WHO urges immediate fuel aid to save Gaza’s health system

The World Health Organization (WHO) issued a dire warning on Wednesday, stating that Gaza’s health system is on the verge of a “complete shutdown” due to a critical lack of fuel.
In a post on X, the WHO reported that no fuel shipments have entered the Gaza Strip for over 120 days, crippling humanitarian operations and pushing hospitals to the brink of collapse. The organization urgently called for the immediate entry of fuel to avert a catastrophic failure of the region’s healthcare infrastructure.
The warning comes amid escalating violence in Gaza, where 80 people, including 15 individuals suffering from starvation, were killed and dozens more injured on Wednesday due to Israeli attacks. The strikes, which included shelling and gunfire, targeted homes and residents waiting for aid across the northern, central, and southern parts of the Gaza Strip, according to medical sources and eyewitnesses.
The ongoing Israeli aggression has worsened Gaza’s already dire humanitarian crisis, with the death toll now standing at 57,012 and 134,592 people injured, according to the latest statistics. The WHO’s plea for fuel underscores the urgent need for international intervention to address both the humanitarian and medical crises gripping the region as the violence continues. (ILKHA)
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