Raed al-Nams, media officer at the Palestinian Red Crescent Society in Gaza, said on Monday that dozens of wounded people were evacuated from hospitals in the northern Gaza Strip to the Baptist and Shifa hospitals in Gaza City.

Al-Nams confirmed in media statements on Monday that the health system in the hospitals of the northern Gaza Strip is deteriorating, and there is a shortage of resources and medical supplies and a shortage of personnel.

He pointed out that there are a large number of injured people in hospitals in the northern Gaza Strip, and they are suffering from difficult conditions, warning that the services provided in the three hospitals there (Indonesian, Kamal Adwan, Al-Awda) are basically minimal.

Al-Nams noted that there are about 12,000 injured people who need treatment outside the Gaza Strip, while the occupation's measures and closure of the crossings prevent them from completing their treatment journey.

The Red Crescent announced a few days ago the evacuation of 20 patients from Al-Awda Hospital in the northern Gaza Strip to Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza, in coordination with the International Committee of the Red Cross, noting that one of them died due to the occupation’s measures and its delay of ambulances.

UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said that Israel has only allowed the evacuation of a quarter of the 21,000 patients from the Gaza Strip since October 2023.

The UN official confirmed that three-quarters of patients in the Gaza Strip are waiting for evacuation for treatment, and Israel is still obstructing this, warning that this long wait threatens their lives.

The World Health Organization announced that it was able to evacuate more than 100 patients and wounded people from the Gaza Strip via the Kerem Shalom crossing in the south of the Strip, to several Arab and foreign countries to receive the required treatment.

Since the Israeli army invaded the city of Rafah and closed the Rafah border crossing in May 2024, only 282 sick and wounded people have been evacuated from the Gaza Strip, according to the representative of the global organization, Rick Peeperkorn.

Rickson pointed out that there are about 12-14 thousand Palestinians suffering from burns, spinal injuries, amputations, or cancer, among other diseases, who need treatment abroad.

The Palestinian Ministry of Health reported that the death toll from the ongoing Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip has risen to 43,846 martyrs, in addition to 103,740 wounded with varying injuries, since October 7, 2023.