The Turkish-Palestinian Friendship Hospital, the only cancer treatment facility in Gaza, has stopped operating due to lack of fuel after weeks of blockade.
The Turkish-Palestinian Friendship Hospital is the 16th hospital out of 35 in Gaza to cease operations. Fifty out of 72 health clinics across the strip are also in a similar situation.
Inside the Turkey-Palestine Friendship Hospital in the Gaza Strip. Photo: AA
Since the conflict began, Israel has imposed a complete blockade on the Gaza Strip, cutting off fuel supplies, restricting food, water and electricity, and carrying out a series of deadly airstrikes. Israel says it does not allow fuel into the Gaza Strip due to concerns that Hamas forces will use it for military purposes.
Hospitals in the strip, already overburdened, are struggling to function amid severe fuel shortages. Cancer patients are not the only vulnerable group. According to the WHO, at least 50,000 pregnant women in Gaza are without access to essential health services, with about 5,500 due to give birth this month.
The fuel shortage is also pushing humanitarian operations in Gaza to the limit. Juliette Touma, spokeswoman for the United Nations Palestinian Refugee Agency (UNRWA), said the agency had not had access to new fuel in the Gaza Strip for more than three weeks.
"UNRWA urgently needs fuel. We have 670,000 people in shelters, four times the capacity. Fuel is a lifeline at this time," she said.
Duc Trung (According to Al Jazeera )
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