'Urgent appeal to help save what can be saved in north Gaza'
The Gaza-based government media office has appealed for a safe passage into besieged northern Gaza to save the health system, which has been suffering "catastrophic and unprecedented" conditions since Israel launched a new military assault there on 5 October.
Israeli forces are directly targeting hospitals in northern Gaza and have threatened to cause them to collapse, the media office said.
It added that hospitals are struggling to cope amid the Israeli siege, with neonatal intensive care units suffering the most under the harsh conditions.
Fuel, medical staff, medicine, vaccinations, and baby milk are among the most urgent needs for hospitals in northern Gaza, the office said.
"This is an urgent appeal to help save what can be saved in the North Gaza Governorate, which is being subjected to genocide. The governorate and its hospitals are experiencing a catastrophic situation in every sense of the word."