The Norwegian doctor called on Arab countries to cut off gas and other energy supplies to the United States, Al-Jazeera reported.
The World Health Organization said on Tuesday that Gaza is facing an imminent public health disaster amid overcrowding, mass displacement and damage to water and sanitation infrastructure as a result of the ongoing Israeli war.
This comes as the Ministry of Health in the besieged Gaza Strip confirmed that the countdown to the cessation of the main generators in both Al-Shifa and Indonesian hospitals on Wednesday has begun, renewing its appeal to the Egyptian authorities to open the Rafah crossing in order to bring aid in and remove the wounded.
#Israel carried out a new ‘horrific massacre’ in #Jabaliya, in the northern #Gaza Strip, which left hundreds killed and wounded.https://t.co/9TPr2SG51J pic.twitter.com/2L0pNpfyAl
— The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) October 31, 2023
The ministry also announced through its spokesman Ashraf al-Qudra that the occupation army targeted the Turkish Friendship Hospital this morning.
Patients and medical staff at the hospital appealed to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to stop Israeli raids that have been targeting the hospital and its surroundings for days.
🚨 GAZA HEALTH MINISTRY: A horrific massacre in Jabalia and the number of victims may be nearly as many as the number of victims at the Ahli Baptist Hospital.
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— The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) October 31, 2023
Speaking to Al-Jazeera, the head of the Norwegian First Aid Team, Dr. Mads Gilbert, now in Cairo, said:
I call on Israel to bring water, fuel and food into the Gaza Strip immediately.
What we need now is to stop the killing and the production of death in the Gaza Strip.
The blockade of Gaza is killing people, and it’s against (international) law.
14 hospitals were closed as well as other medical clinics due to Israeli shelling.
We must open the Rafah crossing, and the world cannot accept the entry of aid in very small quantities.
Our first task is to stop the bombing, and the world must act now.
The World Health Organization has documented more than 100 attacks on medical facilities.
I ask the Arab countries to cut off gas and oil to the United States, and perhaps this will stop the bombing immediately.
The massacres of civilians under siege require unified Arab action.
The Israeli army has a long history of bombing health facilities and their staff.
The people of Gaza are prisoners, subjected to the deadliest attack of this century.
(AJA, PC)
