A report from the ministry, checked by the Islamist group Hamasbrings the death toll to 18,205, 70 percent of whom are women and children, and at least 49,645 injured.
Health warned again about the dramatic situation of the health care system in Gaza, with almost 300 deaths among medical workersmore than 300 injured and a bed occupancy of 274 percent, of which 227 are in intensive care.
The ministry increased the number of intensive care beds in the south of the Palestinian enclave from 33 to 84, but the occupancy rate still stands at more than 200 percent.
In this extreme situation, in addition to the victims of the war, Gaza’s health care system is dealing with the increase of diseases, with more than 325,000 affected by infectionsin addition to other conditions, such as respiratory diseases.
Health workers do what they can in the face of a lack of medicine, a shortage of water and fuel or a lack of security, he stressed.
The ministry reported that 137 health centers were attacked 22 hospitals and 52 health centersin addition to more than 100 ambulances that were out of service.
Increasing pressure on health centers in areas where thousands of displaced people are arriving, especially in the south of the Gaza Strip, the lack of medical staff and the difficulties of humanitarian organizations in supporting the healthcare system in Gaza are worsening the situation, the ministry said. .
According to the ministry, this is because of the passage of Rafah, bordering Egypt, 658 patients were evacuated, of whom 444 were injured and 214 with various diseases.
The Israeli non-governmental organization Doctors for Human Rights warned on Monday that these figures represent less than 1% of the injured.
Source: El heraldo
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