GAZA (Palestine Foundation Information Center) Doctors Without Borders/ Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) said in a report issued on Tuesday that the destruction of the health system in the Gaza Strip due to the ongoing Israeli genocidal aggression increases the number of fatalities.
The MSF report, entitled Gaza’s Silent Killings, read: “The destruction of the healthcare system and the struggle for survival in Rafah, explained that the entire healthcare system in Gaza has been decimated and that men, women, and children are at risk of acute malnutrition which leads to rapid deterioration of their physical and mental health.”
The report stated, “MSF teams working in the city of Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip, pointed out that the destroyed healthcare system and inhumane living conditions increase the risk of epidemics, malnutrition, and long-term psychological trauma.”
Sounding the alarm over the deterioration of health conditions in the Strip, the report said, “ground offensive on Rafah would be unimaginably catastrophic,” calling for an immediate and permanent ceasefire.
The report mentioned serious difficulties in delivering medical supplies and humanitarian aid to Gaza due to the Israeli occupation army’s restrictions and obstacles.
The Israeli occupation forces have been continuing its genocidal war on the Gaza Strip despite the UN Security Council’s immediate ceasefire resolution, and in challenge to the International Court of Justice’s ruling demanding Israel to take immediate measures to prevent acts of “genocide” and improve the humanitarian situation in Gaza.
For 17 years, Israeli occupation forces have been besieging the Gaza Strip. The current Israeli war, however, pushed about 2 million out of 2.3 million Palestinians residing in Gaza to forced displacement amid catastrophic conditions.
