Subjects: MAV, FOR, AVO
Media Advisory - Israel's Ongoing War on Hospitals, Healthcare Workers and Humanitarian Aid workers in Gaza
Eyewitness Account of recently returning physicians from Gaza
TORONTO, April 3, 2024 /CNW/ - Nearly 6 months of relentless indiscriminate carpet bombing of Gaza has killed more than 33,000 civilians including approximately 15,000 children. On April 1, 2024 Al Shifa Hospital a specialized hospital complex was bombed by Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) and totally destroyed killing patients and staff and displaced civilians seeking shelter. The scale of destruction is unprecedented, and hundreds of bodies were strewn throughout the hospital and in the nearby streets.
(1) https://amp.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/01/israeli-forces-withdraw-from-gaza-al-shifa-hospital-after-two-week-raid
Israeli Forces also killed 7 Foreign Aid workers with World Central Kitchen (WCK) The IDF attacked the clearly marked 3 car envoy killing all 7 humanitarian aid workers from WCK. These 3 serial attacks occurred despite co-ordinating food delivery with IDF.
(2) https://wck.org/news/honoring-gaza-team
WCK was one of the few organizations able to provide deliver meals to the starving people of Gaza. The famine has resulted from the Israeli blockade of thousands of food trucks preventing entry into Gaza. These attacks on foreign aid workers is in complete violation of international law. The use of food as a weapon by Israel is resulting in death by starvation of 1.5 million people mostly women and children and is barbaric and unacceptable in a civilized world.
The indiscriminate killing by bombing and sniper attacks on women and children also continue. Children are now dying of starvation, and many are unable to walk or talk due to severe malnutrition. The lack of clean water has caused outbreaks of hepatitis. The systematic destruction of the healthcare infrastructure has made it impossible to provide any medical support to the children and people of Gaza. A massive death toll is expected if the famine is not immediately relieved.
Canadian physicians have been bravely serving in Gaza providing urgent medical relief and present their eyewitness accounts of the horrific deaths and destruction taking place daily in Gaza.
What: Press Conference on the Bombing of Al-Shifa Hospital and Killing of Foreign Humanitarian Aid Workers in Gaza by Israeli Defense Forces
When: Friday April 5, 2024 at 11:30 am EST
Where: UOSSM Canada Office -2255 Dundas St. W. Suite 129, Mississauga, ON L5K 1R6
Who:
- Dr. Yasser Khan - Union of Medical Care and Relief Organizations (UOSSM)
- Dr Ben Thomson ? Union of Medical Care and Relief Organizations (UOSSM)
About UOSSM
Union Of Medical Care And Relief Organizations (UOSSM) is a Canadian non profit humanitarian organization supporting health-related needs and well-being of people and communities affected by crises, through the building of sustainable health-related services and reducing human suffering.
About Canadians for Palestine - HCWC
Canadians for Palestine - Healthcare Workers Coalition - A coalition of Healthcare Workers, expert and volunteers working to advocate for justice for Palestine Action for Palestine
The following demands are presented on behalf of more than 3000 Canadian physicians.
- immediately end the blockade on food, water, and medical supplies for Gaza
- immediately stop the bombing and impose a no-fly zone over Gaza.
- provide immediate emergency visas to Palestinians who are survivors of rape, trauma and torture as well as those with complex medical injuries
photo from https://wck.org/news/honoring-gaza-team
SOURCE UOSSM Canada
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