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UN warns Gaza hospitals, fuel supplies and communications are on brink as aid access remains restricted
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The United Nations warned that hospitals in Gaza are operating beyond capacity amid severe shortages of fuel, medical supplies and communications, and that pauses or denials of access for aid and repair teams risk shutting down lifesaving services.
The United Nations said Wednesday that hospitals in Gaza are overwhelmed and that a prolonged restriction on fuel and other imports is putting lifesaving services at immediate risk. UN officials said the Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis is treating about twice as many patients as it can handle and lacks ventilators, monitors, beds and staff to operate effectively.
UN Spokesperson (name not specified) quoted Secretary-General António Guterres’s recent remarks at the Security Council, citing the link between conflict and persistent poverty, and relayed briefings from the World Health…
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