5,000+ children in Gaza are at risk of death due to a shortage of medicine and treatment

Mohammed Abu Aisha, director of the Medical Relief Society in the Gaza Strip, has warned of a worsening health crisis. He confirmed that children are dying every day due to disease and lack of treatment.

Thousands of children are suffering from serious health conditions that require treatment outside Gaza. However, the occupation continues to block the entry of emergency humanitarian and medical aid.

In televised statements to Al Jazeera, Abu Aisha explained that more than 5,000 children urgently need to be transferred abroad for medical care. He stressed that Gaza’s remaining medical capacity can no longer meet the scale of demand. He added that health and humanitarian institutions are facing severe shortages of food, medicine, and medical supplies. This shortage is intensifying the suffering of patients, particularly children, older people, and the wounded.

Gaza children need urgent treatment

Abu Aisha said the Israeli occupation remains obstinate in restricting emergency aid from entering Gaza. This obstruction is deepening the humanitarian disaster and crippling the ability of medical teams to save lives.

He called on the international community to meet its legal and humanitarian obligations. He urged immediate pressure to open crossings and allow the unhindered flow of aid.

Abu Aisha warned that continuing along this path risks the total collapse of Gaza’s health system. Without urgent intervention, the crisis could escalate into an even wider humanitarian catastrophe.

The Gaza Strip is experiencing an unprecedented health and humanitarian emergency. This is the result of an ongoing war of extermination, widespread destruction of health infrastructure, and the systematic targeting of hospitals and medical centres. Severe restrictions on the entry of medicines, medical supplies, and fuel have exhausted what remains of the health system. It is now unable to respond to growing needs, particularly as disease and malnutrition spread among children.

An increasing number of patients require specialised treatment that is simply unavailable inside the Strip.

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