Over 160 healthcare professionals from Gaza, including over 20 doctors, are reportedly still detained by Israeli forces, raising alarms about their safety and wellbeing. The World Health Organisation (WHO) corroborates that 297 healthcare workers have been detained since the conflict began, while a Palestinian NGO indicates the number is as high as 339. These detentions, characterized as unlawful under international law, threaten essential medical services for civilians and can lead to preventable deaths. The situation highlights the dire impact on Gaza’s healthcare system, exacerbating the ongoing health crisis.
The detention of large numbers of doctors, nurses, paramedics and other healthcare workers from Gaza is illegal under international law and is furthering the suffering of civilians by denying them medical expertise.
The WHO stated it was deeply concerned about the wellbeing and safety of Palestinian health workers in Israeli detention, after reports that detainees were routinely subjected to violence and mistreatment.
Israel's targeting of the healthcare workforce is having a devastating impact on the provision of healthcare to Palestinians, resulting in extensive suffering and countless preventable deaths.
Muath Alser, director of Healthcare Workers Watch, highlighted that the arrest of healthcare members is leading to the effective eradication of whole medical specialties in Gaza.
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