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The World Health Organization (WHO) representative stated that nearly 42,000 Palestinians in Gaza have suffered "life-changing" injuries, about a quarter of whom are children.
Peeperkorn told reporters during a UN briefing that the organization has counted a total of 167,000 people injured in the Gaza Strip as of October 2023, in line with previous WHO estimates.
More than 5,000 Palestinians have faced amputations, Peeperkorn said, with 22,000 injuries to arms and legs, more than 2,000 spinal cord injuries and 1,300 brain injuries also recorded.
Meanwhile, Gaza's health system is teetering on the "brink of collapse," the WHO representative said, with fewer than 14 of Gaza's 36 hospitals remaining "minimally" functional.
More than 90 percent of the staff of al-Shifa Hospital have also fled during Israel's current offensive on Gaza City.
"You can't even call it a trauma ward ," Peeperkorn said.
Furthermore, the WHO faces "rapidly decreasing shortages of essential materials such as gauze" and materials for blood transfusions, including blood components and bags.
" WHO has provided them, but we are currently having difficulty getting them in because many of the entrances are currently closed ," he said.
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