The World Health Organization has warned that the health system in the Gaza Strip is on the verge of collapse, and time is running out to prevent a humanitarian catastrophe if fuel and life-saving health and humanitarian supplies are not urgently delivered to the Strip.

The organization said, in a press release distributed today, Friday, that electricity is available in hospitals for only a few hours each day, as they are forced to ration their dwindling fuel stocks and rely on generators to continue their necessary tasks.

The organization warned that even these missions will stop within a few days as fuel stocks run out. She said the resulting effects would be devastating for the most vulnerable patients, including the wounded needing life-saving surgeries, patients in intensive care units, and newborns in incubators.

The World Health Organization said the situation is seriously disrupting the provision of essential health services, including care related to childbirth and non-communicable diseases such as cancer and heart disease, with health facilities forced to prioritize life-saving emergency care.

The World Health Organization has documented 34 attacks on health care in Gaza since Saturday, resulting in the loss of 11 health workers, the injury of 16 others, and damage to nineteen health facilities and twenty ambulances.

The UN organization said: “Without the immediate entry of humanitarian aid into Gaza, especially health services, medical supplies, food, clean water, fuel and non-food items, partners in the field of humanitarian work will not be able to respond to the urgent needs of those in dire need of relief.”

The organization added, "Every passing hour puts more lives at risk."

She renewed her call to respect and protect medical care. She said she was ready to immediately send medical supplies from the humanitarian center in Dubai, and work with partners to ensure they are able to reach the Gaza Strip through the Rafah border crossing.