Smoke rises following an Israeli bombardment in the Gaza Strip, as seen from southern Israel, January 8, 2024
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HOSPITALS in Gaza and the West Bank and other vital medical infrastructure have been attacked almost 600 times since Israel invaded the territory, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said today.
The UN health body reported that 613 Palestinians have been killed in health facilities and about 770 injured during the deadly Israeli assault.
WHO spokesman Christian Lindmeier condemned the continuation of the fighting and bombing and said: “The reduction of humanitarian space and the attacks on healthcare are bringing the population of Gaza to an extreme situation.”
For those in the West, hunger is often just the familiar feeling of a growling stomach between meals — in Gaza, it has become a strategic weapon of slow, systematic and deadly destruction, writes MARC VANDEPITTE
