GAZA, (Palestine Foundation Information Center) Dr. Mohammad Abu Salmiya, Director of Al-Shifa Medical Complex, warned that 1.3 million people are at risk if Israeli occupation forces launch a ground invasion into Gaza City, adding that the medical system cannot serve them under such conditions.
In a press statement on Thursday, Abu Salmiya said, “We fear for the lives of our medical staff and patients. Hundreds have already been killed inside hospitals.”
He stressed that there is no room left to receive the wounded and that the morgues are full.
Abu Salmiya called for an immediate end to this war.
Since October 7, 2023, Israel has been committing acts of genocide in Gaza, including mass killings, starvation, destruction, and forced displacement, in blatant defiance of international appeals and orders by the International Court of Justice to stop the assault.
The genocide has resulted in more than 210,000 people killed or injured, the majority of whom are women and children, along with over 9,000 missing persons. Hundreds of thousands have been displaced, and famine has claimed the lives of many, especially children, amid severe shortages of food, medicine, and clean water.
The estimated number of people now homeless is around 1.5 million out of 2.4 million total residents of Gaza. With the siege in place for over 18 years, Gaza’s population is now trapped in a devastated land with no means of survival.
