Beset by virus, Gaza's hospitals now struggle with wounded

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Just weeks ago, the Gaza Strip’s feeble health system was struggling with a runaway surge of coronavirus cases. This week's violence between Israel and Gaza's Hamas rulers has doctors scrambling to treat blast and shrapnel wounds.

between Israel and Gaza’s Hamas rulers has killed 103 Palestinians, including 27 children, and wounded 530 people in the impoverished territory. Israeli airstrikes have pounded apartments, blown up cars and toppled buildings.

“Before the military attacks, we had major shortages and could barely manage with the second wave,” said Gaza Health Ministry official Abdelatif al-Hajj by phone as bombs thundered in the background. “Now casualties are coming from all directions, really critical casualties. I fear a total collapse.”

In the bomb-scarred territory where the unemployment rate is 50%, the need for personal survival often trumps the pleas of public health experts. While virus testing remains limited, the outbreak has infected more than 105,700 people, according to health authorities, and killed 976.As cases climbed last year, stirring fears of a health care catastrophe, authorities set aside clinics just for COVID-19 patients. But that changed as airstrikes pummeled the territory.

“We have only 15 intensive care beds, and all I can do is pray,” he said, adding that because the hospital lacks surgical supplies and expertise, he’s already arranged to send one child to Egypt for reconstructive shoulder surgery. “I pray these airstrikes will stop soon.” Now, his teams already strained by virus cases are treating bombing victims, more than half of whom are critical cases needing surgery.To make matters worse, Israeli airstrikes hit two health clinics north of Gaza City on Tuesday. The strikes wreaked havoc on Hala al-Shawa Health Center, forcing employees to evacuate, and damaged the Indonesian Hospital, according to the World Health Organization.

 

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if Hamas didnt have the capacity than why they throw rockets on Israel

I find it very confusing when it comes to the Uyghurs & now the conflict between Palestine & Israel, if it’s not ok to oppress people based on their religion as long as it’s peaceful, then why is it ok for some people from Israel to oppress Innocent Muslims. Don’t fall for hate.

Having illegally declared Jerusalem its capital, Israel provokes 'HAMAS' into war. The fundamentalist Islamist movement 'HAMAS' should exclude from its program the doctrine of the destruction of the state of Israel and the formation of a Muslim theocratic state in its place.

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🤥🤥🤥🤥 Wahhh sooo sorry Israel’s handouts of just about EVERYTHING isn’t enough! Why don’t you report on the fact that the medical treatment and aid the civilian Palestinians DO get, even during conflicts, is by ISRAELIS?! Doesn’t fit your skewed narrative?

The Jews are nothing but what they are. Trouble makers and warmongers. The world will be a better place without them.

Ah, poor guys. They have fired on Israel 1200 rockets in 3 days and probably thought they will walk away smiling. Surprise, surprise -you starting war you got it back

It's increasingly clear that the vast majority of innocents killed in Gaza, including children, are the victims of misfired Hamas rockets. Those blaming Israel for these deaths without independent confirmation are engaging in the worst form of libel against the Jewish state.

The conflict must be stopped at all costs. We should unite to fight covid19, poverty and hunger.

Probably shouldn’t be firing unguided rockets into Israel then.

I guess they should've spent more money on medical infrastructure and vaccines vs. tunnels and missiles then?

Israel is parasitic, it lives off US money and Palestinian land.

Fuck Israel and their genocide of the Palestinians!! IsraelExposed IsraeliTerrorism freepalastine

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Biased as hell. I'm a Fascist, and even I can see Palestine/Hamas is clearly ion the wrong here. Israel SHOULD defend itself, and I'm FAR from a Zionist supporter.

thanks

Good they need to be liberated fucking specs 😌🤔🤫🤐

So sad...

Hmm I'm wonder why Gaza had such a feeble health system to begin with.... 👀

More mass murders, including women and innocent children, genocide on a wholesale basis by the brutal barbaric Israelis, straight to The Hague, crimes against humanity, ethnic cleansing

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