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Gaza hospitals may shut down over fuel shortage – report
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleGaza’s Hamas-run Health Ministry says the healthcare system in the coastal strip is on the verge of collapse, the Palestinian news agency Ma’an reports.
Hospitals may be forced to cease operations in the coming hours due to an electricity shortage.
Ashraf al-Qidra, a ministry spokesperson, is quoted by Ma’an saying that “Shifa Hospital, Kamal Adwan hospital, the European Gaza Hospital, and Rantisi Hospital could stop offering services because they are about to run out of fuel.”
“The current situation is the worst since the Ministry of Health was created in the Gaza Strip,” he adds.
Gaza receives its electricity from Israel, Egypt and a single domestic power plant.
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