Gaza MOH appalled by Israeli border massacre
PRESS RELEASE
Palestinian Ministry of Health – Gaza
Four Palestinians have been killed and over two hundred injured by Israeli military attacks inside Gaza today in an attack on civilians that has rocked the Strip.
Condemning the attacks on protesters of the Great March of Return as war crimes, the Deputy Minister of Health Dr.Yousef Abu Alrish is calling for an immediate international response.
“These blatant war crimes must stop. Our hospitals are already reeling under the strain of trying to treat thousands of innocent victims of the last four months with few resources,” he said.
“The international community must act now to prevent a complete bloodbath, and collapse of the health sector.”
The four dead have been identified as Mahmoud Khalil Qishta, 23 years; Mohammed Riyad Farhana, 31 years; Sha’aban Rajab Abu Khater 26 years; and Mohammed Sharif Badwan, 24.
The closure of the crossings this week and resulting reduction in medicines and supplies has left Gaza’s already-struggling hospitals in a critical situation, he said.
Gaza Ministry of Health Update 2pm
14 May, 2018 at 2pm
Gaza Ministry of Health
The toll of the injuries of the Great Peaceful March of Return resulting from the Israeli occupation attacks in the eastern Gaza Strip:
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18 martyrs
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918 injuries – 584 in hospitals, 334 treated at medical points
Injuries
74 injured children plus 1 martyr
23 womenSeverity
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11 critical
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39 serious
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441 Medium
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427 minor
Cause of injuries
448 live bullets
3 metal-coated rubber bullets
64 fragments of the body
83 other injuries.
320 gas.
Place of injuries in the body
32 in the neck and head
49 in the upper limbs
19 in the back and chest
18 in the abdomen and pelvis
413 in the lower limbs
320 inhalation gas
67 in multiple places
Direct targeting of medical staff and journalists.
1 injury – medical staff
8 injuries – journalists
1 vehicle partially damaged
MARTYRS NAMES
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Anas Hamdan Qdeih, 21 years, east of Khan Younis.
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Mus’ab Yousef Ibrahim Abu Laila, 28 years, east of Jabalia.
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Mohammed Ashraf AbuSettah, 26
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Obeida Salem Farhan, 30
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Ahmed Abu Daggah, 26
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Jihad Mofeed AlFarra, 30
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Izz al-Din Musa al-Sammak, 9 years, of Al-Bureij
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Izz al-Din Nahid al-Aweiti, 22 years, of Maan.
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Fadi Hassan Abu Salmi (Abu Salah) 30, Algerian, killed at Abasan al-Kabeer. Shot in the chest.
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Ahmed Awadallah, 24, East of Gaza
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Mohammed Fawzi Abu Luli, 20
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Hammad Mohammed Mahmoud AbdelAal
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Ahmed Adel Musa AlShaer, 16 years
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Abdelrahman Abdelrahman Ali Meqdad
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Unknown martyr at Al Najjar Hospital
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Shaher Al Madhoun
- Captain Musa Jaber Abu Hassanein, 36, Civil Defence – while saving injured near the eastern cemetery east of Gaza City.