Gaza
Gaza health ministry blames Israeli blockade for health system collapse and deaths
Image credit: Shehab Wire (EN)
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Gaza's Health Ministry warned that the ongoing war and Israeli restrictions on medical supply imports have triggered an unprecedented deterioration of the health system, causing treatment protocols to halt and hundreds of patient deaths, Shehab Wire reported. The ministry attributed the crisis directly to the blockade imposed on the territory.
Essential medicines and supplies remain in acute shortage across Gaza's medical facilities amid the conflict.
