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Gaza is facing a deliberate 'public health disaster': ICJ hears
11 January 2024 12:05 GMT
Ni Ghralaigh, speaking to the ICJ, said there is a “public health disaster” unfolding in Gaza as “infectious diseases are spreading”.
She listed a number of figures illustrating her point:
- According to the World Food Programme, four out of five people in Gaza are in famine or a catastrophic type of hunger right now.
- Experts warn that deaths from starvation and disease risks are significantly outnumbering deaths from bombings.
- On average, 247 Palestinians are being killed and are at risk of being killed each day. They include 48 mothers each day, two every hour, and more than 117 children each day.
- At the current rate, which shows no sign of abating, at least three medics, two teachers, more than one UN employee and more than one journalist will be killed every day.
- Each day, an average of 629 people will be wounded. Some, multiple times over as they move from place to place, desperately seeking sanctuary.
- Each day, at least 10 Palestinian children will have one or both legs amputated … many without anaesthesia.