Doctors Without Borders expressed its concern over the severe shortage of medical equipment in the Gaza Strip, which no truck from the organization has entered for more than two months, while the war expects more casualties.

Amber Alian, MSF's program officer in the Palestinian territories, said: "We are facing a severe shortage of many materials, such as compresses and surgical gloves," according to what Agence France-Presse reported, quoting her.

A statement by the organization published on July 5 said, “No MSF truck has entered Gaza since the end of April,” calling on Israel to open “more crossing points” toward the besieged Strip.

Alian added: “We receive people injured in bombing, shooting, and attacks with marches,” and “we see people living in miserable conditions, forced to prepare food on the ground, and we see cooking stoves exploding.”

To confront the shortage, the organization’s teams change bandages every four days, instead of two days previously, according to a pediatrician.

MSF still has anesthesia drugs, but fears they will run out. Alyan said: “If we continue like this, we will not be able to continue our work because we do not perform operations without anesthesia.”

At the end of June, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) estimated that an average of ten children were losing one or two legs every day.

She pointed out that "most amputations are done to save their lives... We do not have enough wheelchairs in our hospital, let alone artificial limbs."

In the Gaza Strip, more than 88,000 were injured, according to the Ministry of Health.

The MSF official stressed that "what we are talking about is a real disaster that will continue for years to come."

“Gaza will need to be rebuilt,” she explained. “So it will have to be rebuilt with paths everywhere that can be used by thousands of people in wheelchairs.”

She added, "The war must stop. The health system has been completely destroyed."