70% of the victims of the conflict are women and children.
7.11.2023
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According to the Ministry of Health of the Gaza Strip, over 10,000 people died in the enclave, and 4 out of 10 of them were children. More than 200 attacks on health care workers and facilities make help for the injured much more difficult. “Gaza is becoming a children’s graveyard,” commented António Guterres, UN Secretary General. The life of every person staying there is threatened by both bombings and spreading diseases, lack of medicines, ambulances, medical assistance, water and food.
The latest installment of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict began with Hamas attacks, which resulted in the death of approximately 1,400 people and the kidnapping of 242 people. These are primarily citizens of Israel and foreign countries. The military actions of the Israeli army and the blockade of the Gaza Strip brought more victims, this time on the Palestinian side: the Ministry of Health of the Gaza Strip estimates that over 10,000 people have died in the enclave, and 4,100 of them are children. More than 2,000 people are also missing, most of them may be under the rubble of houses. According to WHO, 70% of victims on both sides of the conflict are women and children.
WHO has already recorded over 100 attacks on health care workers and facilities – comments Małgorzata Olasińska-Chart from the Polish Medical Mission – This makes it difficult to help injured civilians. And the health situation will deteriorate: not only as a result of bombings, but also due to difficult access to clean water and food. Residents of Gaza will also be hit by the low temperatures that will come with the approaching winter.
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Przestało już funkcjonować ponad 70% przychodni oraz 16 z 35 znajdujących się w Strefie Gazy szpitali. W okresie 21 października – 6 listopada przez przejście graniczne z Egiptem, w Rafah, przepuszczonych zostało łącznie 569 ciężarówek z pomocą. To nawet nie kropla w morzu potrzeb: przed wojną do Strefy wjeżdżało 500 ciężarówek z zaopatrzeniem dziennie.
Chcemy dostarczyć ofiarom tego konfliktu rzeczy, których najbardziej potrzebują po opuszczeniu swoich domów: koce, materace, ciepłe ubrania. Kluczem dla polepszenia sytuacji humanitarnej jest teraz zawieszenie broni i pełne dopuszczenie pomocy dla cywilów w Gazie – dodaje Małgorzata Olasińska-Chart. Liczymy, że przed nadejściem niskich temperatur dostęp do poszkodowanych cywilów nie będzie ograniczany przez władze po żadnej ze stron konfliktu. Pomoc będziemy dostarczać razem z wieloletnim partnerem, organizacją Terre des Hommes Italia oraz Palestinian Medical Relief Society.