UN Special Rapporteur Mophuang: Right to health in Gaza has become impossible
The UN Special Rapporteur on the right to health, Tlaleng Mophuang, said that talking about a "right to health" in the Gaza Strip has become impossible under the bloody attacks launched by the Israeli occupation for 21 months, indicating that the humanitarian situation is worsening daily.
According to the Palestinian News Agency (WAFA) on Friday, in a press statement during her participation in the 59th session of the UN Human Rights Council held in Geneva, Switzerland, Mophuang addressed the catastrophic repercussions of the genocide committed by "Israel," the occupying power, and the blockade it imposes on the Strip.
She considered that "it is impossible to talk about the right to health - in Gaza - in any way" due to the widespread Israeli violations to which Palestinians are subjected.
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