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.
Watched the NBC national news tonight. They had a report from the scene in Gaza; the reported called it “Israel’s war on Gaza”...
The USA used to win wars with devastating and overwhelming violence. It was the American way of war for over 100 years, until Korea and especially Vietnam.
Hey, when is Egypt going to execute all those Mussie Botherhood? We could celebrate that “in the news”. :-)
“Egypt’s refusal to open its border made things worse still”
But lets not forget that it’s the Jooos fault.
Funny how the Islamoterrorists use the same tactics against Israel that the DemocRATS use against Americans. I wonder who learned from who. I guess you can get away with this crap when everyone in the “media” has been programed by America-hating Marxist professors and the majority of the population is dumber than a box of rocks who believe anything they see on TV.
How many missiles is the Iron Dome equipped with?
If you knew your attack would always get an unproportional response, why would you attack?
It must be very liberating to have a built in excuse for everything.
Economic collapse- It’s the Jooos!
Catastrophic weather- It’s theJooos!
“Honey, we’re out of falafel and pita bread”- It’s the Jooos!
Etc.
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It must be very liberating to have a built in excuse for everything.
Economic collapse- It’s the Jooos!
Catastrophic weather- It’s theJooos!
“Honey, we’re out of falafel and pita bread”- It’s the Jooos!
Etc.
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Because your ideological beliefs trumps common sense or even reason...
Alphabet soup news tonight on all three channels bashing Israel non-stop for at least 15 minutes for all the deaths in Gaza. Obama press is in high gear and working overtime. Not one single negative word about Hamas’ role in this or about what’s happening on the southern border of the U.S.
Not sure how so many reports can look at themselves in the mirror. Truth and objectivity in the U.S. have also died along with so many other things that we hold dear.
Why can’t those Jews just leave these Palestinians alone?
Terrorists are people, too.
Hamas has publically stated that they want to use women, children and other noncombatants as human shields. This is part of the disinformation campaign. Israel needs to crush Hamas.
Almost as if rockets aren’t raining down on Israel at all.
Now they know our pain
Yep - I was just thinking about the one with the woman showing the bullets that had struck her house... a handful of live ammo.
Boo-Freakin-Hoo! Stop bombing Israel, Simple..
You can’t kill the islamist fast enough for my liking and if it includes women and children so be it!
We should just turn Detroit into the designated anti-American zone and invite all our muslims to move there.
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