{"id":680,"date":"2026-02-14T12:23:53","date_gmt":"2026-02-14T12:23:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailypremiumbulletin.com\/?p=680"},"modified":"2026-02-14T12:23:53","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T12:23:53","slug":"icu-patients-lives-at-risk-in-gazas-al-aqsa-hospital-amid-israels-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailypremiumbulletin.com\/icu-patients-lives-at-risk-in-gazas-al-aqsa-hospital-amid-israels-war\/","title":{"rendered":"ICU patients\u2019 lives at risk in Gaza\u2019s Al-Aqsa Hospital amid Israel\u2019s war"},"content":{"rendered":"

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ICU patients\u2019 lives at risk in Gaza\u2019s Al-Aqsa Hospital amid Israel\u2019s war<\/h1>\n

The hospital may be forced in the coming hours to ration electricity so that certain wards can be prioritised.<\/em><\/p>\n

A Palestinian patient with kidney failure undergoes dialysis treatment at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, in Deir el-Balah in the central Gaza Strip, on February 1, 2026 [Eyad Baba\/AFP]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

<\/a>By <\/span>Al Jazeera Staff<\/a>Published On 14 Feb 2026<\/span>14 Feb 2026<\/span><\/p>\n

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Israel\u2019s more than two-year genocidal war has decimated Gaza\u2018s health system, as medical personnel and doctors struggle to treat patients with limited and damaged equipment, with a \u201cceasefire\u201d doing nothing to ease the peril and suffering the ill face.<\/p>\n

According to Gaza\u2019s Health Ministry, more than 1,700 healthcare workers \u2013 including doctors, nurses and paramedics \u2013 have been killed since Israel\u2019s war began. The United Nations has accused Israel of deliberately <\/a>targeting Gaza\u2019s health facilities and killing medical personnel to destroy the besieged enclave\u2019s healthcare system.<\/p>\n

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All medical facilities have been damaged or destroyed<\/p>\n

Doctors at Al-Aqsa Hospital, in central Gaza, have been appealing for urgent intervention, as both of the medical facility\u2019s main generators no longer function.<\/p>\n

The situation is extremely dire, said Al Jazeera\u2019s Tareq Abu Azzoum, reporting from Gaza City.<\/p>\n

\u201cGenerators are now seen as the heartbeat of every hospital here [in Gaza] \u2026 as they power ventilators, incubators, surgical theatres and dialysis machines.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut now these lifelines are breaking down,\u201d said Abu Azzoum, with the lives of many critically ill patients in the intensive care unit hanging in the balance.<\/p>\n

The hospital lacks the fuel and essential spare parts needed to keep the generators going, Abu Azzoum added.<\/p>\n

\u201cWithout them [the generators], the healthcare system could easily collapse.\u201d<\/p>\n

The hospital now only has \u201ctwo small backup generators that medical teams describe to be completely unreliable to sustaining critical life-saving services and departments,\u201d said Abu Azzoum. They may also shut down at any moment due to a lack of fuel and spare parts.<\/p>\n

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It is possible that in the coming hours the hospital will significantly ration electricity so that critical wards can be prioritised, he noted, adding: \u201cThis crisis will extend\u201d if no spare parts or oil can be brought into Gaza.<\/p>\n

Despite a United States-backed \u201cceasefire\u201d in place since October, Israel continues to violate its truce agreement daily<\/a>, with attacks and by failing to allow the free flow of agreed quantities of medical aid trucks and humanitarian assistance into Gaza.<\/p>\n

Nearly 600 Palestinians have been killed by Israel since the October 10 ceasefire alone.<\/p>\n

This has deepened what the Health Ministry has described as a critical and ongoing health emergency, with the majority of the enclave\u2019s\u00a0hospitals out of service, medication shortages and a desperate lack of equipment.<\/p>\n

There is also a critical shortage of staff, as Israel continues to hold <\/a>95 Palestinian doctors and medical workers, including 80 from Gaza.<\/p>\n

More than\u00a0 72,000 Palestinians have been killed and 171,000 wounded in attacks in Israel\u2019s genocidal war on Gaza since October 2023.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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