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Gaza hospitals face collapse amid Israeli blockade, fuel shortage (2)

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SHOTLIST: GAZA, PALESTINE (JUNE 09, 2025) (ANADOLU – ACCESS ALL) 1. VARIOUS INTENSIVE CARE UNIT OF AL-SHIFA HOSPITAL / INJURED CHILD BETUL MASHERAVI LAYING ON HOSPITAL BED 2. BROTHER OF BETUL, ALI MASHERAVI SPEAKING TO REPORTER (Arabic) 3. VARIOUS OF PAPERWORK AND MECIDINE 4. VARIOUS OF 13-YEAR-OLD AHMAD MUHAMMAD MAORUF LAYING ON INTENSIVE CARE UNIT BED 5. FATHER OF MAOURUF, MOHAMMED MAORUF SAPEKING TO REPORTER (Arabic) 6. EXTERIOR OF AL-SHIFA HOSPITALGAZA, PALESTINE - JUNE 09, 2025: Israel's ongoing blockade has triggered a severe fuel shortage at Al-Shifa Hospital in northern Gaza, endangering patients, particularly those in intensive care, according to Gaza's Health Ministry. On June 8, the ministry warned that Al-Shifa and Al-Ahli Baptist Hospitals could halt operations within 24 hours without fuel, risking a collapse of Gaza City's remaining health services. Despite a temporary delivery of 3,000 liters of fuel, intended to last three days, Al-Shifa's director, Muhammad Abu Silmiyye, told Anadolu Agency the crisis persists. Abu Silmiyye highlighted that the hospital's intensive care unit is operating at 300% capacity, lacks critical medications, and relies heavily on electricity for ventilators. "Without power, this unit becomes a grave," he said, noting the plight of children injured in attacks. Over 15,000 patients require treatment abroad, but Israeli restrictions prevent their exit. According to Gaza authorities, at least 1,580 medical personnel, including doctors and first responders, have been killed in Israeli attacks in Gaza since October 2023. Israeli attacks across Gaza since early Tuesday killed 57 Palestinians and wounded over 200, including 19 fatalities near an Israeli-backed aid distribution site, according to medics. A medical source told Anadolu that 19 Palestinians lost their lives and over 200 others were injured when Israeli forces opened fire at civilians who gathered to receive aid from an Israeli-backed aid distribution point near the Netzarim Corridor area, south of Gaza City. Witnesses said Israeli quadcopter drones also opened fire towards the aid-seekers near the site. Another medical source said 12 more people were killed in Israeli airstrikes in Jabalia town in northern Gaza. Four family members died when a displaced persons' tent in Khan Younis, southern Gaza, was bombed by the Israeli army, while other strikes targeted homes and Red Crescent facilities in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza, resulting in three more fatalities. Nine others, including two women, were killed in separate Israeli strikes in the same city, medics said. A medical source at the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital said that eight more people, including women and children, were killed, and several others were injured in Israeli shelling of a home in Deir al-Balah. Two Palestinians died of wounds they sustained in earlier Israeli strikes in the same city, the sources added. The attacks came as Israeli drones dropped smoke bombs over the eastern areas of Gaza City, the official news agency Wafa said. The Israeli army, rejecting international calls for a ceasefire, has pursued a brutal offensive against Gaza since October 2023, killing nearly 55,000 Palestinians, most of them women and children. Last November, the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza. Israel also faces a genocide case at the International Court of Justice for its war on the enclave.

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