Incubator shortages, premature births strain Gaza's hospitals
UNICEF has supplied 93 incubators to six Gaza facilities as hospitals struggle with fuel shortages and a rising number of premature births.
- On Sunday, Gaza's Health Ministry reported that several hospital electricity generators stopped operating due to critical shortages of fuel, oil, and spare parts.
- Ongoing Israeli restrictions on goods limit oil entering the Gaza Strip to emergency quantities, while hospitals require around 2,500 liters monthly to maintain electricity supplies.
- At Nasser hospital in Khan Yunis, neonatal department head Hatem Dhahir reports staff must share incubators among multiple babies, significantly increasing mortality risks amid severe overcrowding.
- The UN's humanitarian agency OCHA reported 70 percent of newborns are premature or underweight; UNICEF has supplied 93 incubators to six facilities across the Gaza Strip.
- Since October 2023, the war has killed more than 73,000 Palestinians and injured over 174,000, while military operations continue targeting militants despite a US-backed ceasefire declared in October 2025.
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Many Gaza hospital generators no longer working amid fuel shortage
Many Gaza hospital generators no longer working amid fuel shortage A number of electricity generators at hospitals in the Gaza Strip are no longer working due to shortages of spare parts and fuel, Gaza’s Health Ministry has said. The ministry said the generators had stopped working in recent days and that the small quantities of fuel allowed into Gaza by Israel were sufficient only for emergency needs.
Parts of the health and humanitarian system in the Gaza Strip are regressing further, with international and humanitarian institutions having to reprioritize and reduce some of their services under the pressure of lack of funding and supplies, at a time when the exhausted sector can no longer afford to lose any additional health or relief service.
Ministry warns more generators could shut down due to lack of spare parts, calls for urgent supplies
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