WHO / GAZA HEALTH EMERGENCY

Since 7 October 2023, the escalating crisis in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory has caused large numbers of civilian deaths and injuries. In the Gaza Strip, airstrikes and a lack of medical supplies, food, water and fuel have virtually depleted an already under-resourced health system. WHO

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:05:09
• Production Date: 1 November 2023
• Asset Language: Arabic; English
• Corporate Name: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION - WHO
• Subject Topical: HEALTH; HUMANITARIAN EMERGENCIES
• Geographic Subject: GAZA
• MAMS Id: 3133970
• Parent Id: 3133970
• Alternate Title: unifeed231101f

Description

STORY: WHO / GAZA HEALTH EMERGENCY
TRT: 05:09
SOURCE: WHO
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / ARABIC / NATS

DATELINE: PLEASE CHECK SHOTLIST FOR DETAILS

28 OCTOBER 2023, GAZA STRIP

1. Various shots, destruction around Gaza
2. Various shots, injured people being taken for medical aid

29 OCTOBER 2023, AL-QUDS (PRCS) HOSPITAL, TEL AL-HAWA, GAZA STRIP

3. Various shots, displaced people sheltering at the hospital

01 NOVEMBER 2023, JERUSALEM

4. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr Richard Peeperkorn, WHO Representative, occupied Palestinian territory:
“WHO team in Gaza is very much operational. We immediately established a warehouse and the team is working against all odds and risk to their security to deliver life-saving medical supplies to the hospitals. The WHO supplies that came into via Rafah have been immediately distributed to 7 hospitals all over Gaza. Unfortunately, these essentially needed supplies are merely a drop in the ocean of needs.”

31 OCTOBER 2023, Al-QUDS (PRCS) HOSPITAL, TEL AL-HAWA, GAZA STRIP

5. Various shots of displaced people sheltering at the hospital

01 NOVEMBER 2023, JERUSALEM

6. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr Richard Peeperkorn, WHO Representative, occupied Palestinian territory:
“WHO calls for an urgent, accelerated access for humanitarian aid including food, water, food, and medical supplies into and throughout the Gaza strip.”

30 OCTOBER 2023, Al-QUDS (PRCS) HOSPITAL, TEL AL-HAWA, GAZA STRIP

7. Med shot, young patient being treated
8. Various shots, operation being performed
9. Various shots, patient in a bed with a damaged ceiling above.

27 OCTOBER 2023, MUBARAK-TAHRIR HOSPITAL INSIDE AL NASSER COMPLEX, KHAN YUNIS, GAZA STRIP

10. Various shots, Intensive Care Unit (ICU)
11. Various shots, children on ventilators and other interventions
12. Med shot, Shot of new born and father
13. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Alaa Suleiman Al-Ruqab, Midwife:
“In addition, the issue of medical supplies that we currently suffer from, from stitches to needles to medications that we may need during the birth process. Unfortunately, we suffer greatly from these matters and these requirements.”
14. Med shot, hospital

Storyline

Since 7 October 2023, the escalating crisis in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory has caused large numbers of civilian deaths and injuries. In the Gaza Strip, airstrikes and a lack of medical supplies, food, water and fuel have virtually depleted an already under-resourced health system.

Hospitals have been operating far beyond capacity due to rising numbers of patients as well as displaced civilians seeking shelter. The provision of essential health services – from maternal and newborn care to treatment for chronic conditions – has been severely compromised.

In Israel, dozens of civilians - including children and the elderly - have been taken hostage.

Attacks on health have been reported in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory, killing and injuring health workers and patients, and damaging health facilities and ambulances.

WHO is working with partners to address the most urgent health needs, including through the provision of life-saving medical supplies.

WHO urges all parties to protect health and ensure safe access to health care for their populations.