Gaza health system ‘extremely fragile’ as aid point killings increase: ICRC

Israeli attacks astatine assistance organisation sites sending accrued fig of casualties to hospitals says ICRC.

Gaza’s healthcare strategy is “extremely fragile” amid the ongoing Israeli war, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has warned.

The organisation said successful a connection connected Sunday that the enclave’s hospitals are successful urgent request of extortion and reinforcement amid Israel’s continued bombardment and blockade. It added that the strategy is facing increasing unit owed to expanding casualty rates from Israeli attacks astatine assistance points.

The healthcare strategy successful Gaza is highly fragile. To avert preventable deaths, the services of the remaining health-care facilities indispensable beryllium preserved and reinforced. pic.twitter.com/LhPBz6mSpy

— ICRC successful Israel & OT (@ICRC_ilot) June 8, 2025

Hundreds of Palestinians person been killed by Israeli occurrence astir assistance organisation sites operated by the US- and Israel-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) since it launched connected May 27.

The organisation ousted the United Nations and different autarkic agencies from the assistance organisation effort pursuing an 11-week blockade of the enclave that prompted galore warnings that galore of Gaza’s radical present look famine.

Gaza’s Government Media Office reported connected Sunday that the decease toll from events centred connected the GHF assistance sites had risen to 125. A further 736 are reported to person been wounded, with 9 missing.

‘Increase successful hostilities’

The Hamas-run bureau said 13 radical were killed and 153 injured successful the latest attacks. Israeli forces were reported to person opened occurrence connected civilians gathered adjacent assistance organisation centres eastbound of Rafah and Wadi Gaza Bridge, successful cardinal Gaza.

Witness Abdallah Nour al-Din told the AFP quality bureau that “people started gathering successful the al-Alam country of Rafah” successful the aboriginal morning.

“After astir an hr and a half, hundreds moved towards the tract and the service opened fire,” helium said.

The Israeli subject said it fired connected radical who “continued advancing successful a mode that endangered the soldiers” contempt warnings.

A GHF connection said determination had been nary incidents “at immoderate of our 3 sites” connected Sunday.

‘Urgent action’