An international medical aid group says the vast number of patients treated for gunshot wounds from months of border protests has overwhelmed Gaza's already fragile healthcare system.
Doctors Without Borders, known by its French initials MSF, on Thursday said thousands of Palestinians injured by Israeli gunfire during the ongoing Great March of Return protests were at risk of infection and disability because Gaza could not treat them adequately.
"The alternative - that thousands of patients will be left to deal with terrible injuries, with many permanently disabled and dependent on their families - is unconscionable when adequate treatment is within the world's grasp,"
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