Gaza’s Ministry of Health warns because of delayed fuel deliveries the few hospitals managing to offer partial medical services are at risk of running out of electricity, Al Jazeera reports.

Most health facilities in Gaza are either destroyed or severely damaged by Israeli attacks.

Palestinians inspect a site where medics said two Israeli missiles hit a building inside the Al-Ahli Arab Baptist Hospital, shortly after patients were evacuated following a call from someone who identified himself with Israeli security, in Gaza City, on April 13. — Reuters/File
Palestinians inspect a site where medics said two Israeli missiles hit a building inside the Al-Ahli Arab Baptist Hospital, shortly after patients were evacuated following a call from someone who identified himself with Israeli security, in Gaza City, on April 13. — Reuters/File

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