Gaza
Oil shortages force Gaza hospitals to ration generator fuel
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Gaza's largest functioning hospitals are rationing generator fuel as engine oil shortages deepen across the territory, according to Al-Monitor. Medical staff have warned that cascading power cuts threaten core hospital operations, leaving patients waiting for treatment in sweltering wards without reliable electricity. The shortages of engine oil have become acute enough that facilities can no longer sustain continuous generator use.
Homes throughout Gaza face identical electricity crises as residents struggle to keep their own generators operational amid the fuel scarcity. The shortage of engine oil compounds existing infrastructure challenges in the densely populated coastal enclave, where power supply was already fragile before shortages intensified. Both hospitals and households now confront difficult choices about rationing limited fuel supplies.
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