World Health Organization (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has urged world leaders to come together for an immediate end to the war, recalling the horrors and suffering of his childhood in Ethiopia.
He made this call citing the ongoing war between Israeli forces and Gaza’s ruling group Hamas. In a message on Monday (October 30), Tedros Adhanom said, “I humbly appeal to all parties, including world leaders, for a ceasefire and peace.”
This citizen of the African country Ethiopia was plagued as a child in the midst of the horrors of war. He said, “I have seen firsthand the horrors, horrors and horrors of war. Those nightmares still haunt me. Now I empathize deeply with everyone who is in the middle of ongoing wars and conflicts, I can clearly feel their pain, pain that reawakens my own nightmares.
He further said, “War only brings destruction, horror and destruction. Nothing else. In this critical critical moment, let us forget divisions and embrace peace. The highest manifestation of courage is to stand for peace. I call on world leaders to unite to bring the world back to the path of peace.”
Eight thousand 306 Palestinians have been killed in the last 22 days in the terrible attack of the Israeli forces in the besieged Gaza territory. Most of them are women and children. The Ministry of Health of Gaza reported the information on Monday (October 30). According to the statement, the number of Palestinians killed in the ongoing Israeli attack in the besieged Gaza Strip has reached 8,306. The Ministry of Health also reported that 3,457 children and 2,236 women were killed in the Israeli attack. Many people are still buried under the rubble or missing. Since the beginning of this barbaric attack on October 7, 21 thousand 48 Palestinian citizens have been injured until Sunday (October 29).
Earlier, the Palestinian Health Ministry said at least 53 people were killed by Israeli forces in indiscriminate bombing of the besieged Gaza Strip. Gaza has witnessed a severe humanitarian crisis in the wake of Israeli attacks. Israel’s total blockade has created a severe shortage of essential commodities, including food and water. In such a situation thousands of people including pregnant women and children are forced to drink contaminated water.
Meanwhile, 124 health workers, including doctors, were killed in an Israeli attack on the Gaza Strip. Ashraf Al-Qudrasa, spokesman for the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza, said on Monday (October 30). He also said that since the fighting started on October 7, 25 ambulances have become immobile due to fuel shortage and 32 medical centers have also stopped service.
Fears of an Israeli attack on Al-Quds, Gaza’s second largest hospital, have intensified. Earlier, the Israeli army ordered the hospital to be evacuated. They ordered to evacuate the hospital in order to attack it. However, the international organization Red Crescent has criticized such a decision and said that it is impossible to follow this unethical order.
For the past four days, the Israeli army has been carrying out ground operations day and night with tanks in the northern part of the Gaza Strip.
Meanwhile, Israeli forces attacked military installations in Syria and Lebanon. The country’s military said its operations against Hamas could expand to the Middle East. On Monday (October 30) morning, Israel launched rocket attacks from Lebanese jet fighters targeting Syria and Hezbollah. However, these attacks were carried out from within the territory of Israel
