who.int UNRWAUNRWA 259,890 followers 259,890 followers1d • 1d • Dated: 10:58 AM, Friday, 17 November, 2023 "People are just trying to survive" Thomas White expresses the fear and apprehension across the📍hashtag#GazaStrip as people struggle every day to find bread and water, trying to survive. Even queuing for bread, people are terrified they are going to be hit in a strike. https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7130621760802013184/ Kazakhstan Allocates $1 Million Humanitarian Aid to Palestinian People Kazakhstan Evacuates 92 Citizens From Gaza Strip BY SANIYA SAKENOVA IN INTERNATIONAL ON 15 NOVEMBER 2023 ASTANA – Kazakhstan evacuated 92 citizens and members of their families from the Gaza Strip to Egypt through the Rafah checkpoint on Nov. 15, reported the Kazakh Foreign Ministry’s press service. Kazakh diplomats provided all the necessary consular, legal, and psychological assistance to their compatriots, who are expected to arrive in Cairo soon. After that, the Kazakh government will send an evacuation plane. Following the evacuation’s first stage, diplomats will continue to work with the competent authorities of Israel, Egypt, the Palestinian National Authority, and other international organizations to evacuate the rest of the Kazakh citizens from the enclave. On Nov. 10, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Murat Nurtleu spoke with Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen. Nurtleu expressed deep concern about the escalation of the conflict urging an immediate ceasefire and a peaceful resolution by all parties As of Nov. 7, there were 76 Kazakh citizens in the Gaza Strip, with 161 individuals, including family members. Their evacuation was suspended on Nov. 4 due to specific requirements set by Egyptian and Israeli authorities. https://astanatimes.com/2023/11/kazakhstan-evacuates-92-citizens-from-gaza-strip/ Nurtleu affirmed Kazakhstan’s support for the establishment of an internationally recognized Palestinian state within the 1967 borders, with its capital in East Jerusalem. He emphasized that the Middle East crisis could only be resolved through the “two states for two peoples” formula endorsed by the United Nations (UN) Security Council. The minister expressed Kazakhstan’s solidarity with OIC member countries on an immediate cessation of hostilities in the Gaza Strip, citing the country’s vote in favor of a ceasefire resolution proposed by Jordan during a special UN General Assembly emergency session on Oct. 27. Nurtleu raised deep concerns about the civilian casualties, particularly children, women, and older adults, and also about the situation with Kazakh citizens who are currently unable to leave the Gaza Strip. The minister informed summit participants of his recent conversation with Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen, urging an immediate ceasefire and a peaceful resolution by all parties. “The safety of civilians is the topmost priority,” he stressed. Kazakhstan commended Egypt’s decision to provide corridors for medical and humanitarian aid to the civilian population of Gaza. Kazakhstan donated $1 million for Palestinian relief with plans for additional assistance. Nurtleu appealed to international and humanitarian organizations to intervene in the dire situation in the Gaza Strip and proposed using the Islamic Food Security Organization’s existing mechanism for humanitarian emergency assistance. The summit resulted in the adoption of a resolution declaring the Gaza Strip an inseparable part of Palestinian territories on the West Bank and holding Israel responsible for the armed conflict. LAS and OIC countries agreed to establish a financial security system to support Palestinians. On the summit’s sidelines, Nurtleu discussed current issues of bilateral cooperation in the political, trade, economic, investment, cultural and humanitarian spheres at separate meetings with Prime Minister of Pakistan Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar, Foreign Minister of Bangladesh Abul Kalam Abdul Momen, Foreign Minister of Benin Shegun Adjadi Bakari, Foreign Minister of Malaysia Saifuddin Abdullah, Foreign Minister of Nigeria Geoffrey Onyeama, Deputy Prime Minister of Oman Asa’ad bin Tariq, and OIC Secretary General Hissein Brahim Taha. Nurtleu met with Khalid Al-Falih, the minister of investment of Saudi Arabia and co-chairman of the Kazakh-Saudi Intergovernmental Commission, to review preparations for joint upcoming events, including the sixth Intergovernmental Commission meeting, the first meeting of the Business Council, and the Investment Round Table. https://astanatimes.com/2023/11/kazakh-fm-attends-league-of-arab-states-organization-of-islamic-cooperation-summit-in-riyadh/ Kazakhstan Puts Efforts to Return Citizens from Gaza Strip As Evacuation Temporarily Suspended BY SANIYA SAKENOVA IN INTERNATIONAL ON 7 NOVEMBER 2023 ASTANA – Kazakhstan faced the challenge of returning its citizens from the Gaza Strip, as the evacuation of foreigners and wounded persons through the Rafah checkpoint has been temporarily suspended since Nov. 4, Kazakh Foreign Ministry’s Spokesperson Aibek Smadiyarov said at a Nov. 6 briefing. The evacuation of foreign citizens and Palestinians with dual citizenship commenced on Nov. 1, but three days later, it was suspended due to specific requirements set by Egyptian and Israeli authorities. According to them, each country is given a designated date for their citizens to pass through the Rafah checkpoint, considering the daily throughput capacity of around 500 people and the lists provided by embassies of about 45 countries, encompassing nearly 7,000 people. Presently, there are 76 Kazakh citizens in the Gaza Strip, with 161 individuals, including family members. Around a third are not subject to evacuation according to the specific departure requirements of Egyptian and Israeli authorities. Thus, some Kazakh citizens are not ready to leave the Gaza Strip, as it is impossible to evacuate their adult children, spouses, grandchildren, and spouses of children. Since escalating tensions in the Gaza Strip, the Kazakh embassies in Jordan and Egypt have been working to arrange the safe evacuation of Kazakh citizens through the Rafah checkpoint, facilitate their further transportation, and assist with appropriate documentation for crossing international borders. While they consistently update a list of Kazakh citizens and their relatives located in the conflict zone, the Embassy in Cairo conducts daily negotiations with Egypt’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and other competent authorities on the conditions for the evacuation of citizens. Alongside the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East and the International Organization for Migration, the Kazakh embassies maintain ongoing contact with each citizen residing in the enclave through a special chat in the messenger. As stated by Smadiyarov, the ministry does its utmost to expedite the evacuation process. Still, not all factors are within their control, as the world struggles to resolve this military-diplomatic crisis. “As soon as our citizens cross the Egyptian border, a special evacuation plane will fly to Cairo,” he informed. The ministry monitors the situation throughout the Middle East region, which regrettably tends to escalate, Smadiyarov added. (Source: https://astanatimes.com/2023/11/kazakhstan-puts-efforts-to-return-citizens-from-gaza-strip-as-evacuation-temporarily-suspended/). News release: UNFPA, UNICEF and WHO Regional Directors call for immediate action to halt attacks on health care in Gaza WHO Media Nov 12, 2023, 9:01 PM Sunday, 12 November 2023 UNFPA, UNICEF and WHO Regional Directors call for immediate action to halt attacks on health care in Gaza "Statement by Ms. Laila Baker, UNFPA Arab States Regional Director; Ms. Adele Khodr, UNICEF Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa; Dr. Ahmed Al-Mandhari, WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean" https://www.emro.who.int/media/news/unfpa-unicef-and-who-regional-directors-call-for-immediate-action-to-halt-attacks-on-health-care-in-gaza.html 12 November 2023 — Cairo/Amman — The regional directors of UNFPA, UNICEF and WHO call for urgent international action to end the ongoing attacks on hospitals in Gaza. We are horrified at the latest reports of attacks on and in the vicinity of Al-Shifa Hospital, Al-Rantissi Naser Paediatric Hospital, Al-Quds Hospital, and others in Gaza city and northern Gaza, killing many, including children. Intense hostilities surrounding several hospitals in northern Gaza are preventing safe access for health staff, the injured, and other patients. Premature and new-born babies on life support are reportedly dying due to power, oxygen, and water cuts at Al-Shifa Hospital, while others are at risk. Staff across a number of hospitals are reporting lack of fuel, water and basic medical supplies, putting the lives of all patients at immediate risk. Over the past 36 days, WHO has recorded at least 137 attacks on health care in Gaza, resulting in 521 deaths and 686 injuries, including 16 deaths and 38 injuries of health workers on duty. Attacks on medical facilities and civilians are unacceptable and are a violation of International Humanitarian and Human Rights Law and Conventions. They cannot be condoned. The right to seek medical assistance, especially in times of crisis, should never be denied. More than half of the hospitals in the Gaza Strip are closed. Those still functioning are under massive strain and can only provide very limited emergency services, lifesaving surgery and intensive care services. Shortages of water, food, and fuel are also threatening the wellbeing of thousands of displaced people, including women and children, who are sheltering in hospitals and their surrounds. The world cannot stand silent while hospitals, which should be safe havens, are transformed into scenes of death, devastation, and despair. Decisive international action is needed now to secure an immediate humanitarian ceasefire and prevent further loss of life, and preserve what’s left of the health care system in Gaza. Unimpeded, safe and sustained access is needed now to provide fuel, medical supplies and water for these lifesaving services. The violence must end now. Related links WHO loses communication with contacts in Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza amid reports of attacks Children with cancer evacuated from Gaza for treatment to Egypt and Jordan (who.int) Risk of disease spread soars in Gaza as health facilities, water and sanitation systems disrupted Attacks on health care in Gaza Strip unacceptable, says WHO WHO welcomes decision by Egypt to receive patients from Gaza Strip Multi-Country Funding Appeal: occupied Palestinian territory and Egypt, Lebanon, Syrian Arab Republic and Jordan As Gaza’s health system disintegrates, WHO calls for safe passage of fuel, supplies for health facilities WHO health supplies move towards Gaza Joint statement by UNDP, UNFPA, UNICEF, WFP and WHO on humanitarian supplies crossing into Gaza WHO delivers medical supplies to Lebanon as violence in the occupied Palestinian territory intensifies Lifesaving WHO health supplies land in Egypt for people-in-need in Gaza WHO pleads for immediate reversal of Gaza evacuation order to protect health and reduce suffering Hospitals in the Gaza Strip at a breaking point, warns WHO October 2023 emergency situation reports Occupied Palestinian territory website Related WHO photos: Media need to register with the WHO EMRO photo library for access to images for media. Link to register: https://photos.emro.who.int/join Link to images: https://photos.emro.who.int/category/93/israelipalestinian-conflict-october-2023 For questions email: emphotos@who.int Related video b-roll for media: https://who.canto.global/b/NFK4L Media Contact: mediainquiries@who.int News release: WHO loses communication with contacts in Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza amid reports of attacks Inbox WHO Media Unsubscribe Sun, Nov 12, 7:40 AM (23 hours ago) to me No images? Click here Sunday, 12 November 2023 WHO loses communication with contacts in Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza amid reports of attacks https://www.emro.who.int/media/news/who-loses-communication-with-contacts-in-al-shifa-hospital-in-gaza-amid-reports-of-attacks.html 12 November 2023 — WHO has lost communication with its contacts in Al-Shifa Hospital in northern Gaza. As horrifying reports of the hospital facing repeated attacks continue to emerge, we assume our contacts joined tens of thousands of displaced people who had sought shelter on the hospital grounds and are fleeing the area. There are reports that some people who fled the hospital have been shot at, wounded and even killed. Over the past 48 hours, Al-Shifa Hospital--which is the largest medical complex in Gaza--has been reportedly attacked multiple times, leaving several people dead and many others injured. The intensive care unit suffered damage from bombardment, while areas of the hospital where displaced people were sheltering have also been damaged. An intubated patient reportedly died when electricity was at one point cut. The last reports said that the hospital was surrounded by tanks. Staff reported lack of clean water and risk of the last remaining critical functions, including ICUs, ventilators and incubators, soon shutting down due to lack of fuel, putting the lives of patients at immediate risk. WHO has grave concerns for the safety of the health workers, hundreds of sick and injured patients, including babies on life support and displaced people who remain inside the hospital. The number of inpatients is reportedly almost double its capacity, even after restricting services to lifesaving emergency care. Patients seeking health care should never be exposed to fear, and health workers who have taken an oath to treat them should never be forced to risk their own lives to provide care. WHO calls again for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza as the only way to save lives and reduce the horrific levels of suffering. Hospitals, patients, health staff, and persons sheltering in health facilities are protected under the Geneva Conventions and International Humanitarian Law. WHO also calls for the sustained, orderly, unimpeded and safe medical evacuations of critically injured and sick patients into Egypt through the Rafah Border Crossing. All hostages should receive appropriate medical care and be released unconditionally. Related links Children with cancer evacuated from Gaza for treatment to Egypt and Jordan (who.int) Risk of disease spread soars in Gaza as health facilities, water and sanitation systems disrupted Attacks on health care in Gaza Strip unacceptable, says WHO WHO welcomes decision by Egypt to receive patients from Gaza Strip Multi-Country Funding Appeal: occupied Palestinian territory and Egypt, Lebanon, Syrian Arab Republic and Jordan As Gaza’s health system disintegrates, WHO calls for safe passage of fuel, supplies for health facilities WHO health supplies move towards Gaza Joint statement by UNDP, UNFPA, UNICEF, WFP and WHO on humanitarian supplies crossing into Gaza WHO delivers medical supplies to Lebanon as violence in the occupied Palestinian territory intensifies Lifesaving WHO health supplies land in Egypt for people-in-need in Gaza WHO pleads for immediate reversal of Gaza evacuation order to protect health and reduce suffering Hospitals in the Gaza Strip at a breaking point, warns WHO October 2023 emergency situation reports Occupied Palestinian territory website Related WHO photos: Media need to register with the WHO EMRO photo library for access to images for media. Link to register: https://photos.emro.who.int/join Link to images: https://photos.emro.who.int/category/93/israelipalestinian-conflict- WHO Director-General's remarks at UN Security Council--10 November 2023 WHO Media 3:23 AM (19 hours ago) Friday, 10 November 2023 WHO Director-General's remarks at the Emergency Meeting of the United Nations Security Council on the situation in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory – 10 November 2023 Mr President, Excellencies, Thank you for this opportunity to brief you on the health situation in Gaza. Let me be clear from the outset that I fully understand the anger, grief and fear of the Israeli people following the horrific, barbaric and unjustifiable attacks by Hamas and other armed groups on Israeli civilians on the 7th of October. The killing of 1,400 people, and injuries to more than 7,200 others, is bad enough. For the survivors and families of victims, the mental health consequences will endure for a long time to come. WHO is gravely concerned for the health and well-being of Israeli hostages in Gaza, many of whom are older people, children and those with urgent medical needs. Two weeks ago, I spoke with families of hostages, and I will meet them in Geneva next week. I feel their heartache and fear. I also understand the anger, grief and fear of the people of Gaza, who had already suffered through 16 years of blockade, and are now enduring the destruction of their families, their homes, their communities and the life they knew. The situation on the ground is impossible to describe. Hospital corridors crammed with the injured, the sick, the dying; Morgues overflowing; Surgery without anaesthesia; Tens of thousands of displaced people sheltering at hospitals; Families crammed into overcrowded schools, desperate for food and water. More than 10,800 people have now been killed in Gaza, almost 70% of them women and children. On average, a child is killed every 10 minutes in Gaza. 1.5 million people have been displaced, and are looking for shelter anywhere they can find it. But nowhere and no-one is safe. As more and more people move to a smaller and smaller space, overcrowding is increasing the risks of outbreaks of diarrheal and respiratory disease and skin infections. WHO is on the ground in Gaza, alongside our partners, to support health workers, who are physically and mentally exhausted and are doing their best in unimaginable conditions. In addition to caring for the 27 thousand people who are wounded, many of them with life-threatening injuries, they are trying to manage the regular health needs of more than 2 million people. More than 180 women give birth in Gaza every day. There are 9 thousand patients on cancer therapy. And there are 350 thousand patients with diabetes, heart disease and hypertension. I visited the Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza in 2018. I toured a dialysis ward and a neonatal intensive care unit, and spoke with health workers and patients. Even then, conditions were extremely difficult for health workers. Now their work is impossible, and they are directly in the firing line. Since the 7th of October, WHO has verified more than 250 attacks on health care in Gaza and the West Bank, in addition to 25 attacks on health care in Israel – hospitals, clinics, patients, ambulances. Last week, WHO documented 5 attacks on 5 hospitals in one day. In the past 48 hours alone, four hospitals have been put out of action, representing some 430 beds. More than 100 of our UN colleagues have been killed. And as we speak, there are reports of firing outside the Al-Shifa and Rantisi hospitals. Half of the Gaza Strip’s 36 hospitals and two-thirds of its primary health care centres are not functioning at all. Those that are functioning are operating way beyond their capacities. The health system is on its knees, and yet somehow is continuing to deliver lifesaving care. The best way to support those health workers and the people they serve is by giving them the tools they need to deliver that care – medicines, medical equipment and fuel for hospital generators. Field hospitals and emergency medical teams can complement and support existing hospitals and health workers in Gaza, but they cannot replace them. Supporting Gaza’s health workers is at the heart of WHO’s operational response plan. WHO was part of the first convoy of aid to enter Gaza through the Rafah crossing on the 21st of October, and since then we have delivered 63 metric tonnes of specialist medical equipment and supplies that health workers need to save lives, including to hospitals north of Wadi Gaza. But this doesn’t even begin to address the scale of need. Before the 7th of October, an average of 500 trucks a day were crossing into Gaza with essential supplies. Since the 21st of October, instead of the expected 10,000 trucks, just 650 have entered. A month ago, just two days after the violence started, I met with His Excellency President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi of Egypt, who agreed to support WHO and our partners to deliver aid through the Rafah crossing. I thank Egypt for its support in getting aid into Gaza, and for establishing a medivac pathway to get the most critically sick and wounded patients out, including 12 children with cancer who are being transferred for treatment in Egypt and Jordan. WHO continues to call for unfettered access to deliver humanitarian aid to the civilians of Gaza, who are not responsible for this violence, but are suffering in ways that we in this room cannot imagine. We continue to call on Hamas to release the hostages it took, many of whom need urgent medical attention. We continue to call on Israel to restore supplies of electricity, water and fuel. We continue to call on both sides to abide by their obligations under international humanitarian law. And we continue to call for a ceasefire, to prevent further deaths of civilians and further damage to Gaza’s hospitals and health facilities. Excellencies, I understand what the children of Gaza must be going through, because as a child, I went through the same thing. The sound of gunfire and shells whistling through the air; the smell of smoke after they struck; tracer bullets in the night sky; the fear; the pain; the loss – these things have stayed with me throughout my life. When my mother heard gunfire at night, she would make us sleep under the bed, with more mattresses on top of the bed, in the hope we might be protected if a shell fell on our house. I also understand what the parents of Gaza are going through, because in 1998, when war returned to Ethiopia, my children had to hide in a bunker to shelter from the bombardment. I experienced war both as a child and as a parent. The children and parents of Gaza and Israel want and need the same thing that my family wanted and needed: peace and security. That is what this council was established to achieve. But this crisis underlines once again the need for reform of the Security Council. It has long been my view that the Security Council no longer serves the purpose for which it was established. It represents the realpolitik of the Second World War, not the 21st century. As a Foreign Minister, I was part of a group working on reform of the Security Council. I am dismayed that no progress has been made. To remain credible, relevant, and a force for peace in our world, Member States, especially the P5, must take seriously the need to reform the Security Council. I thank you. LINK: https://www.who.int/director-general/speeches/detail/who-director-general-s-remarks-at-the-emergency-meeting-of-the-united-nations-security-council---10-november-2023 LINK to UN video feed: The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question - Security Council, 9472nd meeting | UN Web TV For more information, see: WHO Conflict in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory (who.int) WHO EMRO | Occupied Palestinian territory health crisis 2023 | Priority areas | Palestine site WHO EURO: Conflict in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory (who.int) Media inquiries: mediainquiries@who.int Statement by UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini and WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus WHO Media Unsubscribe 2:50 AM Wednesday, 08 November 2023 UNRWA-WHO medical supply convoy reaches Al-Shifa hospital Statement by UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini and WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus https://www.who.int/news/item/08-11-2023-unrwa-who-medical-supply-convoy-reaches-al-shifa-hospital 8 November 2023 Amman/Geneva ---UNRWA has facilitated the delivery of WHO’s much needed emergency medical supplies and medicines to Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City, north of the Gaza Strip, despite huge risks to our staff and health partners due to the relentless bombardments in Gaza. This is only the second delivery of lifesaving supplies to the hospital since the escalation of hostilities and the total siege of Gaza began. On 24 October, WHO delivered medical supplies to the hospital amid high insecurity. While welcome, the quantities we delivered are far from sufficient to respond to the immense needs in the Gaza Strip. The medical conditions at Al-Shifa - the largest hospital in the Gaza Strip and one of the oldest Palestinian health institutions - are disastrous. There are currently almost two patients for every bed available. The emergency department and wards are overflowing requiring doctors and medical workers to treat wounded and sick patients in the corridors, on the floor, and outdoors. The number of wounded increases by the hour while patients are undergoing immense and unnecessary pain as medicines and anesthetics are running out. In addition, tens of thousands of displaced people have sought shelter in the hospital’s parking lots and yards. Al-Shifa Hospital has traditionally been the most important health facility in Gaza. Its doctors, nurses and other workers have responded heroically to the current desperate situation. But they need more support. The northern areas of Gaza cannot and should not be isolated nor deprived of the delivery of humanitarian assistance. Patients there cannot be denied the health care to which they are entitled and urgently need. Aid should reach the whole of Gaza. Medical facilities are running out of supplies and fuel. So far, no fuel has been allowed into the Gaza Strip, including to Al-Shifa hospital for over one month now. UNRWA and WHO renew their urgent call for the delivery of fuel to humanitarian agencies in the Gaza Strip. Without fuel, hospitals and other essential facilities such as desalination plants and bakeries cannot operate, and more people will most certainly die as a result. The ability of hospitals and medical facilities to operate is paramount especially during conflicts. In line with international humanitarian law, we call for the protection of all medical facilities, personnel, patients and the wounded, for the sustained flow of humanitarian supplies and fuel at scale, and for safe and unimpeded access to deliver the supplies to health facilities wherever they are across the Gaza Strip. We also call for the medical evacuation of critically injured and sick patients. Related WHO photos: Media need to register with the WHO EMRO photo library for access to images for media. Link to register: https://photos.emro.who.int/join Link to images: https://photos.emro.who.int/category/93/israelipalestinian-conflict-october-2023 For questions email: emphotos@who.int Related video b-roll for media: https://who.canto.global/b/NFK4L Related links: Attacks on health care in Gaza Strip unacceptable, says WHO WHO welcomes decision by Egypt to receive patients from Gaza Strip Multi-Country Funding Appeal: occupied Palestinian territory and Egypt, Lebanon, Syrian Arab Republic and Jordan As Gaza’s health system disintegrates, WHO calls for safe passage of fuel, supplies for health facilities WHO health supplies move towards Gaza Joint statement by UNDP, UNFPA, UNICEF, WFP and WHO on humanitarian supplies crossing into Gaza WHO delivers medical supplies to Lebanon as violence in the occupied Palestinian territory intensifies Lifesaving WHO health supplies land in Egypt for people-in-need in Gaza WHO pleads for immediate reversal of Gaza evacuation order to protect health and reduce suffering Hospitals in the Gaza Strip at a breaking point, warns WHO October 2023 emergency situation reports Occupied Palestinian territory website Media Contact: mediainquiries@who.int Risk of disease spread soars in Gaza as health facilities, water and sanitation systems disrupted Inbox WHO Media Thu, Nov 9, 12:39 AM (4 days ago)

Wednesday, 08 November 2023 Risk of disease spread soars in Gaza as health facilities, water and sanitation systems disrupted https://www.emro.who.int/media/news/risk-of-disease-spread-soars-in-gaza-as-health-facilities-water-sanitation-systems-disrupted.html 8 November 2023 – As deaths and injuries in Gaza continue to rise due to intensified hostilities, intense overcrowding and disrupted health, water, and sanitation systems pose an added danger: the rapid spread of infectious diseases. Some worrying trends are already emerging. Lack of fuel has led to the shutting down of desalination plants, significantly increasing the risk of bacterial infections like diarrhea spreading as people consume contaminated water. Lack of fuel has also disrupted all solid waste collection, creating an environment conducive to the rapid and widespread proliferation of insects, rodents that can carry and transit diseases. The situation is particularly concerning for almost 1.5 million displaced people across Gaza, especially those living in severely overcrowded shelters with poor access to hygiene facilities and safe water, increasing risk of infectious diseases transmission. UNRWA, WHO, and the Ministry of Health are scaling up a flexible disease surveillance system in many of these shelters and health facilities. The current disease trends are very concerning. Since mid-October 2023, over 33,551 cases of diarrhea have been reported. Over half of these are among children under age five -- a significant increase compared to an average of 2000 cases monthly in children under five throughout 2021 and 2022. 8944 cases of scabies and lice, 1005 cases of chickenpox, 12635 cases of skin rash and 54,866 cases of upper respiratory infections have also been reported. Disrupted routine vaccination activities, as well as lack of medicines for treating communicable diseases, further increase the risk of accelerated disease spread. This is compounded by incomplete coverage of the disease surveillance system, including early disease detection and response capacities. Limited internet connectivity and phone system functioning further constrains our ability to detect potential outbreaks early and respond effectively. In health facilities, damaged water and sanitation systems, and dwindling cleaning supplies have made it almost impossible to maintain basic infection prevention and control measures. These developments substantially increase the risk of infections arising from trauma, surgery, wound care and childbirth. Immunosuppressed individuals, such as patients with cancer, are especially at risk of complicating infections. Insufficient personal protective equipment means that health care workers themselves can acquire and transmit infections while providing care to their patients. The management of medical waste at hospitals has been severely disrupted, further increasing exposure to hazardous materials and infection. WHO calls for urgent, accelerated access for humanitarian aid – including fuel, water, food, and medical supplies – into and throughout the Gaza Strip. All parties to the conflict must abide by their obligations under international humanitarian law to protect civilians and civilian infrastructure, including health care. WHO calls for the unconditional release of all hostages and a humanitarian ceasefire to prevent further death and suffering.

Note to editors Out of almost 1.5 million displaced people, nearly 725,000 are in 149 UNRWA facilities, 122,000 are sheltering in hospitals, churches, and other public buildings, and about 131,134 in 94 non-UNRWA schools and remainder in host families. Thousands of people are also forced to seek safety and shelter in streets near hospitals, UN offices and public shelters, putting pressure on already overstretched facilities. Prior to the escalation of hostilities, respiratory diseases were the sixth most common cause of death in the Gaza Strip. In 2022, almost 82,000 cases of COVID-19 were reported in the Gaza strip, resulting in over 400 deaths. As people face food shortages, malnutrition, and impending colder weather, they will be even more susceptible to contracting diseases. This is especially concerning for the more than 50,000 pregnant women and approximately 337,000 children under the age of five currently in Gaza. Related WHO photos: Media need to register with the WHO EMRO photo library for access to images for media. Link to register: https://photos.emro.who.int/join Link to images: https://photos.emro.who.int/category/93/israelipalestinian-conflict-october-2023 For questions email: emphotos@who.int Related video b-roll for media: https://who.canto.global/b/NFK4L Related links: Attacks on health care in Gaza Strip unacceptable, says WHO WHO welcomes decision by Egypt to receive patients from Gaza Strip Multi-Country Funding Appeal: occupied Palestinian territory and Egypt, Lebanon, Syrian Arab Republic and Jordan As Gaza’s health system disintegrates, WHO calls for safe passage of fuel, supplies for health facilities WHO health supplies move towards Gaza Joint statement by UNDP, UNFPA, UNICEF, WFP and WHO on humanitarian supplies crossing into Gaza WHO delivers medical supplies to Lebanon as violence in the occupied Palestinian territory intensifies Lifesaving WHO health supplies land in Egypt for people-in-need in Gaza WHO pleads for immediate reversal of Gaza evacuation order to protect health and reduce suffering Hospitals in the Gaza Strip at a breaking point, warns WHO October 2023 emergency situation reports Occupied Palestinian territory website Media Contact: mediainquiries@who.int 9 day November, 2023 Tufail HussainTufail Hussain UK Director - Islamic ReliefUK Director - Islamic Relief 🔴 Alhamdulillah, our teams in hashtag#Gaza are still continuing to distribute aid to those in need such as food parcels, ready to eat meals, hygiene kits, life-saving water, and more. Our teams and their families are currently navigating the difficulties of the situation themselves - please keep our staff, and the people of hashtag#Palestine in your duaas. 🤲🏽 Thank you for your support! 💙 7 day November, 2023 ISRAEL HAS KILLED OVER 10,000 PEOPLE IN GAZA – 4,104 OF WHOM ARE CHILDREN On average, one Palestinian child was killed every 10 minutes in Gaza in the past month of Israel’s genocidal bombardment. TMV TEAM 7TH NOVEMBER 2023 As Israel’s genocidal campaign enters its second month, the death toll in Gaza rises past 10,000 – and while powerful world leaders and politicians continue to support this genocide, the world has also seen massive protests and a show of solidarity with the Palestinian people. Pro-Palestinian and cease-fire protests have erupted across the world, ship dockers across Europe are refusing to unload ships carrying weapons to Israel, and many in the US have blocked ports that reportedly are shipping arms to Israel. The people of the world have spoken, and we have seen that the majority of the world is on the Palestinian side. Despite shows of solidarity, however, the number of those innocent killed in Gaza continues to rise – which includes thousands of children and babies. Here are the most recent statistics and numbers: Israel’s bombing has killed over 10,000 people in Gaza and at least 160 in the West Bank, as the genocide against the Palestinians enters its second month. Israel has killed over 4,104 Palestinian children since its bombardment of Gaza. On average, one Palestinian child was killed every 10 minutes in Gaza in the past month of Israel’s bombardment. The death toll for Gazan journalists has risen to 48 – the highest since the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) began documenting fatalities in 1992. The Palestine Red Crescent said the Al Quds Hospital’s power generator will run out of fuel reserves in the next 48 hours, and issued an urgent appeal for international health organizations to provide essential aid and supplies. “The hospital’s fuel reserves will run out within 48 hours, and life-saving equipment, neonatal incubators, and intensive care units will cease to function,” the PRCS stated. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated on Monday that Israel would control the “overall security responsibility” of Gaza for an indefinite period after this current bombardment. The Biden administration has told the US Congress that it plans to send precision bombs worth $230 million to Israel, according to numerous reports. This is amidst the death toll in Gaza surpassing 10,000. Sources taken from Middle East Eye. Press release: Attacks on health care in Gaza Strip unacceptable, says WHO WHO Media Unsubscribe Sat, Nov 4, 9:22 PM (2 hours ago) Saturday, 04 November 2023 Attacks on health care in Gaza Strip unacceptable, says WHO 4 November 2023 — WHO condemns the attacks on 3 November near Al-Shifa Hospital, Al-Quds Hospital, and the Indonesian Hospital in Gaza City and North Gaza governorates. According to reports, at Al-Shifa Hospital, ambulances were evacuating critically injured and sick patients to hospitals in the south of the Gaza Strip when there was an attack at the entrance of the hospital. According to early reports, at least thirteen people were killed and more than 60 injured. The hospital infrastructure and one ambulance sustained damage. This was in addition to an earlier incident that had resulted in damage to another ambulance in the same convoy. The Palestinian Ministry of Health had earlier sent an appeal for the safe passage of a convoy of ambulances carrying wounded and sick patients from the hospital, in an effort to reduce the strain on the hospital, which is already far exceeding its bed capacity while also sheltering thousands of displaced people. Two further attacks were reported on the same day at Al-Quds Hospital, resulting in at least 21 injuries. An additional attack was reported near the Indonesian Hospital. Attacks on health care, including the targeting of hospitals and restricting the delivery of essential aid such as medical supplies, fuel, and water, may amount to violations of International Humanitarian Law. WHO reiterates its call for an immediate ceasefire, emphasizing the urgent need to protect all health workers, patients, health transport, and health facilities. Arabic version: منظمة الصحة العالمية: الهجمات على الرعاية الصحية في قطاع غزة غير مقبولة News package Length: 5mins 13sec, Download link: https://who.canto.global/b/N6KE2; Source: WHO oPt; Filmed in various locations, various dates; Shows: (please check against delivery) Gaza Strip - 28 OCT 2023 Various shots of destruction around Gaza; Various shots of injured people being taken for medical aid. Note: at 00.17 in Arabic "stretcher, stretcher"; at 00.26 in Arabic "road, road(way)"; at 00.29 in Arabic "stretcher, stretcher" Al-Quds (PRCS) hospital, Tel al-Hawa, Gaza Strip - 29 OCT 2023 Various shots of displaced people sheltering at the hospital. Dr Richard Peeperkorn, WHO Representative, occupied Palestinian territory (in English): WHO team in Gaza is very much operational. We immediately established a warehouse and the team is working against all odds and risk to their security to deliver life-saving medical supplies to the hospitals. The WHO supplies that came into via Rafah have been immediately distributed to 7 hospitals all over Gaza. Unfortunately, these essentially needed supplies are merely a drop in the ocean of needs. Al-Quds (PRCS) hospital, Tel al-Hawa, Gaza Strip - 31 OCT 2023 Various shots of displaced people sheltering at the hospital. Dr Richard Peeperkorn, WHO Representative, occupied Palestinian territory: WHO calls for an urgent, accelerated access for humanitarian aid including food, water, food, and medical supplies into and throughout the Gaza strip. Al-Quds (PRCS) hospital, Tel al-Hawa, Gaza Strip - 31 OCT 2023 Shot of a young patient being treated; Various shots of an operation being performed; Various shots of a patient in a bed with a damaged ceiling above. Mubarak-Tahrir hospital inside Al Nasser complex, Khan Yunis, Gaza Strip - 27 OCT 2023 Various shots of Intensive Care Unit (ICU); Various shots of children on ventilators and other interventions; Shot of new born and father Alaa Suleiman Al-Ruqab, Midwife (in Arabic): In addition, the issue of medical supplies that we currently suffer from, from stitches to needles to medications that we may need during the birth process. Unfortunately, we suffer greatly from these matters and these requirements. WHO photos: Reporters need to register with the WHO EMRO photo library for access to images for media. Link to register: https://photos.emro.who.int/join Link to images: https://photos.emro.who.int/category/93/israelipalestinian-conflict-october-2023 For questions email: emphotos@who.int Media Contact: mediainquiries@who.int Women and newborns bearing the brunt of the conflict in Gaza, UN agencies warn Inbox WHO Media 11:09 PM Friday, 03 November 2023 Women and newborns bearing the brunt of the conflict in Gaza, UN agencies warn East Jerusalem/Geneva/ New York, 03 November: Women, children and newborns in Gaza are disproportionately bearing the burden of the escalation of hostilities in the occupied Palestinian territory, both as casualties and in reduced access to health services, warn the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency (UNFPA), and the World Health Organization (WHO). As of 3 November, according to Ministry of Health data, 2 326 women and 3 760 children have been killed in the Gaza strip, representing 67% of all casualties, while thousands more have been injured. This means that 420 children are killed or injured every day, some of them only a few months old. The bombardments, damaged or non-functioning health facilities, massive levels of displacement, collapsing water and electricity supplies as well as restricted access to food and medicines, are severely disrupting maternal, newborn, and child health services. There are an estimated 50 000 pregnant women in Gaza, with more than 180 giving birth every day. Fifteen per cent of them are likely to experience pregnancy or birth-related complications and need additional medical care. These women are unable to access the emergency obstetric services they need to give birth safely and care for their newborns. With 14 hospitals and 45 primary health care centres closed, some women are having to give birth in shelters, in their homes, in the streets amid rubble, or in overwhelmed healthcare facilities, where sanitation is worsening, and the risk of infection and medical complications is on the rise. Health facilities are also coming under fire – on 1 November Al Hilo Hospital, a crucial maternity hospital, was shelled. Maternal deaths are expected to increase given the lack of access to adequate care. The psychological toll of the hostilities also has direct – and sometimes deadly – consequences on reproductive health, including a rise in stress-induced miscarriages, stillbirths and premature births. Prior to the escalation, malnutrition was already high among pregnant women, with impacts on childhood survival and development. As access to food and water worsens, mothers are struggling to feed and care for their families, increasing risks of malnutrition, disease and death. The lives of newborns also hang by a thread. If hospitals run out of fuel, the lives of an estimated 130 premature babies who rely on neonatal and intensive care services will be threatened, as incubators and other medical equipment will no longer function. Over half of the population of Gaza is now sheltering in UNRWA facilities in dire conditions, with inadequate water and food supplies, which is causing hunger and malnutrition, dehydration and the spread of waterborne diseases. According to initial assessments by UNRWA, 4 600 displaced pregnant women and about 380 newborns living in these facilities require medical attention. Already more than 22 500 cases of acute respiratory infections have been reported along with 12 000 cases of diarrhoea, which are particularly concerning given the high rates of malnutrition. Despite the lack of sustained and safe access, UN agencies have dispatched life-saving medicines and equipment to Gaza, including supplies for newborns and reproductive health care. But much more is needed to meet the immense needs of civilians, including pregnant women, children and newborns. Humanitarian agencies urgently need sustained and safe access to bring more medicines, food, water and fuel into Gaza. No fuel has come into the Gaza Strip since 7 October. Aid agencies must receive fuel immediately to be able to continue supporting hospitals, water plants and bakeries. An immediate humanitarian pause is needed to alleviate the suffering and prevent a desperate situation from becoming catastrophic. All parties to the conflict must abide by their obligations under international humanitarian law to protect civilians and civilian infrastructure including health care. All civilians, including the hostages currently held in Gaza, have the right to health care. All hostages must be released without delay or conditions. In particular, all parties must protect children from harm and afford them the special protection to which they are entitled under international humanitarian and human rights laws. END. News package Length: 5mins 13sec, Download link: https://who.canto.global/b/N6KE2; Source: WHO oPt; Filmed in various locations, various dates; Shows: (please check against delivery) Gaza Strip - 28 OCT 2023 Various shots of destruction around Gaza; Various shots of injured people being taken for medical aid. Note: at 00.17 in Arabic "stretcher, stretcher"; at 00.26 in Arabic "road, road(way)"; at 00.29 in Arabic "stretcher, stretcher" Al-Quds (PRCS) hospital, Tel al-Hawa, Gaza Strip - 29 OCT 2023 Various shots of displaced people sheltering at the hospital. Dr Richard Peeperkorn, WHO Representative, occupied Palestinian territory (in English): WHO team in Gaza is very much operational. We immediately established a warehouse and the team is working against all odds and risk to their security to deliver life-saving medical supplies to the hospitals. The WHO supplies that came into via Rafah have been immediately distributed to 7 hospitals all over Gaza. Unfortunately, these essentially needed supplies are merely a drop in the ocean of needs. Al-Quds (PRCS) hospital, Tel al-Hawa, Gaza Strip - 31 OCT 2023 Various shots of displaced people sheltering at the hospital. Dr Richard Peeperkorn, WHO Representative, occupied Palestinian territory: WHO calls for an urgent, accelerated access for humanitarian aid including food, water, food, and medical supplies into and throughout the Gaza strip. Al-Quds (PRCS) hospital, Tel al-Hawa, Gaza Strip - 31 OCT 2023 Shot of a young patient being treated; Various shots of an operation being performed; Various shots of a patient in a bed with a damaged ceiling above. Mubarak-Tahrir hospital inside Al Nasser complex, Khan Yunis, Gaza Strip - 27 OCT 2023 Various shots of Intensive Care Unit (ICU); Various shots of children on ventilators and other interventions; Shot of new born and father Alaa Suleiman Al-Ruqab, Midwife (in Arabic): In addition, the issue of medical supplies that we currently suffer from, from stitches to needles to medications that we may need during the birth process. Unfortunately, we suffer greatly from these matters and these requirements. Media Contact: mediainquiries@who.int