An-Najah News - The Euro-Med Monitor said during the 45th session of UNHRC that the “the 13-year-long Israeli arial, naval and ground blockade against two million people in the Gaza Strip have severely impacted all spheres of life.The economic and health sectors as the most heavily damaged

 “As Gaza battles an outbreak of Covid-19, it faces a 47% shortage in essential drugs and 33% shortage in medical consumables said Euro-Med Monitor’s Tayim Al-Youssef.

Its people are unable to seek medical treatment abroad, and the pandemic has further compromised the enclave’s fragile economy.

 In other words, Gaza’s blockade becomes almost a death sentence during the pandemic.

“Civilian populations should not bear the full brunt of political disputes between different groups or countries. 

However, as we could see in Gaza, sanctions have been indiscriminate in their impact and have been a tool of collective punishment that have heavily worsened the lives of civilians to pressure or extract concessions from political elites.