The Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, denounced this Friday before the UN Security Council the situation of the population in Gaza. Especially that of children. “A child dies every ten minutes and no one is safe anywhere,” he denounced.

In Gaza, he explained, “the Hospital hallways are packed with injured people, sick and dying; the morgues are overflowing; surgeries are performed without anesthesia; Tens of thousands of displaced people take refuge in hospitals; Families desperate for food and water are crammed into overcrowded schools. More than 10,800 people have died until now, of them, close to the 70% were women and children”.

Likewise, he verified that since the beginning of the conflict there have been more than 250 attacks against healthcare facilities in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank. “I visited Al Shifa hospital in Gaza five years ago, in 2018,” she told the Council, adding that “even then the conditions for health workers were extremely difficult.” Now, she has pointed out, they are “impossible.”

Tedros has said that last week there were five attacks against five hospitals in a single day, while in the last 48 hours at least four hospitals have been out of service. “As we speak, there are reports that attacks are taking place at Al Shifa Hospital and Rantisi Hospital,” she added.

On the other hand, he has indicated that the death of more than 1,400 Israelis is “incomprehensible” and has asserted that “the consequences for the mental health” of the survivors and victims of the conflict between Israel and the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) ” They will last for a long time.”

Likewise, he has said he is “concerned” about the health and well-being of the hostages held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip, many of whom are elderly people, children and people with urgent medical needs.