Gaza (Union)
Yesterday, the Palestinian Ministry of Health warned that the only oxygen generation station in Gaza City would stop within hours due to running out of fuel, putting the lives of dozens of patients at risk of death.
The ministry said in a statement: “Within hours, the only oxygen station in the Gaza Governorate is threatened with a complete shutdown, exposing the lives of dozens of sick and wounded people to inevitable death.”
It also warned that the medicines in the refrigerators would be damaged due to the lack of input of diesel fuel to operate the generator feeding the oxygen station and the refrigerators for storing medicines.
Since May 7, Israel has taken control of the Rafah land crossing in the southern Gaza Strip, despite international warnings of its repercussions, which has led to a worsening of the humanitarian situation due to the scarcity of fuel, medical supplies, and aid.
The Israeli army also put most of the hospitals in the Gaza Strip out of service after storming them and destroying large parts of them, which prompted the Ministry of Health to launch several distress calls to save the medical system, which was no longer able to absorb the huge amount of wounded.
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