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Gaza patients risk death as medicine shortages worsen under ongoing crossings closure (2)

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SHOTLIST: GAZA CITY, GAZA STRIP, PALESTINE (APR. 23, 2025) (ANADOLU - ACCESS ALL) 1. PALESTINIANS IN CLINIC 2. VARIOUS OF PALESTINIAN WOMEN WORKING IN CLINIC 3. PALESTINIAN GIRL CRYING AS DOCTOR WIPES HER THUMB 4. VARIOUS OF DOCTORS EXAMINING BABIES/ VARIOUS OF BABIES 5. VARIOUS OF PALESTINIANS WAITING AT CLINIC 6. VARIOUS OF PALESTINIAN MAN HANDING OUT MEDICINESGAZA CITY, GAZA STRIP, PALESTINE - APR. 23: Palestinian patients in Gaza are emerging as among the hardest-hit victims of Israel’s suffocating blockade, with critical medicine and medical supply shortages now pushing countless lives to the brink. The prolonged closure of crossings since March 2 has depleted hospitals of essential resources, creating life-or-death crises for those requiring treatment, from chronic illnesses to war injuries. The Health Ministry in Gaza has repeatedly warned of the increasing medicine shortage crisis in Gaza which affects their already poor capabilities in treating people. Official says more than 37% of the essential medicines and at least 59% of the medical disposables are unavailable in the ministry's medicine stores as over 24% of the medicines needed for dialysis patients are also unavailable. Gaza regularly provides reports on the medicine shortages to the relevant international groups, including the International Committee of the Red Cross and the World Health Organization. Under the current medicine shortage, the health officials say the ministry is seeking medical alternatives to deal with the shortage and reduce complications for patients. However such alternatives do not work in all cases where changing the medicine in several cases may pose a risk to the patients' health. The UN on Monday marked 50 days since Israel imposed a complete blockade on humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip, warning of a rapidly deteriorating situation that is endangering the lives of civilians. Last week, the Gaza-based Government Media Office warned of the shortage of medicine in Gaza and the spread of diseases among people in the war-torn enclave. The Israeli army resumed its assault on Gaza on March 18, shattering a Jan. 19 ceasefire and prisoner exchange agreement. Overall, it has killed more than 51,200 Palestinians in Gaza since October 2023. Israel halted the delivery of aid to the enclave on March 2, hours after the end of the truce deal’s 42-day first phase.

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