WHO: The health and humanitarian situation in Gaza is inhumane

GENEVA (Palestine Foundation Information Center) The health and humanitarian situation in Gaza is inhumane and continues to deteriorate, said the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.

In a statement issued on Wednesday, Ghebreyesus asked: “What type of world do we live in when people cannot get food and water, or when people who cannot even walk are not able to receive care?”

“What type of world do we live in when health workers are at risk of being bombed as they carry out their lifesaving work?”

“What type of world do we live in when hospitals must close because there’s no more power or medicines to help save patients? And they’re being targeted by military force?”

He further pointed out that “Gaza has become a death zone, where much of the territory has been destroyed, more than 29,000 people are dead, many more are missing or presumed dead and many, many more are injured.”

The UN official concluded by saying: “We need a ceasefire now! We need hostages to be released, we need the bombs to stop dropping, and we need unfettered humanitarian access.”