Hospital doctors in Gaza run out of supplies of anesthetics, blood

Heavy fighting near the Gaza Strip's main hospital is escalating fears about the fate of staff and patients as fast-depleting fuel supplies widen the humanitarian crisis among Palestinian civilians.

"The situation in the al-Ahli hospital is catastrophic," said doctor Ghassan Abu Sitta at the al-Ahli Hospital, the only hospital in Gaza City still running. "Today I performed more than 10 very painful surgical procedures on people without anesthesia."

Blood supplies have run out, he said. Gaza's medical facilities are in increasing focus as the conflict rages on.