Three Gaza hospitals face imminent closure as latest Israeli raids kill 50

The UN warns that a deficiency of substance threatens to unopen down much aesculapian facilities arsenic Pope Francis describes Israel’s subject run arsenic ‘very superior and shameful’.

The United Nations warns that a deficiency of substance proviso successful Gaza threatens to unopen down much aesculapian facilities crossed the besieged territory, putting the lives of patients and newborns astatine “grave risk”.

The UN’s condemnation of the “deliberate and systematic” attacks connected Gaza hospitals came arsenic relentless Israeli strikes killed much than 50 much Palestinians successful the past 24 hours.

Gaza wellness officials connected Thursday said Al-Aqsa, Nasser and the European hospitals are astatine hazard of imminent closure, aft repeated Israeli bombardment and blockade of supplies, arsenic they look the aforesaid destiny arsenic Kamal Adwan, Indonesian and Al-Awda hospitals.

Al Jazeera’s Hani Mahmoud, reporting from Al-Aqsa Hospital successful Deir el-Balah, said the installation was present “overstretched” fixed an influx of much injured civilians, galore of them women and children, who had present faced a genocide for 15 months.

“Doctors are reporting astir the acute shortage of basal supplies, including surgical tools, antibiotics and painkillers,” helium said.

Dr Bushra Othman, wide surgeon and a unpaid astatine the hospital, said the concern is being assessed each 24 hours, arsenic officials effort to replenish supplies.

“At immoderate clip during the day, powerfulness and energy volition chopped out, and definite areas should beryllium protected specified arsenic the operating theatres, the intensive attraction unit, including the neonatal unit,” she told Al Jazeera.

At Nasser Hospital, Doctors Without Borders warned that the lives of 15 newborns successful incubators were astatine hazard owed to a shortage of substance for generators that supply energy to the facility.

“Without fuel, these newborns are astatine hazard of losing their lives,” said Pascale Coissard, MSF’s exigency coordinator.

Palestinians transportation the assemblage of a kid astatine the tract of an Israeli onslaught connected a location successful Nuseirat, cardinal Gaza Strip [Ramadan Abed/Reuters]

Al Jazeera’s Tareq Abu Azzoum, besides reporting from Deir el-Balah, said the ambiance successful the Palestinian territory “is rather charged with hostility and fear”.

“What we person seen implicit the past 24 hours has been precise bloody. The decease toll from the past time has truly been staggering,” helium said.

On Thursday, the UN bureau for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) renewed its telephone for a ceasefire. “More humanitarian assistance indispensable travel into Gaza and a ceasefire is much captious than ever,” the radical wrote connected X.

Despite the UN’s appeal, Israel continued its bombardment crossed the Gaza Strip.

Medical sources told Al Jazeera Arabic astatine slightest six Palestinians were killed successful attacks astatine dawn successful cardinal and confederate Gaza, portion astatine slightest 8 others were killed successful Jabalia successful bluish Gaza.

Wafa quality bureau reported that 4 Palestinians, including 3 children, were killed astatine Nuseirat exile campy portion respective others remained missing nether the rubble.

Wafa said Israeli strikes killed astatine slightest 51 civilians and injured 78 others successful the past 24 hours.

Since October 7, 2023, Israel has killed 46,006 Palestinians and wounded astatine slightest 109,378 others, according to Gaza’s Ministry of Health.

Meanwhile, Pope Francis connected Thursday stepped up his criticisms of Israel’s subject run arsenic “very superior and shameful”.

In his yearly code to diplomats delivered connected his behalf by an adjutant connected Thursday, the pope appeared to notation deaths caused by the cold weather successful Gaza, wherever determination is astir nary electricity.

“We cannot judge that children are freezing to decease due to the fact that hospitals person been destroyed oregon a country’s vigor web has been hit,” the substance of his code said.

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Al Jazeera and quality agencies