JINHA

NEWS CENTER- Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) indicates that at least 320 children have been wounded and 114 have died as a result of airstrikes over the past three weeks alone in Aleppo.

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF-Doctors Without Borders), an international medical humanitarian organization, announced that at least 320 children have been wounded and 114 have died as a result of airstrikes over the past three weeks alone in the besieged city Aleppo. The MSF also reported that the siege has cut off access to essential vaccinations, and water-borne diseases are reportedly on the rise. Hospitals in the city also report that the struggle to access medical facilities has increased the likelihood that people—particularly children—with easily treatable wounds will suffer potentially fatal complications.

The MSF also reported the data of the Directorate of Health. According to the data, averages of 17 children have been injured every day since the aerial bombing campaign resumed on September 23, following an all-too-brief ceasefire. This figure does not, however, take into account casualties registered in the last 48 hours, during which the bombing campaign has intensified. From the beginning of the Syrian war in 2011 to April of this year, the Directorate of Health has registered 5,200 child deaths in Aleppo.

Carlos Francisco, the head of mission in Syria of the MSF, said, “The international community has become immune to images of dead children being recovered from the rubble of buildings ravaged by bombs. This has become a daily occurrence. All sorts of civilian spaces are being hit; schools are being damaged. The reality is that children die every day in what appears to be a 'kill box’.”

Pablo Marco, the MSF operational manager in the Middle East, said, “All parties to the conflict must facilitate safe and free passage for medical and humanitarian personnel, as well as the timely evacuation of the seriously ill and wounded to areas where they can access specialized medical treatment and feel safe.”

(fk/gd)