Strip authorities say ‘only oxygen station’ in northern Gaza is out of service

June 12. (EUROPA PRESS) –

The authorities of the Gaza Strip, controlled by the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), have assured this Wednesday that “the only oxygen station in the Gaza governorate”, in the north of the enclave, has suspended its operations due to “brutal Israeli aggression” and has warned that “dozens of sick and wounded people are exposed to inevitable death.”

“Due to the continued and brutal Israeli aggression against the Gaza Strip and its control of the border crossings, hospitals, health centers and the only oxygen station in the Gaza province, which supplies medical facilities, have suspended their operations. operations,” the Gaza Ministry of Health stated in a statement published on its account on the social network Facebook.

Thus, he stressed that this situation also represents a danger for the medicines stored in refrigerators “due to the lack of fuel necessary to operate the generator that powers the oxygen station”, which is why he has asked the international community to “intervene.” quickly” to distribute fuel, electrical generators and spare parts necessary for the maintenance of these facilities in Gaza.

Israel launched its offensive against the Gaza Strip in response to the attacks carried out on October 7 by the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) and other Palestinian factions, which left some 1,200 dead and 240 kidnapped. Since then, the Gaza Ministry of Health has reported the deaths of more than 37,100 Palestinians, in addition to more than 520 in the West Bank and East Jerusalem at the hands of Israeli forces or in attacks by settlers.