Martyrdom of dozens of patients and injured in Gaza due to the closure of the Rafah crossing

According to the international group Tasnim news agency, while international organizations are talking about ending food and medical aid In the Gaza Strip, as a result of the occupation of the Rafah crossing by the Zionist regime and the prevention of this regime from the entry of aid to Gaza, the European-Mediterranean Human Rights Watch announced that the Rafah land crossing between the Gaza Strip and Egypt will continue to be closed after the Israeli army took control of it. On May 7, it aggravates the catastrophic humanitarian crisis for the Palestinian civilians in Gaza.

This human rights organization emphasized in its statement: Israel has intensified the suffocating siege against the Gaza Strip by closing the Rafah crossing. Kamel has separated this region from the world. In this situation, a large number of sick and wounded people in the Gaza Strip do not have the possibility to travel outside of this area for treatment, which has caused the death of dozens of them. The arrival of aid to the Gaza Strip has caused the hospitals that have been able to remain active to perform very poorly and not be able to provide services to the people. Currently, more than 11,000 wounded in the Gaza Strip, who were injured as a result of Israeli attacks, need to leave the Gaza Strip immediately for treatment, but the closure of the Rafah crossing prevents this.

Human Rights Watch Europe-Mediterranean further reported that in addition, more than 10,000 cancer patients, including 750 children, are struggling with death in the Gaza Strip, and at least 2,000 patients with other dangerous diseases need to be transported outside Gaza for treatment. .

Palestinian Ministry of Health officials in Gaza and aid and medical institutions in a conversation with the team of the European Mediterranean Human Rights Watch announced: Since last October, around 4,000 cancer patients have received permission to leave Gaza to receive treatment abroad. They did, but only about 600 patients were able to be transferred out of Gaza, and now with the closure of the Rafah crossing, an unknown and dangerous fate awaits these patients. Especially, in the shadow of the brutal attacks of the Israeli army, which led to the shutdown of a significant number of hospitals and the destruction of all their equipment and facilities, there is no equipment necessary to treat cancer patients in Gaza.

According to the report European Mediterranean Human Rights Watch, with the collapse of the health system in Gaza and the failure of most hospitals, cancer patients in the Gaza Strip, in addition to not receiving chemotherapy services, are unable to receive any other treatment, including hormonal or immunological treatments.

The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Watch reported that the continued closure of the Rafah crossing threatens the lives of thousands of wounded and sick people in the Gaza Strip, as they are denied access to essential treatment outside Gaza, which poses a serious risk to their lives. Are. Therefore, there is a great risk of doubling the death rate due to the delay in treatment in addition to the serious consequences of stopping the arrival of vital aid to the Gaza Strip. He reiterated and emphasized the safety and security of the movement of people, especially the sick and injured, through this crossing: In the shadow of the genocidal war that the Israeli army has launched in Gaza, most of the hospitals and health centers in this area have been destroyed, and dozens of doctors and health workers have also been destroyed by The Israeli army has been arrested.

In the continuation of this statement, it is emphasized: The continuation of silence in the face of Israeli crimes against civilians and collective punishment of civilians in the Gaza Strip, especially the sick and wounded, is not acceptable in any way, and Israel All legal obligations to provide medical care to Gaza in the form of an occupying party escape, which means a clear violation of international humanitarian law and a war crime. Yesterday, the World Health Organization affiliated to the United Nations also said Context announced that since May 6, when the Israeli army ordered the civilians in the city of Rafah in the south of the Gaza Strip to leave, the Gaza Strip has not received any medical aid.

Spokesman Tarek Yasarovich The World Health Organization reported in this regard that the closure of the Rafah crossing puts us in a very difficult situation in terms of the movement of medical staff, as well as United Nations staff and medical teams. Worst of all, the last medical aid we received in Gaza was before May 6, more than 10 days ago.

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