Gaza’s health ministry spokesman announced in an interview with Al Jazeera on 24 October the collapse of the healthcare system in Gaza, with 12 hospitals and 30 healthcare centres out of service, and lacking fuel. According to Rick Brennan, UN health agency (WHO) Emergencies Director for the Eastern Mediterranean Region, one in three hospitals and two in three clinics in Gaza were not functioning. Moreover, health facilities and workers have been overwhelmed with trauma cases. Brennan also stated that even once supplies get across the border, delivery to hospitals is compromised because of the lack of fuel as well as security risks to UN personnel and partners trying to bring aid to hospitals in an active war zone. UN humanitarian workers have been calling for urgent fuel deliveries so generators can produce electricity for hospitals, as fuel has been absent from the aid convoys allowed to enter Gaza so far. The humanitarian aid trucks which have crossed into Gaza from Egypt as part of three convoys since Saturday contained a mix of food, water, and medical supplies. The Conflict So Far After a surprise attack conducted on 7 October by…
