Isabel Portillo
Screening Coordinator at Osakidetza -Basque Health Service, researcher in the Cancer Biomarkers group at the Biobizkaia Health Research Institute, and secretary of the Board of Directors of the Spanish Epidemiology Society
The study is of high quality, with a well-defined, structured and innovative methodology, using reliable, official sources and data both journalistic and published in networks.
The results and conclusions are solid, in accordance with the objectives and the methodology used: the destruction caused by the bombs and the effect according to the distance in the destruction, affectation of sanitary structures, hospitals....
It is a novel work since the description of the type of bombs, number of craters (indicating the lethal impact or not), the affected areas, allow us to situate the consequences of the conflict for Gaza without going into details of the number of victims, although it is cited in the bibliography (e.g. 40, 41, 42 and 43). In addition to the reports of the UN and human rights bodies.
Limitations have been described as there are geolocations that have been lost, as well as the quantitative impact of all victims, counting hospitalized people, refugees, health professionals and the lack of supplies so that health infrastructures can continue to function (electricity and water).
This study provides scientific evidence of the negative impact of this conflict and the non-respect of international human rights conventions, including the non-destruction and non-attack of health infrastructures and civilian population.