The Ministry of Health of the Gaza Strip He warned Wednesday about an imminent “humanitarian catastrophe“In the next 48 hours due to the Total shortage of special milk for premature babies and newborns.
According to a brief statement from the Ministry, controlled by Hamás, hundreds of babies in incubators They run the risk of dying in the absence of this essential supply, which is neither available in the hospital, nor in the markets, nor in local institutions. “These babies do not have time, or voice,” said the statement, who launched urgently to the international community to intervene and save their lives before it is too late.
On April 28, the UN Secretary General, António Guterreswarned that, since the beginning of the year, some 10,000 children They have suffered malnutrition Acute in Gaza, while critical food reserves and other supplies in the strip are exhausted.
According to the daily statistics of victims published by the Ministry of Health of Gaza, in total on Tuesday they occurred 140 muertos For Israeli attacks in the strip and 4 more bodies were recovered from the debris.
With them, the Gazatí Health ensures that the death toll by the Israeli offensive started in October 2023 amounts to 55,637 people, most women and child, and that another 129,880 were injured.
These numbers would have to add people still missing and thousands that are estimated to have died due to illness or lack of resources and medical assistance.
