By ZAKAA LAZARUS-Abuja.
The Palestine Envoy to Nigeria, Abu Shawesh has has said the streets of Palestine has been confronted with the smell of dead bodies.
Shawesh always confirmed that dead bodies are left lying on the roads and under the rubbles in Gaza and other parts of the country.
Ambassador Abu Shawesh made this known while briefing journalist on the ongoing war between the two countries at the embassy of the state of the Palestine on Thursday in Abuja.
The Ambassador gave insight on the statistics of fatal causalities which according to him includes mostly children and women.
“Here are some statistical figures: 42,603 registered martyrs, out of whom 17,000 children, 171 infants, 786 were less than one-year-old, 37 died of hunger, 11,673 women, 1,047 medical staff, 85 civil defense personnel, 177 journalists.
“Additionally, 520 bodies were recovered from 7 mass graves inside hospitals, and 10,000 are still missing.100,282 wounded arrived at hospitals, 12,000 wounded need to travel abroad for medical treatments, 12,500 cancer patients face death due to the lack of appropriate treatments, 396 media correspondents.
” 35,055 children living without their parents or without one of them, 71,338 viral hepatitis cases diagnosed due to displacement.
Abu also said 5,000 detainees, 310 medical staff among the three doctors who were assassinated, and 193 shelters targeted.
He said in the occupied West Bank, the number of detainees has reached 11,400, including 9,392 administrative detainees, 129 journalists (58 of whom are still under arrest), 750 children, and 430 women.
“Additionally, thousands of detainees from Gaza and forcibly disappeared individuals are languishing in the occupation prisons and concentration camp without any information about them.
“Gaza is the real-world embodiment of hell on earth for its one million children.
Shawesh said the war is getting worse, day-by-day, says it’s measured by the horrific impact of the daily airstrikes and military operations on Palestinian children.
According to him, “today the south is desperately overcrowded, and lethally lacks essential water, sanitation and shelter.
“So where would children and their families go? They are not safe in schools and shelters. They are not safe in hospitals. And they are certainly not safe in overcrowded camp sites”. Shawesh revealed.
