Gaza: Depletion of Medicines, Medical Consumables, and Laboratory Supplies

🚨Depletion of Medicines, Medical Consumables, and Laboratory Supplies Threatens the Lives of Thousands of Patients in the #Gaza Strip

The Gaza Strip is facing an acute and worsening shortage of essential medicines, medical consumables, and laboratory supplies, amid the growing inability of medical facilities to meet the treatment needs of hundreds of thousands of patients, particularly those with cancer, kidney failure, and chronic diseases.

The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) believes that the ongoing restrictions imposed by Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) on the entry of medicines, medical consumables, and medical supplies, coupled with the obstruction of efforts to rehabilitate and restore the operation of medical facilities destroyed during the attacks, constitute an extension of Israel’s comprehensive policy of medical strangulation against the civilian population in the Gaza Strip.

This policy seeks to undermine the foundations of the healthcare system and paralyze its capacity to provide medical care and treatment.