Spokesman for the Health Ministry Ashraf al-Qudra revealed Thursday that the fuel crisis in Gaza hospitals would be solved in the near future.
Speaking to the PIC reporter al-Qudra affirmed that international parties have recently intervened to supply Gaza hospitals and medical centers with fuel for five consecutive months.
The ministry has made contacts with the donor countries to intervene urgently to solve the fuel crisis before it is too late he continued.
The Gaza Strip which receives its electricity from Israel Egypt and its one power plant has been struggling to produce enough power for months.
The hospitals depend on private generators in addition to the power grid but Israel’s ten-year blockade has severely limited the supply of fuel to the coastal enclave.
The healthcare crisis been exacerbated by the blockade as well as three devastating wars since 2008.
