“As a practicing medical doctor, I cannot fathom what my Gazan colleagues are enduring. They are working while their colleagues and loved ones are under attack,” the expert said in a press release in this capital.

Since October 7, at least 364 Israeli attacks on the health facilities have been recorded in the occupied Palestinian territory, resulting in 553 deaths and 729 injuries, she said.

Mofokeng warned that the health infrastructure in Gaza has been destroyed.

She criticized the “countless violations of the special protection afforded to civilians, children, and medical personnel” under international humanitarian law.

Given this situation, the UN rapporteur called for preventing conflicts and addressing their causes while insisting on a ceasefire in the coastal enclave.

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