GAZA CITY\/GENEVA: Israeli strikes killed at least 52 people across Gaza on Thursday, the territory\u2019s civil defence agency and hospitals said, including an employee of the French charity Doctors Without Borders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The civil defence agency, a rescue force which operates under Hamas authority, said the deaths were caused \u201cby continuous Israeli bombardments on the Gaza Strip since dawn,\u201d specifying that 10 people, including at least one child, were killed in Gaza City.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Several hospitals said that they had received 10 bodies in Gaza City, 14 in central Gaza, and 28 in the territory\u2019s south. They reported that some were killed in air strikes, others by drone fire and shootings. Asked for comment, the Israeli army said it was looking into the matter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis reported nearly 30 deaths, including 14 killed by \u201cIsraeli gunfire\u201d targeting Palestinians waiting for food distribution in the Al-Tina and Morag areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nNearly 42,000 people have \u2018life-changing injuries\u2019 in the besieged territory, says WHO<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
The Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir el-Balah said it had received nine bodies after several strikes on nearby areas. A photographer saw several corpses, some wrapped in white shrouds, in the hospital morgue as relatives mourned nearby.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Among the dead was 26-year-old Omar al-Hayek, a Doctors Without Borders (MSF) staff member. He was killed in a strike on a group of civilians in central Deir al-Balah, according to the hospital and his family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe received word that some of our staff had been injured and taken to Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital,\u201d said Karin Huster, head of the MSF medical team in Gaza. \u201cWhen we arrived, we discovered that one of our colleagues had been killed, and four others wounded,\u201d she said. \u201cThe consequences will be tragic for their families and for our team. Enough killings \u2014 whether targeted or not, this is unacceptable.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2018Life-changing injuries\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Nearly 42,000 people, a quarter of them children, have suffered \u201clife-changing injuries\u201d including amputations, and head and spinal cord injuries in Israel\u2019s war on Gaza, the World Health Orga\u00adni\u00adsation said on Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A fresh analysis from the United Nations\u2019 health agency found that a quarter of those hurt over the two-year conflict have injuries that will seriously impact the rest of their lives. \u201cLife-long rehabilitation will be required,\u201d Richard Peeperkorn, the WHO\u2019s representative in the Palestinian territories, told a press conference. Drawing on data from 22 WHO-supported Emergency Medi\u00adcal Teams, the health ministry and other health partners, Thurs\u00adday\u2019s report estimated that 41,844 had suffered life-changing injuries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
More than 5,000 had faced amputations, it said, cautioning that that number could be \u201cundercounted\u201d since it excluded so-called traumatic amputations which occur at the time of injury, outside of the health facility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cChildren appear to be disproportionately vulnerable to amputations,\u201d Pete Skelton, the report\u2019s main author, told journalists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said \u201cthe most common injuries requiring rehabilitation are blast injuries to legs and arms\u201d. Other life-altering injuries including spinal cord injury, traumatic brain injury and major burn injuries, he said, adding that \u201csevere facial and eye injuries are also common, resulting in significant impairment and disfigurement\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The WHO stressed the dire need for rehabilitation. But Tedros warned that \u201cjust when they are needed most, attacks, insecurity and displacement have put them out of reach\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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