Amnesty Int: Israel Deliberately Attacks Gaza Health Workers!

• Amnesty Int: Israel Deliberately Attacks Gaza Health Workers! 
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  Amnesty International has accused the Israeli regime of conducting “deliberate attacks” on hospitals and health workers in the Gaza Strip, calling for an immediate investigation into Tel Aviv’s aggression.
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  The international human rights body on Thursday published testimonies from health workers and ambulance personnel who had worked in the besieged enclave while “bombs and bullets were killing or injuring their colleagues.”
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  Philip Luther, Amnesty’s Middle East and North Africa director, said Israel army has also targeted health facilities and professionals, adding, “Such attacks are absolutely prohibited by international law and would amount to war crimes. They only add to the already compelling argument that the situation should be referred to the International Criminal Court.”
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  Luther also noted that medical staff and hospitals have increasingly come under fire since July 17, when the Tel Aviv regime began its ground operations in Gaza.
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  Some medical teams have also been prevented from reaching bombed areas and hundreds of injured civilians were left without access to medical help, Luther noted.
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  “Hospitals across the Gaza Strip are also suffering from fuel and power shortages, inadequate water supply, and shortages of essential drugs and medical equipment. Such shortages, already prevalent due to Israel’s seven-year blockade, have been made much worse during the current hostilities,” he added.
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  Some 1,900 Palestinians, including more than 400 children, have been killed and over 9,500 others wounded since the beginning of the Israel’s military attacks against the Gaza Strip on July 8.
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  A 72-hour humanitarian truce between the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas and Israel took effect at 8 a.m. (0500 GMT) on Tuesday.

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