GAZA, Jul 9 (NNN-WAFA) – The health capabilities in hospitals of the Gaza Strip are weak, and the fuel shortage is a major crisis for the health sector, a Palestinian medical official warned, yesterday.
Munir al-Bursh, an official with the Gaza-based health authorities, said in a statement that, 34 children have died due to severe food shortages in the northern region.
About 25,000 patients urgently needed treatment outside the Gaza Strip, but only 5,000 have managed to travel, he said, emphasising that, the situation in the Strip is extremely difficult, demanding the immediate opening of the Rafah crossing.
On Sunday and yesterday, the Regime’s military, instructed tens of thousands of people residing in 19 blocs in Gaza City, to immediately evacuate, according to a report published by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), yesterday.
As of yesterday, Al Ahli Baptist Hospital and the Patients Friends Association Hospital were evacuated, in fear of intensified military activities that would render them inaccessible or non-functional, and critical patients were transferred to the Indonesian and Kamal Adwan Hospitals, in North Gaza governorate, it added.
Mahmoud Basal, a spokesperson for Gaza’s Civil Defence, warned that, the situation in the Strip is “very dire and bitter,” amid the Zionist army’s entry from Gaza City’s eastern areas and the presence of military vehicles in the Shuja’iyya area, east of the city, since about 12 days ago.
He mentioned, injuries and deaths on the roads are difficult for rescue teams to reach, urging for international intervention to pressure Israel to stop these crimes against innocent civilians in Gaza.
During the past 24 hours, the Zionist military killed 40 people and wounded 75 others, bringing the total death toll to 38,193, and injuries to 87,903, since the Palestinian-Israeli conflict broke out, the Gaza-based health authorities said in a statement, yesterday.– NNN-WAFA
