from PressTV
The head of field hospitals in the Gaza Strip says Israel’s attacks on hospitals and their staff, as well as its siege on the entry of medical supplies, are meant to “systematically dismantle” the healthcare system of the Palestinian territory.
Dr. Marwan al-Hams made the remarks on Sunday as Gaza is facing its most severe humanitarian crisis over the 18-month Israeli genocidal war on the blockaded territory.
He said Israel is targeting all elements of the medical sector in the Gaza Strip, including healthcare facilities and their workers.
The occupying regime is “deliberately preventing the entry of essential medical supplies [to Gaza], aiming to systematically dismantle the healthcare system” there, he added.
In separate remarks, he told China’s Xinhua news agency that more than 80 percent of hospitals in Gaza are now either partially or completely out of service.
“The health sector in Gaza has collapsed,” he said, calling for urgent “international intervention to supply [Gaza with] fuel and medical equipment. We are working in inhumane conditions. Without help, the wounded will die.”...
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