Rafael Castro Delgado

Cargo

Emergency Physician (SAMU-Asturias), coordinator of the Research Group on Prehospital Care and Catastrophes (Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Asturias, ISPA) and professor of Emergency Medicine at the University of Oviedo.

University of Oviedo, Institute for Health Research of the Principality of Asturias (ISPA)

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emergencies

A study analyzes the proximity of bombs detonated by the Israeli army to hospitals in the Gaza Strip

public health

A study analyzes the proximity of bombs detonated by the Israeli army to hospitals in the Gaza Strip

SMC Spain

A study has used geospatial data and satellite imagery to analyze the number of MK 84 bombs dropped by the Israeli army in the Gaza Strip between October 7 and November 17, 2023 that detonated near hospital infrastructure. Of the 36 existing hospitals, 30 of them had suffered at least one explosion within 800 meters. According to the authors of the paper, which is published in PLOS Global Public Health, the research “reveals concerns about indiscriminate shelling near hospital infrastructure, which enjoys special protection under international humanitarian law.”