Palestinian Health Ministry: The occupation prevents the entry of fuel into hospitals in Gaza

Occupied Al-Quds, (ST)- The Palestinian Ministry of Health confirmed that the Israeli occupation prevents the entry of fuel into hospitals in Gaza and the northern Gaza Strip.

The Ministry called on the international community to pressure the occupation to allow the entry of fuel.

The Ministry clarified that fuel has not yet been delivered to Al-Shifa Medical Complex, Kamal Adwan and Al-Ahly Hospitals in Gaza, and the rest of the hospitals in the northern Gaza Strip.

The Ministry pointed out that the occupation destroyed a number of medical equipment and devices during its raids on  hospitals, threatening the lives of thousands of wounded and sick people in Gaza Strip.

The Ministry indicated that the medical aid that arrived in Gaza Strip does not meet the need, and that the field hospitals coming to Gaza have not yet entered service despite the urgent need for them.

The Ministry pointed out that the occupation refuses to bring in the necessary medications to treat cancer patients and that 600 people in Gaza need dialysis three times a week and cannot find treatment. In this regard, it indicated that it is trying, with local capabilities, to restart the dialysis center at the Indonesian Hospital in Gaza.

The Ministry warned that the lack of water and hygiene materials increases the risk of the spread of epidemics, which exacerbates the humanitarian catastrophe that the Strip is experiencing.

Nada Haj Khidr