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‘Do we really call this a ceasefire?’ MSF doctor asks
Doctors Without Borders (MSF) says Palestinians across Gaza are facing an “overwhelming level of death and catastrophic injuries” as a result of Israel’s recent bombardment.
The medical charity said its teams treated dozens of wounded patients yesterday at three hospitals in the enclave.
“When I got to the emergency room, it was a desperate situation,” said Dr Morten Rostrup, a Norwegian physician who works at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in central Gaza’s Deir el-Balah. “There is no doubt this is an attack on civilians, with so many children being injured and killed. Do we really call this a ceasefire?”
Dozens of dead bodies were also brought to the medical facilities, MSF said.
“We have repeatedly called for a sustained ceasefire to stop the overwhelming level of death and catastrophic injuries suffered by civilians. So far, we are witnessing the consequences of repeated violations of this ceasefire, which perpetuate the ongoing genocide in Gaza,” the group added.
^On 29 October, our teams across the Gaza Strip treated severely wounded patients from attacks by Israeli forces, which caused alarming civilian casualties. We have seen injured patients in Al-Aqsa, Nasser, and Al-Shifa hospitals.
Dr Morten Rostrup, a doctor at Al-Aqsa hospital, said: “When I got to the emergency room, it was a desperate situation. There is no doubt this is an attack on civilians, with so many children being injured and killed. Do we really call this a ceasefire?”
In Nasser hospital, our, and the Ministry of Health’s, teams received 22 dead and 60 injured, including children. Al-Aqsa hospital treated 77 injured, some of whom were referred to our field hospital. Lastly, at Al-Shifa, Ministry of Health teams received 27 dead and 56 injured.
Since the ceasefire began, Israeli forces have killed 211 people, according to the Ministry of Health. In the past 24 hours alone, they report that Israeli strikes across the Gaza Strip have killed at least 104 people — including 46 children and 20 women — and injured 253 others, among them 78 children.
We have repeatedly called for a sustained ceasefire to stop the overwhelming level of death and catastrophic injuries suffered by civilians. So far, we are witnessing the consequences of repeated violations of this ceasefire, which perpetuate the ongoing genocide in Gaza.