Gaza Hospitals Collapse Amid Israel Strikes and Aid Blockage
The Palestinian group involved in the war with Israel says that peace talks are difficult because of three main issues:
Not enough aid (like food, water, and medicine) is reaching Gaza.
Israeli forces have not fully left Gaza.
There are no strong promises for a permanent end to the fighting.
Meanwhile, Israel is still bombing Gaza, which has badly damaged many hospitals. Gaza is a small area that was already under a strict blockade by Israel before this war began nearly two years ago.
Palestinians and health workers say Israeli forces are attacking hospitals, but Israel denies this. Israel says that Hamas is using hospitals to hide weapons and run operations from underground, but Hamas says this is not true. Sadly, patients who need help, food, and water are suffering the most.
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), over 600 attacks have happened on health facilities during the war. WHO did not say who is responsible, but it said Gaza’s health system is falling apart. There’s not enough fuel or medical supplies, and hospitals are overwhelmed with injured people.
Out of 36 main hospitals in Gaza, only half are partly working. Dr. Muhammad Abu Salamiyah, the director of Al Shifa Hospital, says a fuel crisis could cause a huge disaster. Without fuel, hospitals, water plants, and drinking water systems cannot work. He says Israel is sending only small amounts of fuel, which is not enough.
Israel’s military aid agency, COGAT, has not commented on this issue.
Danger to Patients
Dr. Abu Salamiyah said they had to shut down the dialysis unit to save power for emergency rooms and operating theaters, which need electricity all the time.
He also said that about 100 newborn babies in Gaza City hospitals are in danger.
“If oxygen machines stop, the hospital won’t be able to help anyone. The lab and blood storage will also stop working. It could turn the hospital into a graveyard,” he warned.
At another hospital in Khan Younis, the Nasser Medical Complex, officials are also worried. The hospital needs 4,500 litres of fuel each day, but only has 3,000 — enough for just one day. Doctors are doing surgeries without electricity or air conditioning. Staff sweat is even dripping into open wounds, said hospital spokesperson Mohammed Sakr.
A UNICEF official, James Elder, who visited Gaza, said:
“You can have the best doctors in the world, but if they don’t have medicine, painkillers, or even electricity, it’s impossible to save lives.”
Gaza’s health ministry says Israel has killed more than 57,000 Palestinians. The war has also caused severe hunger, forced nearly all people in Gaza to leave their homes, and led to accusations that Israel is committing war crimes — accusations that Israel denies.
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