Hamas health ministry: Hospitals to cut or stop services ‘within 48 hours’ over fuel shortages

The Hamas government’s health ministry warns that all hospitals in Gaza will have to stop or reduce services “within 48 hours” for lack of fuel, blaming Israel for blocking its entry.

“We raise an urgent warning as all hospitals in Gaza Strip will stop working or reduce their services within 48 hours due to the occupation’s (Israel’s) obstruction of fuel entry,” Marwan al-Hams, director of Gaza’s field hospitals, says during a press conference.

“We call on international institutions to exploit the decision of the International Criminal Court to stop the genocidal war in the Gaza Strip,” he adds.

WHO spokeswoman Margaret Harris said on Tuesday that the organization was “particularly concerned about Kamal Adwan Hospital” in Beit Lahia, where Israeli forces launched an offensive against Hamas last month.