Alwaght- At least 11,000 injured Palestinians in Gaza are in need for urgent treatment abroad, Aljazeera cited Gaza Strip government media office's latest update.
It also estimated that 700,000 people have contracted infectious diseases as a result of displacement, while 60,000 pregnant women face health risks due to poor sanitary conditions.
The office said 350,000 chronically ill patients lack medications and 10,000 cancer patients are at risk of dying without treatment.
Gaza’s largest functioning hospital in Khan Younis remains under siege by Israeli troops with reports of medical staff being beaten and aid being blocked.
The medical crisis comes as the Israeli regime continues its attacks from air, ground, and sea in the besieged enclave.
A series of air strikes have hit Deir al-Balah in central Gaza, an area where displaced Palestinians are returning to since Israel intensified attacks on the southern city of Rafah.
Raids hit the east of the city, an area that has come under heavy bombardment over the past week, as well as the south. Ambulances were rushed to the scene to take casualties to the hospital.
“That was insane,” Hany Allouh, a 39-year-old father of two young children. “The rockets flew above us and caused an enormous explosion. They exploded one after the other, causing panic among the people in the streets.”
Tel Aviv plans an imminent operation in Rafah city in south of the Strip, the last shelter for 1.3 displaced civilians.
