If France is “among the very first countries to provide aid”, according to the director of the Crisis and Support Center, “we are falling short of the needs”
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“More than a hundred patients were hospitalized aboard the Dixmude”, declared Tuesday January 16 on France Inter Philippe Lalliot, director of the Crisis and Support Center, a department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. This French military helicopter carrier was transformed into a hospital and deployed to treat Gazans. Anchored in the Egyptian port of Al-Arich since November 27, it will remain “one more month” provided that. Indeed, “he will leave on January 27.”
The report he details dates from Monday evening. “246 surgical procedures” were carried out on board the ship and “a little over 1,600 consultations”. “80 medical or paramedical personnel” are on board. These are “both members of the army health service, Civil Security and what we call the hospital reserve, that is to say civilian medical personnel who agree to leave their hospitals for a fortnight to serve on the Diksmuide”.
Philippe Lalliot also discusses the aid sent by France to Gaza, “by plane and by boat”. This represents “a little over 1,000 tonnes going not only to Egypt, but also to Jordan now, and we are working with Qatar as well”. It’s about “mainly food, medicine, tents and shelter”. France is “in the very first countries”, in terms of aid provided to Gaza. International aid which is not enough, according to him. “We are below needs,” he says.
