Marwan al-Hams, director general of field hospitals at the Palestinian Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip, said that the health sector is subjected to systematic Israeli aggression by preventing the entry of medicines, and besieging and targeting hospitals and medical staff.
Al-Hams said, in an exclusive statement to the Qatar News Agency (QNA), that the occupation forces aim to destroy the rest of the health infrastructure in Gaza, after destroying 75% of it. He pointed to the ongoing aggression against Kamal Adwan Hospital in the northern Gaza Strip and the killing and arrest of doctors and their families.
He explained that patients suffer a lot due to the lack of medicines, food and blankets for them, and the depletion of medicines for people with chronic diseases, which caused them serious complications, including the loss of life. The Director General of Field Hospitals pointed to the increasing cases of dehydration, malnutrition and death from hunger, in a precedent that did not pass for doctors before the genocidal war waged by the Israeli occupation forces on the Gaza Strip.
He stated that the deteriorating situation has reached a severe shortage of medical laboratory supplies and materials, and that the occupation prevents the entry of equipment for conducting medical examinations after most of them were disrupted. He called for the need to pressure the occupation to stop its war on Gaza, so that the health sector can provide service to Palestinian citizens.