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Israel Conducts 600 Attacks on Gaza Hospitals Since Oct 7: WHO

7Jan By The Parliament TimesNo Comments

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Israel Conducts 600 Attacks on Gaza Hospitals Since Oct 7: WHO

According to UN estimates, since the conflict began on October 7, Israeli military forces have targeted Gaza hospitals and other critical medical facilities nearly 600 times. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), a UN health agency, over 770 people have been injured and 613 people have died inside of hospitals during this time. The World Health Organization has condemned the ongoing attacks on Gaza's healthcare facilities. Spokesman Christian Lindmeier expressed concern about the impact on the people of Gaza as well as the shrinking humanitarian space. With disease cases on the rise, nutrition levels falling, and hostilities approaching their fourteenth week, children in the Gaza Strip are facing a triple threat. Living conditions are rapidly deteriorating, and thousand...

South Africa Accuses Israel of Genocide at UN Court

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has received a case from South Africa accusing Israel of "genocidal" acts in Gaza and requesting an urgent ruling that Tel Aviv violated its obligations under the 1948 Genocide Convention by acting against the Palestinian organization Hamas. According to South Africa, Israel has been working specifically to exterminate Palestinians in Gaza who belong to the larger national, racial, and ethnic group of Palestinians. Israel has categorically denied these accusations, with a spokesman for the foreign ministry characterizing the claim as a "blood libel" propagated by South Africa. South Africa has asked the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to safeguard the rights of the Palestinian people from additional grave and irreversible harm. Stat...

The population of Gaza is at risk due to a dire hunger crisis, according to the World Health Organization.

The population of the war-torn Palestinian territory is facing widespread hunger and desperation, according to a dire warning from the World Health Organization (WHO) about the dire situation in Gaza. Two hospitals received supplies from the WHO yesterday, bringing attention to the fact that only 15 of the 36 hospitals in the Gaza Strip are operational, and even those have limited space. With serious injuries, acute starvation, and a high risk of disease in Gaza, the critical situation has put the work of humanitarian workers in jeopardy. WHO Chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has urgently called on the international community to act immediately. According to a WHO statement, people who are starving have been stopping their convoys in an attempt to find food, which has made it ...