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   On 8/7/2025 11:34 AM, Attila wrote:   
   > On Thu, 07 Aug 2025 00:00:16 -0400, NefeshBarYochai   
   >  in alt.atheism with message-id   
   >  wrote:   
   >   
   >> The UN on Wednesday said access for medical professionals into the   
   >> Gaza Strip remains severely restricted, with over 100 health workers,   
   >> including surgeons and specialized staff, denied entry since March,   
   >> Anadolu reports.   
   >>   
   >> “Yesterday, emergency medical teams were denied entry into Gaza,” UN   
   >> spokesperson Farhan Haq told a news conference, adding that “the World   
   >> Health Organization tells us that more than 100 health professionals,   
   >> including surgeons and other specialized medical staff, have been   
   >> barred from entry since March this year.”   
   >>   
   >> Asked whether the group denied entry was a specialized team, Haq said:   
   >> “As far as I’m aware, this was not a specialized group.”   
   >>   
   >> “This is part of the constant practice of banning the entry of medical   
   >> professionals since March,” he added.   
   >>   
   >> Noting that not all medical staff were barred from entering the Gaza   
   >> Strip since March, Haq stressed that “certainly, 100 of them have been   
   >> banned since March, so it’s a huge number.”   
   >>   
   >> He said access issues also stem from visa and movement restrictions by   
   >> Israeli authorities.   
   >>   
   >> Citing the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA),   
   >> Haq described the humanitarian situation in Gaza as “beyond   
   >> catastrophic.”   
   >>   
   >> “More people are being killed and injured, either along convoy routes   
   >> or where they’re staying,” he added.   
   >>   
   >> The spokesman said “starvation continues to happen,” with five new   
   >> malnutrition-related deaths reported in the past 24 hours, bringing   
   >> the toll to nearly 200, half of them children.   
   >>   
   >> Saying that Israel continues to block the entry of shelter materials   
   >> since March, Haq said: “Today, the Israeli military renewed two   
   >> displacement orders spanning some 1.5 square miles across five   
   >> neighborhoods in Gaza and Khan Younis governorates.”   
   >>   
   >> https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250806-un-says-over-100-d   
   ctors-barred-from-gaza-since-march-amid-worsening-crisis/   
   >>   
   >   
   > The UN is a joke and few pay any attention to it's grandiose   
   > named offices or organizations.   
   >   
      
   Hamas is doing the blocking, starving citizens of Gaza and blames Israel   
   to the world on their side.  UN is a joke and dominated by Islamic   
   countries.   
      
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