God bless the Medics – Peter
• Severe medicine shortages are being felt across Gaza, with specialist drugs for pregnant women and children in particularly short supply.
• Israel’s aid blockade of Gaza has entered its sixth week, after Israel stopped all convoys entering the strip in order to pressure Hamas to release Israeli hostages.
• Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office dismissed reports earlier in the week that humanitarian supplies would start being allowed into Gaza.
Doctors and nurses in Gaza are warning of critical medicine shortages, with women and children suffering the most as the Israeli aid blockade of the strip stretches into its sixth week.
In early March, the Netanyahu government announced it would prevent all trucks laden with vital supplies from entering Gaza, as it tried to ratchet up pressure on Hamas to release the 59 remaining Israeli hostages — 35 of whom are believed to be dead.
Since then, no convoys have crossed into the war-ravaged strip.
Humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) said the situation was forcing it to make tough decisions at its clinics across Gaza.
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