WHO dubs Gaza hospitals 'horror movie' even before resumed aggression
WHO senior emergency officer Rob Holden, who is located in the besieged Gaza Strip, says "bombs have got to stop," considering the horrific scenes of hospitals.
The World Health Organization announced that hospitals in the Gaza Strip, even before the resumption of the Israeli occupation massacres, were "catastrophic" and resembled a "horror movie".
Richard Peeperkorn, WHO's representative in occupied Palestine, according to an AFP report, said, "We are extremely concerned about the resumption of violence," adding that "the health system in Gaza has been crippled by the ongoing hostilities."
According to Peeperkorn, the health system in Gaza "cannot afford to lose more hospitals," noting that only 18 out of the 36 hospitals in the Strip are currently operating, with only three hospitals in the north that are barely operative.
The representative also stressed that the south had 12 partially functional yet "extremely overwhelmed" hospitals, meaning that they have exceeded their capacity two to three times over.
In that context, Peeperkorn stressed that there was an "urgent need" for a consistent supply of aid "to keep them functional," since all the hospitals were experiencing shortages of food, fuel, supplies, and even water.
Moreover, at least 5,000 hospital beds were much needed given the skyrocketing needs of the besieged population.
On his part, a WHO senior emergency officer, Rob Holden, stated that the "healthcare service is on its knees" and that the scene at the relatively small hospital of Al-Ahli, in the north, that suddenly found itself to be the only hospital receiving trauma patients, is "like a horror movie."
