"Dante's Inferno looks like a tea party"

"Dante's Inferno looks like a tea party"

"Imagine a hospital with 5,000 to 15,000 civilian refugees, overwhelmed with patients who need surgical care, and then the lights go out. I think you can imagine how difficult that is," he said.

According to him, dozens of people were seriously injured in the Israeli bombardment of Gaza, while an incredible amount of stress sent pregnant women to premature birth.

He also expects, as he points out, that large epidemics will break out soon because the hygienic conditions, due to the lack of water and medicines. Inside hospitals, key equipment is without power, such as ventilators, monitors, infusion pumps and neonatal incubators, and according to information from social media this morning, hospitals are starting to operate without anesthesia.

Finally, describing the disastrous situation in Gaza, he used an Italian epic about hell, saying: "The situation in Gaza makes Dante's Inferno look like a tea party."