The head of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, called last night (Sunday) for an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and wrote on his X (formerly 'Twiter') account that "Rising desperation due to acute hunger with Gazans seeking safety and shelter. People there are suffering from hunger, and the risk of famine is real, as it is across Gaza. Amid dire food shortages, the search for food is forcing people into horrible states of hunger and leading some -- out of desperation -- to take supplies from delivery trucks"
In his words, he did not mention in a single word the suffering of the hostages and the lack of medicines and other medical needs that they can't reach. As I recall, quite a few family members who heard that their relative was murdered while in Hamas captivity - claimed that he had no chance of surviving in the first place without the medicines, ventilator, and other medical needs of their relatives.
Gavreisos also wrote, "WHO and partners visited, and delivered supplies to, Al-Shifa Hospital, and visited three other hospitals in multiple convoys. partners demand immediate scale-up of food and water to ensure population health and stability. Hospitals should be places for care and recovery, not danger and unrelenting suffering."
