Gaza hospitals stop functioning, humanitarian crisis exacerbates
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The health crisis will inevitably lead to health consequences, including the cessation of life-saving procedures such as cardiac catheterization, interventional surgeries, and cesarean sections.
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A man transports an injured Palestinian baby into Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City following an Israeli airstrike on October 11, 2023 (AFP)
Hospitals in Gaza are under severe pressure due to a shortage of fuel, risking the shutdown of essential services and endangering the lives of the wounded and sick, exacerbating the humanitarian crisis.
Although the final death toll is uncertain, the number of martyrs in Gaza has exceeded 1,200, and the count is expected to rise further as people remain trapped beneath targeted buildings and ambulances struggle to reach them amid heavy fire.
Regrettably, this crisis will inevitably lead to health consequences, including the cessation of life-saving procedures such as cardiac catheterization, interventional surgeries, and cesarean sections. Furthermore, laboratory and blood bank services in 58 facilities are at risk of disruption.
Gaza's Health Ministry has declared that hospitals in the Gaza Strip are operating at full capacity, with patients even "lying on the floor" due to the high number of injuries resulting from the severe occupation aggression. They have further warned that health services in Gaza have reached a critical stage.
Did hamas ever attack the Israeli ambulance? No never
— sullaf (@sullafx1) October 11, 2023
But look what Israel is doing they just attacked the Palestinian ambulance in Gaza and killed four Palestinians were on their way to other injured by the Israeli bombs
You see the difference 🇵🇸 pic.twitter.com/bwTeFmdb2k
This comes after Gaza has been blocked from access to food, water, medicine, and electricity, forced by Israeli Security Minister Yoav Gallant.
Palestinian ambulance ablaze, hit by Israeli gas bomb in Huwara, near Nablus.#Palestine #Israel #Nablus pic.twitter.com/O3YvsRnbVV
— World Times (@WorldTimesWT) June 20, 2023
The United Nations announced today, Thursday, that more than 338,000 people have been forced to flee their homes in Gaza.
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) stated that the number of displaced people in the densely populated Gaza Strip, with a population of 2.3 million, increased by approximately 75,000 additional people on Wednesday, reaching a total of 338,934 displaced individuals.
The statement by the UN pointed out that sanitary facilities, serving more than one million people, have been targeted by air raids, leading to the accumulation of solid waste in the streets, and posing health risks.
