Munir al-Bursh, the director of the Gaza health ministry, has spoken to Al Jazeera about the deteriorating healthcare system in the coastal enclave.

He says that safe corridors must be opened to allow in medicine for chronic diseases and international medical teams must be allowed to enter Gaza to support the health staff.

“We have not yet seen any international action on the ground after the declaration of famine in Gaza,” he stated. “We are facing a great tragedy and a health and environmental genocide. We need desalination plants.

“To occupy a land whose population suffers from famine is a moral outrage,” he added.

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