[Israeli-Palestinian Conflict]Material shortages, power shortages, Gaza hospitals on the verge of collapse

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(Gaza Strip, Khan Younis Comprehensive News, 16th) Under Israel’s “comprehensive siege” and bombing of the Gaza Strip, the humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip is further deteriorating. The United Nations and local doctors have warned that the fuel reserves for power generation in medical facilities in the Gaza Strip can only last for another 24 hours, and that if the backup generators lose power, the lives of thousands of patients will be endangered. The local Palestinians are struggling to find food, water and safe shelter.

United Nations: Release hostages without blocking humanitarian aid

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned in a statement on Sunday that the Middle East is on the “edge of the abyss.” He urgently called on the Palestinian armed group Hamas to immediately and unconditionally release all hostages and urged Israel to allow humanitarian aid to enter Gaza.

“Both objectives are legitimate for each other, should not be used as bargaining chips and must be implemented because it is the right thing to do,” Guterres said.

With the support of an increasing number of U.S. warships heading to the Mediterranean for assistance, Israeli troops are deploying and practicing on the Gaza border in preparation for a larger-scale Hamas military operation.

Gaza Ministry of Health: Israeli-Palestinian death toll reaches more than 4,000

The Ministry of Health in Gaza said that since the new round of conflicts, 2,670 Palestinians have been killed and 9,600 injured, and the number of casualties has exceeded the six-week Israeli-Palestinian conflict in 2014. On the Israeli side, 1,400 people were killed, most of them civilians, and at least 155 people, including children, were taken hostage in Gaza by Hamas.

According to Israeli military spokesman Conricus, several high-ranking Hamas personnel were killed, and Israel recruited 360,000 reservists.

Earlier on Sunday, a Palestinian-British doctor from the humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders warned that the hospital no longer has enough equipment to treat patients. “The medical supplies used every day have reached a month or a month and a half.”

Most of the injured in forced explosions in the intensive care unit were children

Kandel, a doctor at Nasser Hospital in the southern town of Khan Younis, said the intensive care unit was overwhelmed by the injured, most of whom were children under 3 years old. Hundreds of bomb-wounded people were taken to hospitals, which were expected to run out of fuel on Monday.

He pointed out that there are 35 injured and sick patients in the intensive care unit who need respirators, and 60 people need kidney dialysis. If the power generation fuel runs out, “it means that the entire health system is forced to shut down. Once the power is terminated, all injured and sick patients may die at any time.”

The Israeli army is expected to launch a ground offensive in Gaza and has previously called on people in the northern Gaza Strip to evacuate to safe locations in the south. The Gaza Strip has a population of nearly 2.4 million, nearly half of whom live in the north.

Hospitals stay in the north for injured and sick patients and do not evacuate

Jibu Shafia, director of pediatrics at Andawan Hospital in northern Gaza, said the hospital will not evacuate because there are seven newborns in the intensive care unit who must rely on ventilators. Once evacuated, they and other injured and sick patients will not survive.

Mandari, the World Health Organization (WHO) regional director for the Eastern Mediterranean, said hospitals could move some mobile patients out of the north, but most patients could not be evacuated.

The morgue is overflowing and the bodies are being buried collectively.

Shifa Hospital, the largest hospital in the Gaza Strip, said it would bury 100 bodies collectively as an emergency measure because the morgue was full. And tens of thousands of people gathered inside the hospital to take shelter.

Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency in the East Lazzarini pointed out that an unprecedented humanitarian disaster is happening before our eyes. He noted that UNRWA operations in Gaza were on the verge of collapse.

Federal relief workers: More and more desperate calls for help

He said, “Every hour, we are receiving more and more desperate calls for help from residents across Gaza.” People are continuing to flow into southern Gaza, and local schools and other facilities are already overwhelmed.

He also noted that the health conditions there were appalling. The UNRWA Logistics Base reported that hundreds of people shared a toilet there. He said: “The elderly, children, pregnant women, and disabled people are all deprived of basic human dignity. This is a shame!”

Israel has cut off food, medicine, water, electricity and other essential supplies to Gaza.

U.S. National Security Adviser Sullivan told CNN on Sunday that Israeli officials informed him that water pipes in southern Gaza had been reopened to restore water supplies. But Dahan, a spokesman for the Israeli Ministry of Energy and Water, said only one location in southern Gaza had water. Aid workers in Gaza said they saw no signs of water supplies being restored, and a Gaza government spokesman said there was no water flowing.

Israel has said it will lift its blockade on Gaza only if all Israeli hostages are released.

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