Starving Gaza

Dr. Hussam Abu Safia, director of Kamal Adwan hospital who accused Israel of blocking the entry of food, water, medical staff and materials destined for the north, said that a large number of children and elderly people continue to arrive to the hospital suffering from malnutrition.

The WHO has also raised alarm over the dire conditions in hospitals across northern Gaza, with Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahiya facing what its director called an “extreme catastrophe.” WHO spokeswoman Margaret Harris told journalists in Geneva

“We are very, very concerned, and it’s getting harder and harder to get the aid in. It’s getting harder and harder to get the specialist personnel in at a time when there is greater and greater need.”