Posted on 07/12/2014 4:46:50 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
This baby was injured because she was firing rockets!!!
Commentary
Doctors in Gaza did not need to read a warning from the World Health Organization to know that their health care system was collapsing under Israeli attack.
Hospitals were overwhelmed by hundreds of casualties, including small children.
It was getting worse every day, and Egypt’s refusal to open its border made things worse still.
"The recent escalation of violence in the Gaza Strip raises concern about the ability of the government and the Ministry of Health of the occupied Palestinian territory to cope with the increased burden of medical emergencies on the health system, given the high levels of shortages of medicines, medical disposables and hospital fuel supplies, and rising healthcare debt," WHO said in a statement.
WHO also said, “A hospital, three clinics and a water desalinization center in a refugee camp have also been damaged. More airstrikes and missile attacks are likely.”
On Thursday evening, Israel fired four bombs at the fourth floor of Al Wafa rehabilitation hospital in al-Shujaiyya neighborhood in the east of Gaza City, wrecking the hospital.
"The response and preparedness of the health sector is at very low level, and we are concerned about a possible collapse of health services. We are making an urgent appeal for $40 million to support the Ministry of Health in providing essential supplies for health care sufficient for six months," said Dr. Ala Alwan, WHO regional director for the Eastern Mediterranean.
In the same context, the French medical organization Doctors Without Borders also warned on Friday that the response to emergency needs at hospitals in Gaza could worsen quickly "due to already existing chronic shortages of drugs and disposables."
Meanwhile, the United Arab Emirates pledged to send at least $25 million in humanitarian aid to Gaza as Israeli airstrikes continue, AFP reported Thursday.
UAE's state news agency WAM said that the Emirate Red Crescent will supervise the delivery of the aid and will also set up a field hospital in the Palestinian territory "to help the victims of the Israeli aggression."
On his side, Robert Turner, the director of operations in Gaza at the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees, confirmed that his organization on Thursday declared a state of emergency in all five areas of its operations in the densely populated Gaza Strip.
UNRWA is ready to provide whatever emergency assistance it can, should the situation deteriorate even further, Turner said. He also urged all parties to exercise restraint to prevent further escalation of the situation.
Turner said dozens of Palestinians have been killed and injured "as a result of the apparently deliberate targeting of residences."
That included Dr. Anas Abu al-Kas, who was killed for treating suspected Hamas fighters.
According to the Palestinian Ministry of Health, as of 6 p.m. Friday, Israel had killed 114 people and injured 826 since beginning its military operation in Gaza.
The world must be confused. No deaths in Israel and more than 100 in Gaza. Some reports said hundreds of rockets were fired at Israel from Gaza, others said thousands.
But with no deaths in Israel, was this response proportional?
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saleh1966 is based in Gaza, Ġazzah, Palestine, and is an Anchor on Allvoices.
They’ve poisoned the well Israel foolishly gave them in gaza. Too many years of threatening Israel and citing missiles and bombs at her citizens. The smart ones in gaza will move away ASAP.
Every once in a while I’ll find myself feeling some level of compassion for these”people”.Then I remember the poor folks jumping from the towers to escape the flames
Didn’t they react to the attack by dancing in the streets and passing out candy?
It was getting worse every day, and Egypt’s refusal to open its border made things worse still.
Remind me why Egypt won’t open it’s borders.
You have to consider that the Hamas response was unprovoked while the Israeli response was provoked.
So yes, it was proportional.
You start a fight, it leaves you wide open for what ever comes you way. That rule insures that everyone stays civil.
Hundreds of thousands of children were incinerated by radiation at Hiroshima & Nagasaki. It is called collateral damage. War is a not a game. Serious casualties are expected and do occur.
Absolutely NOT!
Israel is showing more restraint than they need too.
THAT pissed me off at a whole other level.
"Peace will come when the Arabs will love their children more than they hate us"
Golda Meir
British and American forces dropped 60,000 tons of bombs on Rome during World War 2. The British bombed the Vatican for good measure.
Spare me your tears you muslim barbarian. Who started this round of violence? Kidnap and murder, must we remind you
And How Long Before Hamas Posts This Picture Saying It's One Of Theirs?
And Finally - Where Was The World When This Was Going On? Abandoned Children In The Warsaw Ghetto.
One and a half million children under the age of seventeen were murdered and where was the world then? But show some Palestinian children hurt or dead and everyone goes nuts.
Good quote. I wonder if that will ever be?
Proportional responses encourages the terrorists to keep firing missiles.
It’s kind of like dividing by zero.
The answer approaches infinity.
I didn't think about that...
Fear not...Obama has Bibi back...
...with a knife...
In Detroit, Michigan, U.S.A.
There.
Fixed it.
Proof, if any is necessary, that the IQ requirements for becoming a 'Doctor,' these days, does not qualify them as MENSA candidates.
Since you asked, it is because Hamas is allied with the Muslim Brotherhood who are enemies of the Egyptian government. If I were Egypt I wouldn't let the scum in either.
Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)
I'm gonna venture a guess and say they don't want all those Hamas d!ckheads operating within their territory. They don't feel like importing a problem.
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