Dr. Ashraf Al-Qudra warned in press statements yesterday of the complete collapse of the health system in the Gaza Strip, threatening tens of thousands of patients with slow death.

Al-Qudra, in statements to Al-Quds.com, called for the serious repercussions of closing the Rafah land crossing, the main feeder to the lifeline of the Strip, and that closing the Rafah crossing for the eighth day would cause a major catastrophe that would shock the world with the large number of deaths.

Al-Qudra said, Abu Musa Al-Najjar Hospital has been out of service, and within hours the Kuwaiti Hospital will stop serving, due to the running out of fuel, and the decline in the level of services in the European Hospital to 30%, which means that the health system has completely collapsed.

Al-Qudra pointed to the cessation of drinking water pumps, the spread of epidemics and diseases, and the lack of life-saving capabilities for children and new births. The Israeli occupation forces continue to close the Rafah border crossing and the Karam Abu Salem commercial crossing in the southern Gaza Strip, for the eighth day in a row, which threatens to exacerbate the humanitarian catastrophe that the besieged Strip is suffering from.

Since Tuesday, the seventh of May, the Israeli occupation forces have occupied the Palestinian side of the Rafah border crossing and stopped the flow of aid to the Gaza Strip.

Since May 5, the occupation forces have continued to close the Kerem Shalom commercial crossing southeast of the city of Rafah, and are preventing the entry of humanitarian and medical aid.

The continued closure of the Rafah crossing, which is the main land crossing through which aid enters and the wounded and sick leave to receive treatment outside the Gaza Strip, threatens to exacerbate the humanitarian catastrophe, especially since the food stock in Gaza is nearing completion, according to UN organizations.

The closure of the two crossings coincided with the Israeli occupation forces expanding their ground and air attacks in all governorates of the Gaza Strip after demanding the displacement of people from large areas in Jabalia, north of the Strip, and east and south of the city of Rafah, and their incursion into the south of Gaza City and east of Khan Yunis.

Medical sources warned of the collapse of the health system in the Gaza Strip, in light of the continued closure of the two crossings to the entry of aid and fuel supplies needed to operate electricity generators in hospitals and ambulances.

Yesterday, Monday, the Palestinian Ministry of Health announced the collapse of the health system in most hospitals in the Gaza Strip, as a result of the Israeli occupation continuing to close all crossings in the Strip, which prevented the flow of fuel supplies, medicines and medical supplies to hospitals.

It pointed out that 30 hospitals have completely stopped in the Gaza Strip, with fuel and medicines running out, pointing out that the Israeli occupation forced medical teams to evacuate the Al-Kuwaiti Specialist and Abu Youssef Al-Najjar hospitals in the city of Rafah, which are subject to continuous bombardment by occupation aircraft and artillery.

The Al-Mawasi area, located to the west of the central and southern Gaza Strip, has become a displacement destination for the residents of the Strip. It is an area that lacks the minimum components and basics of human life.

The total area of Al-Mawasi is about 12 thousand dunums, representing 3% of the area of the Strip. It is desert sand dunes, an open area, not residential, and only one kilometer deep.

It starts from Deir al-Balah in the north, passes through the city of Khan Yunis in the south, to the city of Rafah near the Egyptian border.

Since October 7, the Israeli army has classified Al-Mawasi as a safe area, and has called on all residents of the Gaza Strip to move there. It shelters hundreds of thousands of displaced people from various regions, despite its lack of the minimum basic services and infrastructure, and is not suitable for human life.” The displaced people travel great distances in order to obtain drinking water and water for daily use, pointing out that the people depend on salty sea water to bathe and wash utensils and clothes, which makes life “very difficult.”