The already defeated health system of Gaza is in a state to collapse while blood banks are dry and Israeli forces continue to target clinics and facilities to house patients and inappropriate families while maintaining a helping.
The health officials of the besieged enclave reported on Wednesday that there was a serious blood shortage because many potential donors are too malnutric due to a serious hunger crisis induced by the Israelis who has so far cost the 193 Palestinian life, including five in the last 24 hours.
Hani Mahmoud, from Tel Aviv Tribune, reporting from Gaza City, said that blood donations were desperately necessary in remaining operational medical establishments at the Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza, Al-Aqsa hospital and Nasser hospital.
“We have seen in the blood banks many people who begged doctors to allow them to make blood to save their loved ones, but they had to be refused because they were not able to give blood due to dehydration and forced famine,” said Mahmoud.
Amani Abu Ouda, chief of the blood bank at the Al-Shifa hospital, said that most of the potential donors arrive are poorly fed, which affects the safety and quality of blood donations.
Consequently, she said: “When they give blood, they could lose consciousness in a few seconds, which not only endangers their health, but also leads to the loss of a precious blood unity.”
More than 14,800 patients in Gaza still have an urgent need for specialized medical treatment, warned the head of the World Health Organization (WHO), calling on the international community to act quickly.
“We urge more countries to move forward to accept patients and so that medical evacuations are accelerated on all possible routes,” Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in a statement published on X.
Israeli attacks continued to beat Gaza, killing at least 44 people on Wednesday.
A night attack in the Sheikh Radwan district of Gaza City injured dozens of people. The attack targeted the Sheikh Radwan Health Center, previously managed by the United Nations Agency for the Palestinians.
“Last night, while we dined, we suddenly heard people screaming, calling for evacuation. There was no time to take nothing from food, no clothes, no bedding. We just ran,” Tel Aviv Tribune Ghaleb Tafesh told Tel Aviv Tribune.
Among the people killed on Wednesday, there were 18 hungry help seekers, who were slaughtered when they approached the United Nations and aid distribution sites operated by the United States and the GHF supported by Israeli.
Until now, more than 1,560 Palestinians in search of aid have been killed by Israeli forces when he was trying to receive food since the GHF began to operate at the end of May.
This week, a group of special UN rapporteurs and independent human rights experts called for the dissolution of the GHF, saying that it is “a completely worrying example of the way in which humanitarian aid can be exploited for secret military and geopolitical agendas in serious violation of international law”.
Israel’s air and ground assault has also destroyed almost all of Gaza’s food production capacities, leaving their people dependent on aid.
A new report by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization and the United Nations satellite center have revealed that only 8.6% of Gaza cultivated land is still accessible as a result of Israeli forced evacuation orders in recent months. Only 1.5% is accessible and in good condition, he said.
Israeli blocking extends to medical supplies and fuel
Hamas, on the other hand, called for demonstrations around the world against famine in Gaza.
“We call on to continue and climb popular pressure in cities, capitals and squares on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, and every day to come with marches, demonstrations and demonstrations in front of the Zionist and American embassies,” said Hamas in a statement.
The blockade of Israel extends to medical supplies and essential fuel – shortages that have forced several medical installations to close in recent months.
Farhan Haq, deputy spokesperson for the UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, warned that the continuous blockade of Israel on the fuel entrance to Gaza affects “rescue” operations.
“Over the past two days, the UN has collected some 300,000 liters with the crossing of Karem Abu Salem (Kerem Shalom),” Haq to journalists told Haq.
“It is much less than what is necessary to maintain operations,” he said. “For example, our partners working in health have warned today that the life of more than 100 premature babies is in imminent danger due to the lack of fuel.”
Haq also said that, since March, more than 100 health workers, including surgeons and specialized staff, had been denied entry into the strip.
The fears are going on possible plans for an extended military offensive in Gaza
The last deaths occurred while Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was to announce a new military action – and perhaps Israel fully reoccupied Gaza. Experts say that the offensive and the blockade of Israel already push the territory of some 2 million Palestinians in famine.
The UN has called reports on a possible extension of Israeli military operations in “deeply alarming” Gaza if it is true.
Despite the international pressure for a ceasefire, the efforts to mediate a truce between Israel and Hamas collapsed.
An expansion of the military offensive in highly populated areas would probably be devastating.
“Where are we going?” said Tamer al-Burai, a displaced Palestinian living on the verge of Deir El-Balah in the center of Gaza.
“Should people jump into the sea if the tanks arrived or wait to die under the rubble of their houses?” We want an end to this war; Just enough. “
More than 61,158 Palestinians, including at least 18,430 children, have been killed in Gaza since the start of the war in October 2023, according to the Gaza Ministry of Health.
Forty-nine captives, including 27 who are dead, are still detained by Hamas, according to the Israeli authorities.