(MENAFN) On Monday night, the Palestine Red Crescent Society reported that the sole power generator at Al-Amal Hospital in Khan Yunis, located in the southern Gaza Strip, has ceased operations.
“Today, the sole power generator at Al-Amal Hospital, affiliated with the Palestine Red Crescent Society in Khan Yunis, stopped working. This threatens the lives of 90 patients receiving treatment at the hospital, including 25 patients in the medical rehabilitation department who are now facing the risk of death at any moment,” it stated.
The announcement verified that approximately 9,000 displaced individuals have sought shelter in both the society's headquarters and the hospital.
It also mentioned that “the hospital now relies on a small generator for limited electricity in the maternity ward and emergency department with the remaining fuel expected to run out within 24 hours.”
The society's headquarters as well as Al-Amal Hospital, which serves as the emergency operations center for the Gaza Strip, are impacted by the power generator's halt of operation, according to the declaration, "resulting in a loss of communication with the operation rooms across the Strip."
Exacerbating the crisis, Al-Quds Hospital, under the management of the Red Crescent, had to shut down on Sunday due to fuel depletion and power failures.
Over the last three days, Israeli forces have heightened their presence around hospitals in the northern Gaza Strip, coupled with repeated calls for residents in the northern area to relocate southward.
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