In statements to the press, Ismail Al-Thawabta, head of the government’s media office in Gaza, expressed that the crisis “is placing the medical system on the brink of a true humanitarian catastrophe.”

Israel only allowed the entry of a mere 42% of the trucks loaded with aid after the ceasefire came into effect on October 10 of last year, he emphasized. As an example, he cited that from January 15 to February 7, 5,831 vehicles arrived, out of the 13,800 planned.

It revealed that they lack 46% of the essential medicines list, 66% of medical supplies, and 84% of laboratory materials and blood bank supplies.

It also described medical services as merely formal and very limited because they do not guarantee the continuity of aid.

The situation in Gaza represents a clear humanitarian crime, and the continuation of this reality is a flagrant violation of international law that places the entire world before its moral responsibilities, it stated.

The deterioration of the health situation has reached catastrophic levels that threaten the right to life and health of more than two million people, it warned.

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