Disease could be bigger killer than bombs in Gaza - WHO
Disease could be bigger killer than bombs in Gaza - WHO
More people could die from disease than from bombings in the Gaza Strip if its health system is not repaired, a World Health Organization spokesperson said on Tuesday, warning of a surge in infectious diseases and diarrhoea in children.
That's often the case with war
I think it was the U.S. Civil War where disease killed more soldiers than battles.
Also WWI, thanks to the Spanish Flu.
Vietnam flashbacks
Well it's a good thing hospitals are safe from being a military target. Right guys?
Untreated water and limited water in a place that eats seafood as available. The chances of cholera showing up are high. It's pretty much how you ensure it does.
Colonialism and capitalism is a mental disease.
Religions too.
Another feature working as designed
I dunno Israel is really giving disease a run for its money for the #1 killer award. Though they are helping the competition out by bombing every hospital.
That's war for ya.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
In figures deemed reliable by the United Nations, Gaza health authorities say more than 15,000 people have been confirmed killed in Israel's bombardment of the narrow enclave, around 40% of them children, with many more feared to be lost under rubble.
Israel has sworn to annihilate Hamas, the militant group that rules Gaza, after its gunmen burst through the border killing around 1,200 people and seizing 240 captives on Oct. 7.
"Eventually we will see more people dying from disease than we are even seeing from the bombardment if we are not able to put back (together) this health system," the WHO's Margaret Harris said at a U.N. briefing in Geneva.
She repeated concerns about a rise in infectious diseases, particularly diarrhoea in infants and children, with cases for those aged five and older surging to more than 100 times normal levels by early November.
Citing a U.N. report on the living conditions of displaced residents in northern Gaza, Harris said: "(There are) no medicines, no vaccination activities, no access to safe water and hygiene and no food," she said.
She described the collapse of Al Shifa Hospital in northern Gaza as a "tragedy" and voiced concern about the detention of some of its medical staff by Israeli forces during a WHO evacuation convoy.
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Maybe next time don't start a war in October? Or just don't start a war and actually open diplomac relationships to solve problems.
I’m sure those children that make up more than half of the population will think twice before extremists that aren’t them do something.
Then they could live like in the West Bank, where settlers burn your crops and kill you to take your land. Where the territory you control is comparable to the holes in Swiss cheese, surrounded on all sides by Israeli checkpoints and illegal settlements.
Extremists thrive in unstable social environments, the attack in October did not happen in a geopolitical vacuum. The depraved and horrifying conditions inflicted on the Palestinian people by Israel directly fuel the extremists and the current political coalition in power are very much on record as using Hamas to kill international support for Palestinians at large. Not to mention cabinet members like Ben Gvir using bloodthirsty language commonly put solely onto Palestinians.
Maybe Netanyahu and his coalition shouldn’t colonize and repress people? Maybe they should work with moderates as opposed to smuggling cash and resources to terrorists? Just like 9/11 was caused by the US government propping up militias to undermine local authority, the October attack was caused by the Israeli government propping up fundamentalists. In both cases the citizens are convenient shields for these politicians and excuses to enact their own selfish political goals.
Or just don’t start a war and actually open diplomac relationships to solve problems.
With... Who exactly? You do know that Israel is the one who created and actively strives to maintain the current status quo, right?