Israel’s forced evacuation in Gaza is death sentence – WHO

Admin I Friday, Oct. 13, 2023

 

GENEVA – The World Health Organisation, WHO has described forced evacuation order issued by Israel on Palestinians in Gaza City as amounting to a death sentence.

Over one million Palestinians live in Gaza City, with many already injured following unprecedented bombardment of Gaza by the Israeli Defence Forces,IDF.

WHO press officer Tarik Jasarevic who was speaking to NBC news said, “moving severely ill people, many [of whom are children, is a death sentence,” Jasarevic said.

“Asking health workers to do this or leave those who need their care behind is beyond cruel,” he added.

Stephane Dujarric, the spokesperson for the UN chief, said earlier that the United Nations strongly appealed for any such order to be rescinded as the global body believes it impossible for such a movement to “take place without devastating humanitarian consequences.”

Tensions flared up again in the Middle East on October 7 when militants from the radical Palestinian movement Hamas staged a surprise attack on Israeli territory from the Gaza Strip.

Hamas described its attack as a response to the aggressive actions of Israeli authorities against the Al-Aqsa Mosque on the Temple Mount in the Old City of Jerusalem.

Israel has announced a total blockade of the Gaza Strip and carried out air strikes on targets there and inside Lebanon and Syria, as well.

Hostilities have also broken out on the West Bank.

More than 1,500 Palestinians have been killed in clashes and strikes, while over 7,200 have suffered wounds, since the renewed outbreak of violence began.

In Israel, roughly 1,500 people lost their lives and almost 4,000 have been wounded.