United Nations warning: prepare the growing battle of Mosul injured than the government and relief organizations the ability
Sunday 20-11-2016 | 10:04:49
Twilight News / United Nations has warned that the growing number of civilians injured in the fighting in eastern Mosul between Iraqi forces and organize Daesh exceeds the government and international relief organizations capable of dealing with him.
Lise Grande, the UN humanitarian coordinator for Iraq, said that nearly 200 civilians and military personnel injured were taken to the hospital last week, the highest number of people living with since the start of the campaign to expel militants from the last big stronghold in Iraq on October 17.
An official at the Ministry of Health, said that the proportion of injured civilians also increased up to 20 percent during the first month of the campaign, despite the fact that part of this increase was probably due to easier access to the areas recently recovered from the grip of the organization Daesh.
She Grande told Reuters, "The authorities are doing everything in its power to provide assistance but there is not enough capacity to deal with (infected) shocked the field .. and to deal with the large number of people who are injured as a result of snipers and who are in the crossfire. Civilians are being targeted. " Daesh of the organization. "
Iraqi authorities have not published comprehensive statistics the number of dead and injured. But figures released by the United Nations may represent part of the overall figure because it is up cases suffering from serious injuries can not be treated in the field. Moreover, the number of unidentified dead .Grandi said: "We are very concerned of the (possibility of) injury to the largest number of civilian victims are caught with the intensification of the campaign." She added that "Aigon civilians in the crossfire. They are targets. " https://www.ara.shafaaq.com/107241