- Boeing names new CEO as it reports hefty loss
- Mediterranean heatwave 'virtually impossible' without climate change: scientists
- 'Sleeping' Chinese divers maintain perfect Paris Olympics record
- Jamaica's Shericka Jackson to skip Olympic 100m
- 'That's it for me as a coach' says Klopp
- French ex-news presenter faces five new probes over alleged rape
- Ukraine Olympic pavilion aims to jolt West over war
- Melnyk's journey to Olympics embodies Ukrainian fighting spirit
- Djokovic edges closer to first Olympic gold as Nadal and Alcaraz eye semis
- Djokovic beats heat to reach Olympics quarter-finals
- Five talking points before Olympic women's gymnastics all-around final
- Britain's Yee wins thrilling delayed men's Olympic triathlon
- World reactions to killing of Hamas leader Haniyeh
- Ex-BBC presenter Edwards pleads guilty to indecent child images charges
- Former Wales full-back Halfpenny joins Harlequins after New Zealand spell
- Danish table tennis star nearly paralysed eyes heroic Olympic medal
- France captain Mbappe buys Ligue 2 club Caen
- Britain's Yee wins delayed men's Olympic triathlon
- McIntosh in cruise control as Tatjana Smith eyes Olympic golden double
- European airport traffic returns to pre-Covid levels
- Hezbollah says top commander Shukr was in Beirut building hit by Israel
- Eurozone inflation unexpectedly rises in July
- China's world no.1 loses at Olympics after table tennis bat broken
- 'Sci-fi assassin': S. Korean Olympic sharpshooter wins internet
- 'No hope' as anguished families wait for India landslide bodies
- Delight to disgust as Olympic champ has table tennis bat broken
- France win women's triathlon and home hero Marchand targets more golds
- France's Beaugrand wins Olympic gold after triathlon finally goes ahead
- 'It's a thunderbolt,' say Palestinians of Hamas chief's killing
- World Bank approves $1.5 billion Ethiopia rescue package
- Tanzania evicting tens of thousands of Maasai: HRW
- Trump sharpens his weapons against new rival Kamala Harris
- Hamburg transforms its huge 'ugly wart' Nazi bunker
- Olympic triathlons go ahead and home hero Marchand targets two more golds
- Women triathletes dive into River Seine at Paris Olympics
- Australia launches landmark peanut allergy treatment for babies
- India landslide toll hits 126 as rain hampers rescue work
- HSBC records $21.6 billion pre-tax profit in first half 2024
- Yen rises after Japan hikes interest rates, eyes turn to Fed
- Bank of Japan raises key interest rate for second time in 17 years
- North-South Korea Olympic podium selfie goes viral
- Sedjati gunning for Rudisha's world record at Olympics
- Hamas says leader killed in Israel strike in Iran
- Unfinished business: Indonesia's new capital has long way to go
- Greece tries to tempt its emigrants back home
- US Fed expected to pause again and hint at September rate cut
- Flick opens his Barcelona tenure with win over Man City
- Yen rises ahead of Bank of Japan decision as rate hike talk swirls
- Bot-like accounts on X fuel US political conspiracies, watchdog says
- Home hero Marchand targets more Olympic gold amid triathlon suspense
MSF says facing 'critical' medical supply shortage in Gaza
Aid group Doctors Without Borders has warned of "critical" shortages of medical supplies in Gaza, with no resupply for more than two months as fighting between Israel and Hamas wears on.
The group known by its French initials MSF is "facing critical shortages of many things like gauze, gloves... things like that," Amber Alayyan, who works on the Palestinian territories for its French branch, told AFP on Tuesday.
The aid group warned last week in a statement it had been unable to bring any medical supplies into Gaza since the end of April and called on Israel to open more crossing points into the territory.
"We're seeing people who are injured in bombings, in shootings, in drone attacks," Alayyan said.
"We're seeing people who are living in such poor conditions that they're cooking on the floor."
MSF staff have shifted to changing wound dressings every four days rather than the usual two to save on supplies, paediatrician Alayyan added.
Israel is carrying out a large-scale military operation in Gaza to root out Hamas militants in the wake of a cross-border assault on October 7 last year.
The Israeli assault has killed at least 38,295 people, mostly civilians, according to health authorities in the Hamas-run territory.
MSF now risks running out of vital medication such as anaesthetics needed for surgery.
"If we have to continue going like this... we won't be able to operate. We won't operate without anaesthesia," Alayyan said.
UNRWA, the United Nations body responsible for Palestinian refugees, estimated last month that around 10 children per day were losing one or both legs in Gaza.
Where MSF is involved, "most of the amputations... are being done as life-saving amputations," Alayyan said.
Afterwards, "we don't even have enough wheelchairs in our own hospital... much less prosthetic devices", she added.
With around 88,000 people wounded in Gaza, according to the health ministry, it will be a "proper catastrophe for years to come in terms of post-operative care, wound care, amputations, prosthetics", Alayyan said.
"Gaza itself needs to be rebuilt. So it's going to have to be rebuilt with wheelchair-accessible ramps all over the place for the thousands of people who are going to be in wheelchairs," she said.
"The war needs to stop... the healthcare system is completely destroyed."
A.Magalhes--PC