Zionist attack on aid convoys in Gaza/pregnant women’s super-critical conditions

According to the international group Tasnim news agency, the spokesman of the Palestinian Red Crescent in the Gaza Strip, referring to the incident Famine in this region, especially in the north, in the shadow of the heavy siege imposed by the occupiers, declared that the deterioration of the human situation in Gaza is beyond description and is beyond disaster. More efforts should be made to deliver aid to the north of the Gaza Strip. So far, more than 28 children in this region have died due to dehydration and malnutrition.

He emphasized that we demand an effective international action to prevent more deaths due to hunger in We are Gaza. A safe humanitarian crossing must be opened 24/7 for aid to enter Gaza.

The spokesman of the Palestinian Red Crescent pointed out that the number of trucks sent to help North Gaza is extremely low and does not meet the needs. Kurds that the occupiers deliberately target aid convoys and distribution centers in their barbaric attacks. >

On the other hand, relevant sources pointed to the extremely critical situation of pregnant women in the Gaza Strip and announced that it is not possible to bring a large number of these women to hospitals and health centers.

Ms. “Nasreen Al-Amour” is one of these pregnant women in Gaza, whose sister says about her dire situation, due to the scarcity of means of transportation in the shadow of the brutal attacks of the enemy and the scarcity of fuel, we had to carry my sister with a cart. take us to the hospital and after traveling a distance of more than 20 kilometers and that too in a situation where the sound of bombardment did not stop, we arrived at Tal al-Sultan hospital in Khan Younis. My sister’s child was born in very terrible conditions, we had to return to the refugee camp without receiving the necessary care; A place where there is no food, clothes or milk not only for adults but even for babies. We are living in the midst of a real nightmare and a new tragedy, and in the midst of overcrowding and the existence of all kinds of pollution, there is a great concern about babies contracting dangerous diseases. be. The problems of pregnant women in Gaza are not only related to their arrival at the hospital, but also that there are not enough facilities in the hospital. At the moment, Tal al-Sultan Hospital is the only hospital with a maternity ward in the south of the Gaza Strip, which has seen severe overcrowding and accommodates displaced people.

On the other hand, the Palestinian Ministry of Health reported that about 60 thousand women There are pregnant women in the Gaza Strip, most of whom are in the south, suffering from severe malnutrition and dehydration and unable to receive health care. Every month, an average of 5,000 of these women give birth to their children in very difficult and unhealthy conditions.

Amene Suleiman, a nurse at Tel Al Sultan Hospital, says that we have hundreds of births every day and the hospital was very busy. And we keep pregnant women in the corridors to give birth to their children in turn. This hospital was established only for women living in Rafah and does not have the capacity for this amount of refugees.

According to human rights organizations, pregnant Palestinian women in the shadow of the bombings and the lack of access to the hospital often have to give birth to their children. give birth among the ruins and many of them lose their lives. Also, due to the lack of facilities in hospitals, in many cases, pregnant women have been forced to undergo cesarean section without anesthesia, which is very terrible.

Tice Engram, the spokesperson of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), also gave a painful account of the situation. It presented pregnant women and mothers who had just given birth to their children and stated that mothers in Gaza face unimaginable challenges in receiving adequate medical care, nutrition and protection before, during and after childbirth. The death rate of babies in the Gaza Strip is very high and it is not possible to determine their exact number.

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