Doctors Without Borders confirmed today, Saturday, that “some surgical operations are performed in the Gaza Strip without general anesthesia for patients due to the lack of anesthetic drugs,” as the Israeli aggression on the Strip continues since the seventh of this month, which has resulted in the death of about 7,500 citizens. About 21,000 have been infected so far, the majority of whom are children, women and the elderly.

"We lack anesthesia drugs, we lack sedatives, we perform a lot of operations with half doses of anesthesia, which is terrible," said Leo Kans, head of the Doctors Without Borders mission in Jerusalem.

He explained in press statements: “The person is not completely anesthetized as he should be. Sometimes, operations are performed without anesthesia.”

Kanz spoke about an operation performed this week on a 10-year-old boy, saying: “We had to amputate half of his left foot under partial anesthesia, on the hospital floor in the corridor because all the operating rooms were full.”

He added, "His mother and sister were present. They watched the operation (...) on the ground," referring to "painful pictures and videos of patients" sent by MSF teams.

He also pointed out that “a 12-year-old boy was burned 60% of his body (...) and his bandages had to be changed... The doctors did this only under the influence of paracetamol.”

He pointed out that it is difficult for the medical staff to determine priorities according to the severity of the injuries.

He stressed that "it is terrible when it comes to managing pain and suffering," calling for an urgent end to the ongoing Israeli bombing and the introduction of medical supplies into Gaza.

He added that among the victims, "we receive a very large number of children and women, which leads us to say that there was indiscriminate bombing."

The head of the Doctors Without Borders mission in the Palestinian territories explained that he has limited communications with the organization’s teams in Gaza thanks to two satellite phones. "It is almost impossible to coordinate our activities after the complete cut off of communications in the Gaza Strip," he said.

On Friday evening, Israeli occupation aircraft bombed the last two international connection points with Gaza, which led to a complete interruption of communications and the Internet, as the Strip became isolated from the world.

Leo Kanz stressed that the Israeli occupation army's call on the residents of northern Gaza to migrate to the south of the Strip is tantamount to "asking caregivers to abandon their patients."

He continued, saying, "In any case, there is no place where we can be safe," stressing that the bombing is also intense in the south.

Médecins Sans Frontières employs approximately 230 employees in the Gaza Strip.

Kanz explained that "many have lost their homes" and "spend a large part of the day searching for water and food," and raised "the alarm about the suitability of water for drinking."

The Gaza Strip has been subjected to a stifling siege since 2007, but the Israeli occupation government has tightened the siege on the Strip since the start of the aggression 22 days ago, to include cutting off electricity and water, and preventing the entry of basic materials, medical supplies, and fuel.

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres warned on Friday that “without fundamental change, the people of Gaza will suffer an unprecedented barrage of humanitarian tragedies.”

"Everyone must shoulder their responsibilities. This is the moment of truth, and history will judge us," Guterres said in a statement read by his spokesman, stressing that "the humanitarian system in Gaza faces complete collapse, with unimaginable consequences for more than two million civilians."

He added: "Given the desperate and tragic situation, the United Nations will not be able to continue providing aid inside Gaza without an immediate and fundamental change in the way aid flows."

He pointed out that before the start of the current war on the seventh of this month, "about 500 trucks were crossing into Gaza daily."

Guterres confirmed that "an average of 12 trucks have entered daily in recent days" through the Rafah crossing, at a time when Gaza is suffering from a state of siege, and "the needs are much greater than ever before."