After being destroyed by bombs and denied medical aid during Israel’s genocidal war since Oct. 7, 2023, Gaza’s healthcare system remains on the brink of collapse, despite nearly two months of a ceasefire.
On Dec. 7 Al Jazeera reports: “Doctors in the war-ravaged, besieged enclave say they are struggling to save lives because Israel is not allowing the most essential medical supplies in. Sweets, mobile phones, and even electric bicycles are permitted to enter, but antibiotics, IV solutions, and surgical materials are banned.”
Dr. Munir al-Bursh, the director general of Gaza’s Ministry of Health asserted, “We are facing a situation in which 54% of essential medicines are unavailable, and 40% of the drugs for surgeries and emergency care—the very medications we rely on to treat the wounded—are missing.”
