Fallujah doctor blasts Iraq’s airstrikes for civilian deaths
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Airstrikes carried out over the last two weeks by the Iraqi Army against the Islamic State, or ISIS, have been causing heavy collateral damage on the civilian residents of Fallujah, the city's top health official reported Wednesday.
“The random airstrikes carried out by the Iraqi air forces against Daesh [ISIS] gunmen have killed 71 people and wounded 90 others,” Ahmad Shami, head of physicians in Fallujah Hospital, told Rudaw.
Iraqi security forces have been attacking the ISIS-held city in Anbar province with heavy weapons and warplanes since 2014.
Shami evaluated the condition of most of the injured as critical, adding that the lack of sufficient medical supplies in Fallujah has put many lives in risk.
“They [wounded civilians] suffer from very serious injuries. We also suffer from not having enough medicine and experienced medical staff to treat them inside the city,” he added.
Shami accused the Iraqi Ministry of Health, Anbar health center, and international humanitarian organizations of ignoring the case of Fallujah.
Fallujah has been under ISIS control since it was overrun in January 2014. According to Rudaw reports from the front, there has been little progress in efforts to retake the Sunni-majority city.
Fallujah is located roughly 69km west of Baghdad on the Euphrates River.
“The random airstrikes carried out by the Iraqi air forces against Daesh [ISIS] gunmen have killed 71 people and wounded 90 others,” Ahmad Shami, head of physicians in Fallujah Hospital, told Rudaw.
Iraqi security forces have been attacking the ISIS-held city in Anbar province with heavy weapons and warplanes since 2014.
Shami evaluated the condition of most of the injured as critical, adding that the lack of sufficient medical supplies in Fallujah has put many lives in risk.
“They [wounded civilians] suffer from very serious injuries. We also suffer from not having enough medicine and experienced medical staff to treat them inside the city,” he added.
Shami accused the Iraqi Ministry of Health, Anbar health center, and international humanitarian organizations of ignoring the case of Fallujah.
Fallujah has been under ISIS control since it was overrun in January 2014. According to Rudaw reports from the front, there has been little progress in efforts to retake the Sunni-majority city.
Fallujah is located roughly 69km west of Baghdad on the Euphrates River.