Red Cross sends doctors to Gaza injuries

geneva - The medical emergency in the Gaza Strip is enormous with about 13,000 injured, which is why the Red Cross is sending extra doctors and specialists together with other emergency aid. Since 30 March, so many people have been injured in the protests against Israel that existing medical assistance is impossible, according to the chief of the international Red Cross in the region, Robert Mardini.

More than 3600 people have been hit by Israeli bullets. Many have to undergo one or more surgeries and need long care. Approximately 1350 people have to undergo surgery three to five times because of the severity of the gunshot wounds. That means that some 4,000 operations have to be carried out. Half of the Red Cross teams will do the aid organization. He will set up a temporary surgery center in the Gaza Strip with fifty beds for patients.

With a surface area of ​​365 square kilometers and almost two million inhabitants, the Gaza Strip is one of the most densely populated places on earth. Due to the locking and blockades of this poverty-stricken strip of land, it is also called the largest prison in the world. Palestinians argue along the fencing around the strip against Israel that in their eyes occupies their country.

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