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SvennoJ on 07 June 2025
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Israeli army targeting shelters and health facilities: Health Ministry

Director of field hospitals at the Ministry of Health in Gaza, Marwan al-Hams, has spoken to Al Jazeera about the ongoing Israeli attacks on Palestinians, including on healthcare facilities.

Here are his translated comments:

  • The war must stop so that the people of Gaza can live.
  • The occupation is bombing tents of displaced people from north to south Gaza.
  • The occupation wants to spoil the Eid joy for our people by bombing and starving them.
  • People are trying to take shelter in Nasser Hospital [in southern Gaza], but the occupation is bombing even hospitals.


Gaza hospitals completely overwhelmed: NGO

The director of medical relief in Gaza, Mohammad Abu Afsh, has spoken to Al Jazeera about the situation of hospitals in the war-torn enclave.

Here are his translated comments:

  • Hospitals lack medical supplies and are completely incapacitated, threatening the lives of those injured.
  • International organisations should work to bring medical supplies and medicines into the sector.
  • All hospitals in the north are either completely destroyed or severely damaged.


Southern Gaza hospital inaccessible following Israeli evacuation orders

The Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza says the al-Amal Hospital in Khan Younis was no longer accessible after the Israeli military designated the Red Crescent Society-operated hospital a “dangerous combat zone”, forcing residents to flee.

“There are many patients and medical staff in the hospital,” the ministry said in a statement.

“We call on all relevant institutions and authorities to provide protection for hospitals and health facilities, provide a safe route to enable patients and the injured to reach them, and provide them with medical supplies,” it added.


Gaza hospitals face shutdown as Israel blocks critical fuel supplies: Health Ministry

The Gaza Health Ministry says health facilities are facing dire restrictions imposed by the Israeli army related to the delivery of fuel supplies.

“The Israeli occupation prevents international and UN organisations from accessing fuel storage sites designated for hospitals, claiming that they are located in red zones,” it said.

“The obstruction of fuel supplies to hospitals threatens to stop them from operating, as they rely on generators to power vital departments.”

According to the ministry, the available fuel in Gaza’s hospitals is only sufficient for three days, putting thousands of patients at immediate risk if relief does not arrive soon.


Death toll in Israel’s war on Gaza rises

The total death toll from Israel’s war on Gaza has risen to 54,772 killed and 125,834 injured since October 7, 2023, according to the enclave’s Health Ministry.

Israel has killed 4,497 Palestinians and injured 13,793 since breaking a ceasefire in March this year, it added. At least 95 Palestinians have been killed and 304 injured in Israeli attacks across Gaza in the past 48 hours, the ministry said.