Medical sources warned of a real humanitarian disaster facing newborn babies in the nursery of Kamal Adwan Hospital, in light of the fuel crisis and shortage of medicines and medical supplies, as a result of the siege imposed by the Israeli occupation forces on the northern Gaza Strip, for the 13th consecutive day.

The sources indicated that the nursery department at Kamal Adwan Hospital, the only one that provides nursery services for newborns in the northern Gaza Strip, is full of cases, most of which are critical, and all of them are on ventilators.

She indicated that there are a number of cases waiting on the caesarean section schedule in order to be placed in the nursery, noting that the staff working in the nursery is still providing its services under the bombing and sounds of explosions.

Hospitals and medical centers in northern Gaza are suffering from a severe shortage of medical supplies and materials and are being directly targeted by the occupation forces, which has made them unable to carry out their responsibilities.

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs warned yesterday that the situation in northern Gaza is "catastrophic", with only three hospitals operating, as Israel intensifies its military aggression.

According to the official website of the United Nations, the official spokesman, Stephane Dujarric, said that the escalation in the north "severely undermines people's ability to access the means of survival."

He added that UN health partners reported that the three hospitals "are suffering from severe shortages of fuel, blood, trauma supplies and medicines," noting that with military operations continuing outside, about 285 patients remain in the Kamal Adwan, Al Awda and Indonesian hospitals.

The occupation forces are besieging more than 400,000 citizens in the northern Gaza Strip governorate (Jabalia and its camp, Beit Lahia, and Beit Hanoun), after it was separated from the Gaza governorate by earth mounds and the fire of military drones that comb the skies of the region, in addition to the artillery shelling of homes and citizens on the roads.