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UN warns of medical-supply shortages in Gaza after strike near Al Aqsa Hospital
Summary
UN humanitarian partners reported strikes across Gaza, including an attack near Al Aqsa Hospital that damaged medical storage and destroyed supplies; the UN said some critical items await Israeli approval to enter the territory and warned of severe shortages including insulin and dialysis supplies.
The United Nations said humanitarian partners reported continued daily air strikes, shelling and shooting across Gaza over the weekend and that one strike hit the area of Al Aqsa Hospital, damaging an adjacent medical storage facility and destroying essential medical supplies.
"Health care facilities must never be attacked or militarized," spokesperson Farhan said, citing World Health Organization reporting that some WHO-delivered supplies were destroyed and that the hospital building sustained minor damage.
The briefing listed specific shortages that are affecting care: insulin for type 1 diabetes, cardiovascular medicines, glucometers and blood glucose test strips, blood pressure monitors, vascular access supplies for hemodialysis, and cardiac catheterization materials. The spokesperson said several types of supplies remain pending Israeli approval to be brought into Gaza, including alcohol-based disinfectants.
UN partners reiterated that the concentration of some 2,100,000 people in a small part of the strip and continued hostilities intensify the humanitarian crisis and complicate the delivery of essential medical care.
