Gaza’s healthcare capacity down 70 percent, ministry says
Israel’s war on Gaza has knocked out much of Gaza’s health sector and reduced its clinical capacity by 70 percent, according to the enclave’s Health Ministry.
As a result, Gaza is relying more on field hospitals, which often lack basic services, to treat patients unable to find spots in hospitals.
As of June 7, the World Health Organization (WHO) had documented 476 attacks on healthcare facilities in Gaza, which killed 727 people and injured 933.
Gaza officials demand release of hundreds of medical workers in Israeli detention
The Government Media Office in Gaza has put out a statement about the situation concerning the treatment of Palestinian medical personnel by Israeli forces.
- “We call for an international investigation into the crimes of arrest and execution of Palestinian medical personnel by the occupation.”
- “The occupation’s execution of doctor Iyad al-Rantisi inside prisons is a horrific crime.” (The Gaza Health Ministry earlier today announced al-Rantisi’s death in Israeli custody.)
- “We demand the occupation’s release of 310 medical personnel who are being subjected to torture.”
- “We hold the occupation and the American administration responsible for the lives and safety of medical personnel.”
Doctors in main central Gaza hospital ‘exhausted’
At least two residential homes were targeted by the Israeli forces [in central Gaza], and all of those people who were killed and injured were transferred to Al-Aqsa Hospital here.
Most of the injuries were in serious conditions. This is a health facility that’s trying to treat at least one million Palestinians across the middle area [of the Strip].
This hospital is working with only one generator due to a lack of fuel. They have not received any medical supplies since Rafah was invaded because there has been no aid going into the Gaza Strip.
The doctors say they are very overwhelmed. They are exhausted, working with very few resources to save the lives of hundreds of Palestinians.
