Representative of the organization in the territories of Palestine, Rik Peeperkorn, confirmed on Friday (27) that nine trucks transported blood and plasma bags to the enclave under Israel’s blockade and attack
A last Wednesday (25), for the first time since Israel started the blockade of humanitarian assistance to On March 2, introduce a charging of medical supplies in the Gaza Strip, according to the information released on Friday (27) by the agency’s official at a news conference. Nine trucks transported to Gaza material that included 2,000 blood bags and another 1,500 plasma, through the border passage of Kerem Shalom, “without withdrawal episodes, despite the high -risk conditions in the region,” Rik Peeperkorn, Rik Peeperkorn, said in Jerusalem.
This material will be distributed to several hospitals in the coming days, at a time of great scarcity of critical supplies to many of them and increasing the number of injured patients, “many with lesions related to incidents in food distribution centers,” he added. According to Peeperkorn, under normal circumstances, Gaza’s health centers would need 2,900 to 3,300 blood bags per month, but with the conflict, the needs doubled.
“These medical supplies are a drop of water in an ocean of needs. Increased assistance is essential to save lives, and WHO calls for a rapid, unusual and sustained distribution of medical supplies in Gaza by all possible routes,” he said. Peeperkorn also pointed out that the West Bank health network is also suffering limitations by the Israeli authorities, and 71 of the 559 health facilities in this territory are affected by physical barriers or access difficulties due to insecurity. In addition, in West Bank, 844 attacks on the health network have been documented since October 2023, in which 31 people died and 168 were injured.
*With information from EFE
