Dozens of wounded patients in a hospital in the northern Gaza Strip are in danger of dying because of a dire absence of basic supplies like food and water, according to local health authorities.
The health ministry in Gaza said in a statement late on Tuesday that 60 wounded people in the Indonesian Hospital in the enclave’s north were “at risk of death due to a lack of food and water” exacerbating their conditions. “The humanitarian situation inside the hospital has become extremely dangerous, as the wounded lack basic needs,” the ministry said, calling on the international community to intervene “to save the lives of these patients.”
The appeal came as the United Nations was marking the 75th anniversary of Human Rights Day, commemorating the date in 1948 when the U.N. General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza had “stained our shared humanity,” undermining the “values enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and international law, that have been blatantly disregarded in Gaza for the past 14 months,” Philippe Lazzarini, the head of UNRWA, the main U.N. agency for Palestinians, said in a statement about the occasion on Tuesday.
A Northern Gaza Hospital Lacks Food and Water for Patients, Officials Say
