The Director General of the Ministry of Health in Gaza, Munir Al-Barsh, described a grim situation in the Palestinian coastal enclave, home to more than two million people.

Hospitals lack resources, medicine reserves are nearing zero, and patients are dying while waiting for treatment, the doctor emphasized, as quoted by the Al Quds newspaper.

He revealed that the shortage of basic medicines has reached 84 percent and emergency medicines 40 percent, while the lack of supplies has exceeded 71 percent.

“Wey don’t have gauze, and the various solutions will only last a month, which greatly hinders the provision of primary care,” he stressed.

He also highlighted the lack of a consistent fuel supply to keep the health facilities’ power plants running, the collapse of communications, and the near-total closure of laboratories. Al-Barsh explained that only five trucks loaded with medical supplies enter the Gaza Strip each week, despite the truce reached in the middle of last month and Israel’s commitment not to hinder or limit the entry of aid into the territory.

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