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Dire blood shortage in Gaza as deaths from Israeli attacks, starvation grow

An injured boy lies on the ground in al-Shifa hospital. While doctors are still doing surgery, blockades, bombing, and starvation have all but dried up life-saving blood supply [Al Jazeera]

Gaza’s already battered healthcare system is in a state of collapse as blood banks run dry and Israeli forces continue targeting clinics and facilities housing patients and displaced families while maintaining an aid blockade.

Healthcare officials in the besieged enclave reported on Wednesday that there is a severe shortage of blood as many would-be donors are too malnourished due to a severe Israeli-induced hunger crisis that has so far claimed the lives of 193 Palestinians, including five in the past 24 hours.

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