2023-11-04 21:38:00
Raed Al-Nims, spokesman for the Palestinian Red Crescent, confirmed that there is an increase in the number of trucks entering the Gaza Strip through the Rafah crossing compared to previous days, noting that the number of injuries exceeded 24 thousand cases, most of them serious and more than half of them critical.
During an intervention with media personality Lamees Al-Hadidi on the “One Last Word” program broadcast on the “on” channel, “Al-Nims” demanded that the corridor be opened permanently so that aid can enter completely, as the health and relief sector in the Gaza Strip needs more of that aid, and there is a situation Collapse .
He pointed out that normally regarding 500 trucks entered the Gaza Strip daily, and now, in one month and with the brutal aggression, only 400 enter.
He said: “We need more aid and support from countries with 1,400,000 displaced people in need of relief.”
He also confirmed that the needs are increasing with the passage of nearly a month since the aggression, explaining that the suffering is continuing and worsening, especially the suffering of the health sector, in conjunction with the scarcity and lack of health materials and supplies, in addition to the power outage crisis and the outage of regarding 16 hospitals due to the fuel shortage and deficiency.
He said that patients are receiving treatment in hospital lobbies, noting that Israeli aircraft are targeting health facilities.
He thanked the Egyptian Ministry of Health, saying: “The Egyptian government was kind enough to open the crossing and receive cases in Egyptian hospitals. It was ready to receive more wounded, and more than one group entered to receive treatment in health hospitals.”
He said: “The occupation forces bombed the ambulance convoy that was supposed to transport a number of the wounded to Egypt, despite the presence of full coordination from the Ministry of Health and the Palestinian Red Cross, which obstructed the transfer of the wounded to Egyptian hospitals once more.”
He continued: “At the present time, the matter is on hold, and we hope that the course will be corrected, and that more injured and wounded will be accommodated, especially with the presence of large numbers of serious injuries and the expiration of the capacity of beds in Palestinian hospitals.”
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