Doctors Without Borders Calls Gaza Health Infrastructure Severely Damaged

JAKARTA - Doctors Without Borders (MSF) official Aitor Zabalgogiazkoa revealed that the health infrastructure in the Gaza Strip, Palestine has suffered severe damage to Israeli genocide which has been going on for two years.

In a press statement he said health workers, such as other civilians, suffered from the genocide.

"We have lost 15 of our colleagues in two years, and this is terrible for us," he said.

Zabalgogiazkoa further pointed out that health infrastructure had been badly damaged, with hospitals in some areas not operating at all. While in other areas, hospitals were partially destroyed but people were unable to access them.

"Hospitals that can still provide services are forced to operate outside their complexes, and they are completely out of power," he said.

Zabalgogiazkoa, who is the organization's emergency coordinator, noted that hospitals face significant difficulties in producing electricity and providing water, chlorine, and fuel, as well as in providing food for patients.

He added that medical personnel had worked in such conditions for two years and were completely exhausted, and suffered from Israeli attacks.

The latest conflict in the Gaza Strip broke out on October 7, 2023, when a Palestinian militant group led by Hamas attacked Israel's southern region, killing 1,200 people and causing 251 others to be held hostage, according to Israeli calculations.

Israel responded to this by carrying out airstrikes, blockades and land operations in the Gaza Strip. The two sides agreed to a ceasefire and exchange of hostages from January 19 to March 18.

Medical sources in the Gaza Strip announced on Tuesday that the death toll had risen to 67,173, while the number of injured victims had reached 169,780, including 20,179 children, 10,427 women, 4,813 elderly and 31,754 men.