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Meningitis Cases Surge in Gaza as Fuel Shortages Paralyze Health Services

Humanitarian agencies warn that without urgent fuel supplies, child fatalities from meningitis will rise sharply

Overview

  • Gaza health authorities report a sharp increase in suspected and confirmed meningitis cases among children under five.
  • Widespread hospital damage and depleted reserves of medicines and vaccines have crippled emergency response efforts.
  • Critical fuel shortages have immobilized ambulances, forced hospitals to ration power and jeopardized water desalination.
  • OCHA says new Israeli displacement orders have confined residents to roughly 15 percent of Gaza, fragmenting shelters and essential services.
  • The WHO has called for protection of the overwhelmed Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis, which is operating at double capacity with critical supply deficits.