The region's healthcare system has failed as a result of Israel's savage onslaught against the Gaza Strip. Israel deliberately attacked Gaza's hospitals, closing them down so that the roughly one million residents of Gaza could only receive basic medical care at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir Al-Balah.
Since the hospital's capacity was surpassed three times over, several injured patients are being housed in tents nearby. Others pass away as a result of the hospital's overcapacity to handle more wounded patients, crammed operating rooms, and inadequate beds, supplies, and medical personnel.
A few days ago, the Gaza Ministry of Health declared that Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital is the only facility in the area now offering medical care to approximately a million people. It cannot take in any more injured because of the acute lack of supplies and medical staff. The escalating violence on the Strip aligns with this physiological condition. The number of wounded surpasses the hospital's capacity by more than three times, the Ministry of Health warned, adding that as long as the bombing continues, it is unable to handle further injured patients. In addition to some injured people dying because medical staff are unable to treat them properly because operating rooms are congested with patients with serious injuries and nearly no resources. Patients are sleeping on the hospital floor and in makeshift tents outside. Medical teams are having difficulty inside the hospital as a result of the hostility and the embargo on medical supplies. Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital's administration declared that a malfunctioning electricity generator posed a "humanitarian catastrophe" risk, potentially resulting in the demise of numerous sick, injured, and premature newborns.
The hospital's management said in the statement: "We declare that one of our electricity generators is out of service due to a technical fault, which threatens a humanitarian catastrophe that could result in the death of dozens of injured, patients, and premature infants in intensive care units and on ventilators that rely on electricity."
The Rafah crossing has been closed by the occupation since May 7th, prohibiting people from traveling abroad for medical care or assistance, and this has put further strain on the hospitals. Over the course of the last eight months, the continued Israeli onslaught on the Strip has claimed the lives of 36,550 individuals, injured 82,959 others, and left over 10,000 more unaccounted for.