Several trucks with medicines and health material of the World Health Organization (WHO) will enter the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, the Ministry of Health of the Enclave said in a message, which asked the population to protect the shipments to ensure that they reach the hospitals.
According to Gazatis Health sources, today will be the second time that health supplies and blood bags for transfusions have come since March, when Israel imposed a total humanitarian block in Gaza before breaking the high fire in force since January.
“The articles that are expected to arrive are of great importance (…) to continue providing medical attention to the injured and sick and save lives,” the ministry said in their message.
The lack of medical and fuel resources is leading to the Gazatí health system, according to various international organizations and the health authorities themselves in the strip, despite the fact that Israel softened somewhat the restrictions at the entry of supplies in May.
In fact, in the northern region of the Strip there is no operational hospital since last June because of the constant Israeli bombings and the army evacuation orders.
Meanwhile, the Palestine Red Crescent reported Tuesday that one of its clinics in Ciudad de Gaza, that of the Zeitún neighborhood, has ceased its operations for the bombings in the area, “which are a serious threat to the safety of medical equipment and patients.”
“The clinic had been attending thousands of patients, especially as the area was increasingly saturated with displaced residents of East of Gaza after the evacuation orders issued by the Israeli occupation,” the group denounced in a statement.
The organization also warned that “with the closing of the clinic, thousands of civilians will be forced to walk long distances to access medical care or vaccinate their children.”
Since the beginning of the Israeli offensive, Israeli evacuation orders and military operations have forced 18 red crescent clinics in the enclave, according to the group.
Source: EFE
