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Three more people starve to death in Gaza: Health Ministry
Gaza’s Health Ministry says three more people have died “due to famine and malnutrition” in the enclave over the past 24 hours, “all of them adults”. Their cases take the total number of hunger-related deaths in Gaza to 303, including 117 children, according to the ministry.
Gaza hospitals face ‘severe and dangerous’ shortage of blood, Health Ministry warns
Gaza’s Health Ministry has issued an urgent appeal to “all concerned parties” to replenish blood stocks as Israel’s war on the enclave continues.
It said hospitals are facing a severe shortage of blood units and components, worsened by the Israeli blockade on aid that has restricted the flow of medical supplies. According to the ministry, hospitals require more than 350 units daily, with the severity of injuries arriving at medical facilities demanding additional supplies to save lives.
It warned that traditional sources for replenishing stocks, including community donation campaigns, are shrinking due to widespread famine and malnutrition.
Nasser Hospital doctors fear they could ‘end up as a patient in their own hospital’
Al Jazeera has spoken with Anneliese Stephenson Wenn, a critical intensive care unit nurse volunteering at Nasser Hospital, about the situation in the facility after yesterday’s deadly attack.
She said hospital staff and patients are understandably “tense” and highly stressed.
“A lot of the staff have suffered severe psychological trauma,” Stephenson Wenn said. “They already know that Israel has no regard for their lives and this [latest attack] has really just cemented that.”
Healthcare workers, she said, are dealing with conditions that are “unsustainable”, often coming into work hungry, sleep-deprived and fearful for their families.
“They’re coming in after staying up all night listening to bomb strikes hit all around them and wondering if they’re going to be the next one that’s hit and if they’re going to end up as a patient in their own hospital,” Stephenson Wenn said.
Patients, she noted, are also deeply shaken after shrapnel from yesterday’s missile attack injured people in the hospital’s patient care area.
“Even when patients come here after being attacked outside the hospital, they’re still in fear for their lives while they’re in the hospital. Being here is no guarantee of safety,” she added.
Gaza death toll rises
At least 75 Palestinians, including 17 aid seekers, have been killed and 370 others injured in Israeli attacks on Gaza over the past 24 hours, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry.
It said the total death toll since October 7, 2023 has risen to 62,819, with 158,629 people wounded. The total number of aid seekers killed has reached 2,140 since May 27, when the GHF aid distribution mechanism was introduced.
