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Gaza hospitals risk turning into morgues, Red Cross says
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-67087035?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
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Gaza’s only power plant ran out of fuel on Wednesday, and back-up generators could stop working in hours, it adds.
Medical centres have been overwhelmed after Israel imposed a “complete siege” on Gaza and pounded the territory with air and artillery strikes.
Israel has vowed not to restore electricity or allow basic resources and humanitarian aid into Gaza until Hamas releases around 150 hostages it abducted during its attacks on Saturday.
Kidney dialysis stops, and X-rays can’t be taken," said Fabrizio Carboni, the ICRC’s director for the region.
Dr Justin Dalby, who has been working in Gaza for six months with the humanitarian charity Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) told the BBC that the number of injured was “just absolutely immense”.
“The human misery caused by this escalation is abhorrent, and I implore the sides to reduce the suffering of civilians,” Mr Carboni of the ICRC said.
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