
️Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza:
The health and humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip has reached catastrophic levels as the occupation continues to block the entry of emergency medical supplies.
The few remaining operational hospitals in the Strip are running out of time and capacity to continue functioning amid severe crises.
Hospitals are witnessing extreme overcrowding of wounded and sick patients, far beyond their capacity—especially in inpatient and intensive care units.
The increasing number of critical injuries exceeds the capabilities of emergency, ICU, and surgical departments.
Only 45 out of 312 operating rooms are functional, under limited resources that make complex and emergency surgical procedures nearly impossible.
The collapse of medication and medical supply stocks is severely affecting specialized services—particularly for cancer and heart patients.
47% of essential medicines and 65% of medical consumables are completely out of stock.
Only 9 out of 34 oxygen stations are partially operational in supplying hospitals.
The lack of diagnostic imaging equipment limits the ability to carry out emergency and life-saving interventions.
49 electricity generators are operating on limited fuel supplies, unable to meet the needs of critical hospital departments.
338 cancer patients have died while waiting for permits to travel abroad for treatment.
11,000 cancer patients have lost access to treatment due to the destruction of specialized centers, medication shortages, and travel bans.
513 patients have passed away because the "israeli" occupation prevented them from leaving Gaza for treatment.
Kidney failure patients are facing extremely dire health conditions, with 41% of them having already died.
The "israeli" occupation has emptied northern Gaza of hospitals through sieges and deliberate destruction.
The wounded and sick in northern Gaza are left without medical care, increasing the burden on Gaza City’s exhausted hospitals.
Community blood donation drives have become futile due to worsening malnutrition and anemia cases.
Blood banks are suffering from a severe shortage of blood units and their components.
Cases of acute malnutrition are rising among children, especially infants, due to the lack of therapeutic milk.
Citizens in shelters and displacement camps are enduring the worst health and humanitarian conditions.
The absence of food and clean water sources has exacerbated the spread of infectious diseases.
Since the beginning of the year, there have been 59,000 cases of bloody diarrhea and 254,000 cases of respiratory infections.
There have been 337 reported cases of meningitis, including 259 viral cases.
Chronic patients are without medical follow-up or medications, posing serious threats to their lives due to possible relapses.
Rising temperatures, lack of water, and personal hygiene supplies are increasing the spread of disease and epidemics.
Vaccination rates have dropped to 80% amid the ongoing blockade on vaccines, especially for polio.
Continued "israeli" aggression means the total collapse of Gaza’s remaining health services.
The occupation’s obstruction of international institutions’ efforts further complicates the health crisis and puts the lives of patients and the wounded at risk.
The Ministry of Health renews its urgent appeal to all concerned parties to intervene immediately to save Gaza from an imminent health and humanitarian disaster.
Ministry of Health
25 June 2025
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