Israeli Airstrikes in Gaza Lead to Devastating Casualties
What happened on May 26th in Gaza?
- Israeli airstrikes hit a camp in a designated safe zone
- 180 wounded people and 28 dead at Trauma Stabilisation Point
- Patients treated for shrapnel wounds, fractures, and burns
What was Médecins Sans Frontières’s response?
- Strong denouncement of the bloody attack
- Urgent call for an immediate ceasefire
How did Israeli forces describe the attack?
- Claimed to be precise with some civilian injuries
- Number of casualties shows otherwise
“Women and children were among the people that were brought to the stabilisation point, and once again, civilians are paying the price of this war,” says Samuel Johann, MSF emergency coordinator in Gaza. “This Israeli attack on a populated camp in a so-called ‘safe zone’ in Rafah shows the complete disregard for the lives of civilians in Gaza,” says Johann. “Though all the patients were stabilised and referred to field hospitals in Rafah, no single healthcare facility in Gaza can handle a mass casualty event such as this one. The health system has been decimated and cannot cope any longer,” says Johann.
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Source: www.msf.org