In a statement, Marwan al-Hams, director of the field hospitals in the Strip, emphasized that the intensive care units are full, but many serious cases are arriving daily.

“We ration the use of medical supplies and divide what is needed for one patient between two or three,” he lamented.

Al-Hams warned of the meningitis outbreak, which could also spread throughout the region.

This week, the director of the Medical Relief Organization in Gaza, Mohammed Abu Afash, noted that the health system in the coastal enclave is exhausted and cannot bear additional burdens.

Abu Afash emphasized the danger posed by the discovery of several cases of meningitis in children, amid the collapse of the health system in the territory due to the Israeli aggression.

“We need clean water, while sewage spreads among the tents and shelters… we also need antibiotics, tonics, and vitamins to strengthen children’s immunity,” he stressed.

This weekend, the Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Yunis, located in the south of the territory, announced 35 confirmed cases of meningitis in children.

Doctors described the incident as dangerous and worrying because it threatens to deepen the health catastrophe in Gaza caused by the war and the blockade imposed by Israel.

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