🚨 URGENT UPDATE: Doctors in #Gaza have issued an urgent warning that the lives of 130 premature babies are in imminent danger if fuel does not reach hospitals soon.
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40 years of supporting the health and dignity of Palestinians in Gaza, the West Bank and Lebanon. UK Charity No. 1045315
- "This is the fastest decline in a population's nutrition status ever recorded. That means children are being starved at the fastest rate the world has ever seen." @melanie_ward speaks with @IsaCNN about the catastrophic levels of hunger that Israel's blockade is causing in Gaza
00:00 - 🚨Babies in the neonatal intensive care unit at Shifa Hospital, which MAP has supported over many years, are beginning to die from lack of oxygen. More will die soon unless the power supply is restored. MAP’s CEO @melanie_ward responds:⬇️🧵(1/6)
- "It's the fastest decline in a population's nutrition status ever recorded. What that means is that children are starving at the fastest rate that the world has ever known." @melanie_ward warns of the catastrophic situation in Gaza speaking to @itvnews
- Replying to @MedicalAidPal"...We call on world leaders to demand that Israel urgently allow fuel in to Gaza’s hospitals. A failure to act is to sentence these babies to death." 3/4
- Replying to @MedicalAidPalMAP CEO @melanie_ward: "The lives of 130 premature babies in #Gaza are in imminent danger due to the lack of fuel. The world cannot simply look on as these babies are killed by the siege on Gaza..." 2/4
- “No one can get out from the Shifa hospital. No one can come in. The people who tried to evacuate this morning were being shot in the streets.” Dr Marwan Abu Sada, Head of Surgery at Al Shifa Hospital, describes horrifying scenes as Israel attacks the Gaza hospital this morning.
00:00 - Replying to @MedicalAidPalOur team in #Gaza is working with local partners to ensure that Palestinians get the medical aid they need during this critical time. We need your support urgently. Please donate if you can 👇 map.org.uk/donate/donatio…
- Replying to @MedicalAidPalThere are six neonatal intensive care units at hospitals in Gaza, including Shifa and Nasser hospitals. Since 9 October, Israeli authorities have imposed a "total closure" Gaza, halting the entry of fuel and electricity. 4/4
- The ICU of Al Shifa hospital has been bombed. Staff have been shot at and wounded. Power has gone, staff are having to hand ventilate patients, and babies in neonatal ICU are starting to die from lack of oxygen. Israel's war on hospitals must end. map.org.uk/news/archive/p…
- Our website has been under cyber attack since this afternoon, in an apparent attempt to prevent people donating towards our medical relief efforts for #Gaza. As a result we are experiencing disruptions and the website may go offline. 1/2
- We are urgently working to evacuate siblings Rafif, 13 and Rafiq, 15 from Shifa Hospital where they are trapped. They have severe injuries from an Israeli military airstrike, which also killed their mother and ten other family members, and had to have their limbs amputated. (1/4)
- 🚨 Gaza update 🔴 3,478 Palestinians killed including more than 1,500 children and injured 12,000 including more than 5,000 children 🔴 1 million people have fled their homes, almost half of the besieged population
- TODAY: @DavidLammy says the UK is doing all it can to prevent genocide - but for Palestinians in #Gaza, this simply isn't true. The UK continues to supply arms to Israel, including parts for lethal F-35 jets, and has failed to use every tool available to hold Israel accountable.
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