(18 Nov 2023)
RESTRICTION SUMMARY:
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Ramallah, West Bank - 18 November 2023
1. Palestinian health minister enters for the press conference.
2. SOUNDBITE (Arabic): Mai al-Kaila, Minister of Health for the Palestinian Authority
"The Israeli machine of destruction and killing continues to practice its aggression and war against the Gaza Strip for the 43rd day of the war and aggression against the Gaza Strip, as the number of martyrs since the beginning of the aggression against the Gaza Strip has reached more than 11,500. One-thousand martyrs, including more than five-thousand children, more than 3,200 women, and more than 700 elderly people, while the number of wounded reached more than 30-thousand wounded, most of whom were women and children. But these numbers are not final numbers, as there are many times more under the rubble."
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3. SOUNDBITE (Arabic): Mai al-Kaila, Minister of Health for the Palestinian Authority
"The number of martyrs in the West Bank since October 7 has reached 212 martyrs and more than 2008 wounded, as the occupation forces and their flocks of settlers continue to practice their systematic aggression against our people in the cities, villages and camps of the West Bank. The most recent of which was the recent aggression against Balata camp in Nablus, which led to the martyrdom of five citizens, in addition to the martyrdom of a citizen in Tubas and dozens of wounded."
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4. SOUNDBITE (Arabic): Mai al-Kaila, Minister of Health for the Palestinian Authority
"Of the 35 (Hospitals) that stopped in the Gaza Strip, 26 stopped completely and went out of service, and were unable to provide their services to the wounded, either because they were directly targeted by the occupation, or because they ran out of fuel and lost electricity."
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5. SOUNDBITE (Arabic): Mai al-Kaila, Minister of Health for the Palestinian Authority
"Only 1,200 beds are partially operational and provide basic services, and if the siege continues without supplying them with medicines and medical supplies, they will meet the fate of the rest of the hospitals by being out of service. That is, in the Gaza Strip currently there are only 1,200 hospital beds to reach ordinary patients and the wounded, and this is too few for the needs that our people in the Gaza Strip face. We monitor the catastrophic situation in hospital hospitals in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank as follows."
STORYLINE:
Palestinian Health Minister Mai al-Kaila gave an update on casualties in Gaza and the West Bank on Saturday, saying that in the West Bank, there were "212 martyrs and more than 2008 wounded."
Speaking in Ramallah, al-Kaila painted a grim picture of the medical situation.
"Of the 35 (Hospitals) that stopped in the Gaza Strip, 26 stopped completely and went out of service, and were unable to provide their services to the wounded, either because they were directly targeted by the occupation, or because they ran out of fuel and lost electricity."
She continued: "in the Gaza Strip currently there are only 1,200 hospital beds to reach ordinary patients and the wounded, and this is too few for the needs that our people in the Gaza Strip face."
The minister said the death toll in Gaza surpassed 11,500, including over 5,000 children, and more than 3,000 women.
More than 31,000 were wounded, she said in a news conference Saturday.
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