{"id":289587,"date":"2023-10-12T09:39:48","date_gmt":"2023-10-12T13:39:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?post_type=document&#038;p=289587"},"modified":"2023-10-12T13:16:03","modified_gmt":"2023-10-12T17:16:03","slug":"hospitals-risk-turning-into-morgues-without-electricity-hostages-must-be-released-immediately-icrc-statement","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/hospitals-risk-turning-into-morgues-without-electricity-hostages-must-be-released-immediately-icrc-statement\/","title":{"rendered":"Gaza hospitals risk turning into morgues without electricity; hostages must be released immediately &#8211; ICRC statement &#8211;  Non-UN document"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"document-summary margin-sides\">\n<div class=\"document-summary-inner narrow\">\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"intro\"><strong>A statement from Fabrizio Carboni, the regional director for the Near and Middle East for the International Committee of the Red Cross.<\/strong><\/div>\n<div class=\"red-divider\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"publishing-info\"><span class=\"date\">12 OCTOBER 2023<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content-main margin-sides\">\n<div class=\"document-item\">\n<div class=\"text-multi\">\n<div class=\"globe-map\"><img class=\"lazyload\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.icrc.org\/sites\/default\/themes\/icrc_theme\/images\/globes\/IL.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"globe-map-text\">\n<p><strong>Geneva (ICRC)<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 The human misery caused by this escalation is abhorrent, and I implore the sides to reduce the suffering of civilians.<\/p>\n<p>As Gaza loses power, hospitals lose power, putting newborns in incubators and elderly patients on oxygen at risk. Kidney dialysis stops, and X-rays can\u2019t be taken. Without electricity, hospitals risk turning into morgues.<\/p>\n<p>Families in Gaza are already having trouble accessing clean water. No parent wants to be forced to give a thirsty child dirty water.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time Israeli families are worried sick about loved ones taken hostage. The taking of hostages is prohibited under international humanitarian law, and anyone being held should be immediately released.<\/p>\n<p>We are now in contact with Hamas and Israeli officials as part of efforts on this issue. As a neutral intermediary we stand ready to conduct humanitarian visits; facilitate communication between hostages and family members; and to facilitate any eventual release.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A statement from Fabrizio Carboni, the regional director for the Near and Middle East for the International Committee of the Red Cross. 12 OCTOBER 2023 Geneva (ICRC)\u00a0\u2013 The human misery caused by this escalation is abhorrent, and I implore the sides to reduce the suffering of civilians. 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