GAZA, (PIC)
The Ministry of Health in Gaza has issued what it described as a “last call” to the United Nations and the international community, urging them to pressure the Israeli occupation authorities to allow fuel to enter and supply hospitals.
In a brief statement on Friday, the ministry said, “We issue a last distress call from inside the intensive care unit at Kamal Adwan Hospital, urgently requesting permission to allow fuel into hospitals in Gaza and the north, so that we can save the lives of the injured and sick before it is too late.”
The ministry described the situation at Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza as catastrophic, noting that the coming hours will be critical for the lives of many children in the intensive care unit due to fuel shortages and the occupation’s prevention of its arrival at northern hospitals, compounded by overcrowding.
Northern Gaza is experiencing a difficult reality imposed by the Israeli occupation, which has tightened its siege on all its residents and initiated a new ground military operation in Jabalia camp.
On October 6, 2024, the Israeli army announced the start of a ground military operation in Jabalia, claiming it was to prevent Palestinian resistance from regaining strength in the area, following hours of fierce attacks on the eastern and western regions of northern Gaza, including Jabalia, the most intense since May.
With the launch of the new military operation against Jabalia, the Israeli army began displacing Palestinians from three towns in northern Gaza, a move that appears to be an unannounced implementation of what has been referred to in the media as the Generals’ Plan, aimed at emptying northern Gaza and imposing a complete siege in preparation for settling Israelis in it.
In this context, the Government Media Office (GMO) called for immediate and urgent international intervention without hesitation to save what can be saved.
The GMO condemned the Israeli army’s criminal attempt to render northern hospitals non-operational, which threatens the lives of 400,000 people.
It held Israel, the US administration, and their partners in genocide fully responsible for these ongoing crimes against the Palestinian people.
Northern Gaza hospitals require 12,000 liters of fuel daily, while hospitals in the southern region need the same amount, but these quantities are not consistently available due to Israeli practices, forcing hospital management to rely on small generators with lower power outputs, according to the Health Ministry’s data.
Since October 7, 2023, the Israeli occupation has cut electricity to the Gaza Strip, which was covering various areas with an estimated 100 megawatts of power, while the only power plant stopped working after more than a month due to the prevention of fuel entry, plunging the area into a state of constant darkness amid a wave of widespread displacement.
The genocidal war waged by the Israeli occupation, with complete US support, against the Gaza Strip has entered its second year, resulting in over 139,000 martyrs and wounded, the majority of whom are women and children, 10,000 missing, and massive destruction of infrastructure.
