GENEVA, (PIC)
The UN special rapporteur on the right to health, Tlaleng Mofokeng, said, “As people in Gaza are literally being destroyed, no other term but genocide can be used to express this situation.”
Speaking to Anadolu agency, Mofokeng said on Friday, “People in Gaza are trying to survive, but that’s really all they can do,” noting that “the mental health of Gazans has deteriorated severely due to the relentless bombings, leading to widespread trauma.”
She cited reports from the World Health Organization (WHO) and other aid organizations, which depict a dire scenario for health services in Gaza, saying, “when hospitals cannot get supplies and essential medicines, and when healthcare workers themselves are being killed and harassed, it makes the attacks on the right to health even more prominent.”
The UN rapporteur drew attention to the fact that there is still no estimate for how long it will take to rebuild Gaza’s health infrastructure.
Mofokeng called for a global discussion on recognizing the events in Gaza as “genocide” and for holding the perpetrators accountable in international courts.
Israel has been waging a genocidal war in the Gaza Strip for 266 days leading to the martyrdom of 37,718 people so far and the injury of 86,377 others.
