Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said in a statement late Tuesday that horrific attacks by the Israeli army on safe and civilian zones have led to unacceptable suffering and illustrated a clear disregard for Palestinian lives.
It added that numerous military offensives in recent weeks have led to recurrent mass casualty influxes at MSF-supported medical facilities in Rafah and the Middle Area of Gaza.
The kind of dehumanization of the Palestinians unfolded with Israel’s repeated bombing of so-called safe zones, refugee camps, school and multiple humanitarian warehouses, which were formally registered as ‘deconflicted’ by Israeli forces.
“Since October, the dehumanization of Palestinians has been a hallmark of this war,” said the Head of Doctors Without Borders Emergency Unit, Dr. brice de le Vingne. “Catch-all phrases like ‘war is ugly’ act as blinders to the fact that children too young to walk are being dismembered, eviscerated, and killed.”
According to the Ministry of Health in Gaza, more than 800 people have been killed and over 2,400 wounded in intense bombing and ground assaults by Israeli forces in the Gaza enclave since the beginning of June.
274 people were killed on 8 June alone. On that day, over 60 severely injured patients, including unconscious children, were referred to the MSF-supported Nasser hospital.
Meanwhile, at Al-Aqsa hospital, medical teams received 420 wounded and 190 dead, again with many children among the casualties. Those admitted bore the hallmarks of intense kinetic strikes: dismemberment, severe trauma, burns, and open fractures.
De Le Vingne also exclaimed “How can the killing of more than 800 people in a single week be considered a military operation adhering to international humanitarian law? We can no longer accept the statement that Israel is taking ‘all precautions’ – this is just propaganda.”
MSF thereby called on Israel’s allies, including the US, UK, and EU member states, to do everything in their power to influence ‘Israel’ to stop attacks on civilians and civilian infrastructure in Gaza.
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