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Largest hospital in central Gaza on brink of shutdown due to lack of fuel

Patients and family members gather in a room lit by sunlight seeping through a window, after a partial power cut at the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah on May 23, 2024. © Bashar Taleb, AFP

The largest hospital serving central Gaza faces imminent shutdown because it is running out of power after Israel’s military assault in Rafah severely limited entry of fuel for generators, the Health Ministry in Gaza said Thursday.

The ministry said Thursday afternoon that Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in the central town of Deir al-Balah would have to stop operations within two hours. Later, after nightfall, the hospital appeared largely blacked out in Associated Press footage, although it was not clear if it had shut down.

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