WHO: Gaza's health system is on the brink of collapse

The World Health Organization called on Tuesday for fuel to be allowed into the Gaza Strip to keep its remaining hospitals running, warning that the besieged territory's health system was on the "brink of collapse."

“Fuel has not entered Gaza for more than 100 days, and attempts to bring in stocks from evacuation zones have been rejected,” said Rick Peeperkorn, the organization’s representative in the occupied Palestinian territories. He noted that this, coupled with the severe shortage of supplies, is pushing the health system to the brink of collapse. Peeperkorn added that only 17 of Gaza’s 36 hospitals are currently operating at minimal or partial capacity, with a total of about 1,500 beds, about 45 percent fewer than before the war began.

He noted that all hospitals and primary health care centers in northern Gaza are out of service.