GAZA, Thursday, July 18 2024 (WAFA) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) today said that all health facilities in the southern Gaza Strip have reached the breaking point due to the ongoing Israeli occupation onslaught.

Director of the International Committee of the Red Cross's sub-delegation in Gaza, William Schomburg, affirmed that the large number of casualties led to the ICRC's hospital and all health facilities in southern Gaza reaching the breaking point and being unable to treat those suffering from life-threatening injuries.

The organization indicated that its field hospital includes 60 beds in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip.

Schomburg pointed out that the occupation army's bombing of the Al-Mawasi area last Saturday led to the arrival of 26 wounded people to the facility, including children who were injured by shrapnel.

The committee stressed that any other aggression that causes such a large number of casualties will force doctors and nurses to make very difficult choices, explaining that the current medical needs of civilians far exceed the limited capabilities available,.

For his part, Dr. Pankaj Galdial said, "It is unimaginable how many patients needed resuscitation after the influx of injured people on Saturday, in addition to the 26 wounded who were transferred from Al-Mawasi to the Red Cross field hospital to receive treatment.

"The facility received an additional 850 people in its outpatient department last week, about half of whom were women and a third of whom were children," Schomburg

The organization confirmed that most of the patients have been displaced from their homes several times and live with limited amounts of food and drinking water in crowded areas, which makes them more vulnerable to contracting diseases.

Schomburg affirmed that since the opening of the facility in May, its team has provided 12,000 medical consultations and more than 500 surgical operations.

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