{"id":19762,"date":"2025-07-03T12:20:40","date_gmt":"2025-07-03T12:20:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/?p=19762"},"modified":"2025-07-03T12:20:40","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T12:20:40","slug":"gaza-faces-unprecedented-medical-crisis-as-blockade-halts-life-saving-supplies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/2025\/07\/03\/gaza-faces-unprecedented-medical-crisis-as-blockade-halts-life-saving-supplies\/","title":{"rendered":"Gaza Faces Unprecedented Medical Crisis as Blockade Halts Life-Saving Supplies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ai-optimize-6 ai-optimize-introduction\"><em><strong>Watan<\/strong><\/em>-The Gaza Strip is facing the worst health crisis in its history, as patients struggle daily to survive amid a critical shortage of essential medicines and medical supplies.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-8\" data-start=\"503\" data-end=\"890\">The crisis is worsening each day under the tight Israeli blockade and continued closure of border crossings, which has prevented the entry of medications, medical equipment, and humanitarian aid since March 2. Thousands of patients\u2014especially the elderly, children, and pregnant women\u2014are at severe risk, as medicine stocks dwindle across government and UNRWA health clinics.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-9\" data-start=\"892\" data-end=\"1154\">Gaza\u2019s Ministry of Health has warned that over 47% of essential medications are now completely unavailable, and medical supply shortages have reached 65%. Insulin, blood thinners, iron, and even basic surgical materials are either gone or critically low.<\/p>\n<div class=\"relative flex-col gap-1 md:gap-3\">\n<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col grow\">\n<div class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-5\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"019da76a-a165-4027-9924-9cdaafe5ec22\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-4o\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[3px]\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert w-full break-words light\">\n<h3 class=\"ai-optimize-18\" data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"95\">Patients Suffer as Gaza\u2019s Medicine Stock Dwindles and Surgeries Are Canceled<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-10\" data-start=\"1156\" data-end=\"1568\">Individual patients, like 64-year-old Mohammed al-Madhoun, who suffers from diabetes, hypertension, and nerve disease, describe going four months without medication, resulting in frequent fainting spells. Yasser Ahmed, 36, reports cardiac symptoms worsening without treatment, while pregnant women like Asmaa al-Maqousi cannot access vitamins crucial for fetal health\u2014putting unborn children in grave danger.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16297\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16297\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-16297 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/789977777-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Gaza Faces Total Collapse\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/789977777-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/789977777-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/789977777-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/789977777-390x220.jpg 390w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/789977777.jpg 1155w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16297\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">medicine shortage in Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-11\" data-start=\"1570\" data-end=\"1897\">Medical relief officials warn of a spike in deaths, miscarriages, and malnutrition, especially among children, due to the absence of vitamins and chronic disease treatments. Director of Palestinian Medical Relief in Gaza, Bassam Zaqout, stated that available stocks may only last two weeks, depending on the medication.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-12\" data-start=\"1899\" data-end=\"1918\">Zaqout explained:\u201cKey drugs like pediatric insulin, blood thinners, and glandular treatments are gone. We\u2019re seeing increased rates of skin diseases, post-burn complications, and severe psoriasis due to poor hygiene and untreated conditions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-13\" data-start=\"2148\" data-end=\"2426\">Zacharia Abu Qamar, Director of Pharmacy at the Ministry of Health in Gaza, added that 53% of all medications are now unavailable, and that surgical operations are being canceled due to 36% shortages in surgical drugs and 35% in essential items like gauze and IV fluids.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16298\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16298\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-16298 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/74.jpg\" alt=\"medicine shortage in Gaza\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/74.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/74-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/74-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/74-390x220.jpg 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16298\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gaza health crisis<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"relative flex-col gap-1 md:gap-3\">\n<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col grow\">\n<div class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-5\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"1cb98141-399c-4478-86b8-6a49664c85b7\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-4o\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[3px]\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert w-full break-words light\">\n<h3 class=\"ai-optimize-19\" data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"85\">Gaza Faces Medical Collapse as Hospitals Shut Down and Aid Blocked<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-14\" data-start=\"2428\" data-end=\"2447\">Abu Qamar warned:\u201cOne missing item can cancel an entire surgery. We&#8217;ve stopped all non-urgent procedures. Only critical cases are being treated now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-15\" data-start=\"2584\" data-end=\"2852\">The Ministry is urgently appealing to the World Health Organization, UNICEF, and the Red Cross to pressure Israel to open the crossings and allow immediate medical relief, warning of an impending humanitarian disaster if no action is taken in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-16\" data-start=\"2854\" data-end=\"3093\">Meanwhile, UNRWA has reported that 45% of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/2025\/04\/22\/gazas-health-system-near-collapse-amid-israeli-siege-and-medical-shortages\/\">medical<\/a> supplies are depleted, with up to 25% expected to run out within six weeks. Essential drugs and blood products are nearing total depletion, while demands are increasing rapidly.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-17\" data-start=\"3095\" data-end=\"3351\">Since the war began on October 7, 2023, Israel has deliberately targeted Gaza\u2019s healthcare infrastructure, bombing hospitals and primary care clinics, leading to 80% of hospitals being shut down, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Watan-The Gaza Strip is facing the worst health crisis in its history, as patients struggle daily to survive amid a critical shortage of essential medicines and medical supplies. 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