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<h1 class="gmail-reader-title">\u201cFinal Hours\u201d: Gazan Hospitals Issue Urgent Pleas Amid Fuel Shortages Caused by Israeli Blockade</h1>
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<p>Gaza (Quds News Network)- Two of Gaza\u2019s largest hospitals have
issued urgent pleas for help as fuel shortages caused by Israel\u2019s
ongoing aid blockade put the lives of premature babies and other
patients at grave risk.</p>
<p>Muhammad Abu Salmiyah, the director of al-Shifa Hospital, Gaza\u2019s
largest facility, told reporters that the lives of more than 100
premature babies and some 350 dialysis patients were at risk.</p>
<p>\u201cOxygen stations will stop working. A hospital without oxygen is no
longer a hospital. The lab and blood banks will shut down, and the blood
units in the refrigerators will spoil,\u201d Salmiyah said.</p>
<p>\u201cThe hospital will cease to be a place of healing and will become a graveyard for those inside,\u201d he said.</p>
<p>Abu Salmiyah went on to accuse Israel of \u201ctrickle-feeding\u201d fuel to
Gaza\u2019s hospitals, and said that al-Shifa\u2019s dialysis department had
already been shut down to conserve power for the intensive care unit and
operating rooms, which cannot be without electricity for even a few
minutes.</p>
<p>In Khan Younis, the Nasser Medical Complex said it has entered \u201cthe crucial and final hours\u201d due to the fuel shortages.</p>
<p>\u201cWith the fuel counter nearing zero, doctors have entered the battle
to save lives in a race against time, death, and darkness,\u201d the hospital
said in a statement.</p>
<p>\u201cMedical teams fight to the last breath. They have only their
conscience and hope in those who hear the call \u2013 save Nasser Medical
Complex before it turns into a silent graveyard for patients who could
have been saved.\u201d</p>
<p>Mohammed Sakr, a spokesman for the hospital, told Reuters that the
facility needs 4,500 litres (1,189 gallons) of fuel per day to function,
but it now has only 3,000 litres (790 gallons) \u2013 enough to last 24
hours.</p>
<p>Sakr said doctors are performing surgeries without electricity or air
conditioning, and the sweat from staff is dripping into patients\u2019
wounds, risking infection.</p>
<p>A video from Nasser Hospital, posted on social media, shows the
desperate working conditions while battling with chronic fuel shortages.
Doctors sweating profusely as they perform a surgery at the hospital.</p>
<p>\u201cEverything is turned off here. The air conditioning is turned off.
No fans,\u201d says a doctor as he demonstrates conditions in the ward. \u201cAll
the staff are exhausted(ed), they are complaining (about the) high
temperature.\u201d</p>
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<p>Marwan al-Hams, the director of field hospitals in Gaza, said that
\u201chundreds\u201d of people could die in the territory if fuel supplies are not
brought in urgently.</p>
<p>This includes \u201cdozens\u201d of premature babies who could die within the
next two days, he said. Dialysis and intensive care patients would also
lose their lives, he said, adding that the injuries of the wounded were
worsening amid deteriorating conditions, while diseases like meningitis
were spreading.</p>
<p>UNICEF spokesperson James Elder, who recently returned from Gaza,
said, \u201cYou can have the best hospital staff on the planet\u201d, but if they
are denied medicine and fuel, operating a health facility \u201cbecomes an
impossibility\u201d.</p>
<p>\u201cWhat little fuel remains is already being used to power the most
essential operations \u2013 such as intensive care units and water
desalination \u2013 but those supplies are running out fast, and there are
virtually no additional accessible stocks left,\u201d the UN\u2019s humanitarian
agency (OCHA) said on Tuesday.</p>
<p>\u201cHospitals are rationing. Ambulances are stalling. Water systems are
on the brink. The deaths this is likely causing could soon increase
sharply unless the Israeli authorities allow new fuel in \u2013 urgently,
regularly and in sufficient quantities.\u201d</p>
<p>A photo showing several premature babies placed in a single incubator
at a hospital in Gaza has been widely circulated on social media.
Commenting on the image, Dr. Munis al-Bursh said:</p>
<p>\u201cIn a heartbreaking scene that reflects the total collapse of Gaza\u2019s
healthcare system, six premature babies are crammed into one incubator, a
device designed for just a single infant. This isn\u2019t the result of
medical negligence, but of dire conditions: more than 22 hospitals have
been forced out of service by Israeli airstrikes, the blockade has
prevented the entry of essential medical equipment, and both fuel and
electricity have been completely cut off.\u201d</p>
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<p>On March 2, Israel announced the closure of Gaza\u2019s main crossings,
cutting off food, fuel, medical and humanitarian supplies, worsening a
humanitarian crisis for 2.3 million Palestinians, according to reports
by human rights organisations who have accused it of using starvation as
a weapon of war against Palestinains.</p>
<p>An Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) report in May
warned that almost a quarter of the civilian population would face
catastrophic levels of food insecurity (IPC Phase Five) in the coming
months.</p>
<p>After more than 80 days of total blockade, starvation, and growing
international outrage, limited aid has allegedly been distributed by the
GHF, a scandal-plagued organization backed by the US and Israel,
created to bypass the UN\u2019s established aid delivery infrastructure in
the Gaza Strip.</p>
<p>Most humanitarian organisations, including the UN, have distanced
themselves from GHF, arguing that the group violates humanitarian
principles by restricting aid to south and central Gaza, requiring
Palestinians to walk long distances to collect aid, and only providing
limited aid, among other critiques. </p>
<p>Moreover, Israeli mass killings of aid seekers near GHF aid sites
have become a grim daily reality amid chaotic scenes, as desperate
Palestinians are given only a narrow window to rush for food and are
targeted by Israeli forces. Since the GHF started its operations on May
27 in Gaza, over 770 aid seekers have been killed and over 5,100 others
injured, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry. </p>
<p>The UN confirmed that Israel is still blocking food from reaching
starving Palestinians with only a few trucks of aid having reached Gaza.<br>
But fuel has not entered the territory in more than four months.</p>
<p>Just 18 of Gaza\u2019s 36 general hospitals are partially functioning,
according to the WHO. The health sector is \u201con its knees,\u201d it added,
facing severe shortages of fuel and medical supplies amid a constant
influx of mass casualties.</p>
<p>Israeli air strikes and months of bombardment have devastated Gaza\u2019s
hospitals, many of which were already struggling under the Israeli
blockade.</p>
<p>Palestinian medics and health officials have repeatedly accused the Israeli military of deliberately targeting hospitals.</p>
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