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No safe place in Gaza as people are crushed by continuous bombing [1]
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Date: 2023-12
Appalling living conditions and widespread hunger
“As you go through the streets south of Khan Younis and near Rafah, you see the temporary shelters expanding further and further as more and more people arrive,” says Hook.
“The general conditions for most of these people are appalling: they live in temporary structures made of a few pieces of wood banged together and covered in plastic sheeting. They struggle to find enough water to meet their hygiene needs.”
The flimsy shelters are now constantly struggling, battered by the strong winds and heavy rain. With more people arriving in the south, food is becoming harder to find and the little food that is available is too expensive for people to buy,” he says.
During a seven-day truce in November, Nasser hospital had a brief respite from receiving patients with violent injuries and was instead overwhelmed with diabetic and other chronic patients who were not able to access the medical care they needed during the fighting.
This changed again when hostilities resumed on 1 December. This time with even greater intensity. We don’t know what has become of those chronic patients once our facilities were overwhelmed by mass arrivals of the war-wounded, nor how they will be able to survive.
On 17 December, the maternity ward of Nasser hospital came under fire. One patient was killed, while others were wounded in this attack. Attacks on healthcare must stop now.
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https://www.msf.org/no-safe-place-gaza-people-are-crushed-continuous-bombing
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