GAZA, July 11, 2025 (WAFA) – Patients in hospitals across the Gaza Strip are facing critical, life-threatening conditions due to a severe fuel shortage, which is essential for powering hospital generators and ambulances, according to medical sources. The crisis results from the ongoing Israeli blockade that continues to restrict fuel entry into the besieged enclave.

Medical sources told WAFA correspondent that current fuel supplies are far from sufficient to sustain full hospital operations. This has forced hospitals to impose extreme rationing, including shutting down certain departments and delaying or halting essential services like dialysis.

Ambulance services are also severely impacted, with many civilians resorting to transporting the injured and sick via animal-drawn carts.

The sources warned that patients, especially those in intensive care units and reliant on life-saving equipment, are in constant danger. Fuel is being delivered in limited, inadequate quantities on a daily basis, leaving medical teams to operate under extreme stress and hazardous conditions.

Medical sources appealed to all responsible bodies to urgently intervene and ensure a consistent and sufficient fuel supply to keep hospitals and emergency services functional, emphasizing that lives are at stake.

T.R.