GAZA: Al-Awda Hospital in the city of Jabalia, north of the Gaza Strip, today announced the complete suspension of all its medical services due to severe shortage of fuel and medical supplies.
Earlier yesterday, Al-Awda Hospital warned that its medical services provided for the sick and wounded individuals inside the Hospital would stop due to the lack of medical supplies, medicines and fuel in light of strict military siege imposed by the Israeli forces on areas in the northern Gaza Strip.
The Director of the Monitoring and Evaluation Department in Al-Awda, Doctor Muhammad Salha, said in a press statement, ‘The complete cessation of services at Al-Awda Hospital will lead to a complete deprivation of basic health services for citizens, especially in light of the cessation of service by all hospitals in the north.’
He added, “The hospital’s cessation of operation will exacerbate the complex health crisis due to the ongoing Israeli aggression and siege since October 7.”
The doctor urgently appealed to all i
nternational, humanitarian and human rights organizations to put pressure on the occupation to supply the hospital with medicines, consumables, medical supplies and fuel.’
The occupation forces besieged Al Awda Hospital for 18 days, causing severe damage to the upper floors of the building, in addition to destroying a number of ambulance vehicles.
Since the beginning of the aggression on the Gaza Strip on October 7, Israel has put 31 hospitals out of service due to the intense missiles strikes. Israeli forces also partially targeted 152 health institutions.
The number of civilians killed since the start of the Israeli aggression on Gaza on October 7 has risen to 29,878, mostly women and children. At least 70,215 others were injured.
Source: Palestine News and Information Agency – WAFA