<article data-history-node-id="430268" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/gaza-health-chief-says-170000-wounded-await-care-amidst-hospital-crisis" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/gaza-health-chief-says-170000-wounded-await-care-amidst-hospital-crisis" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Gaza health chief says 170,000 wounded await care amid hospital crisis</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>The director-general of the Ministry of Health in Gaza, Munir al-Barsh, said on Thursday that more than 400 surgeries are needed to save lives, and nearly&nbsp;170,000 wounded Palestinians are awaiting medical treatment.&nbsp;</p> <p>The health sector in Gaza is facing an unprecedented resource crisis, threatening hospitals' ability to continue providing services, Al Jazeera quoted Barsh as saying.&nbsp;</p> <p>He said that there is an urgent need to bring in medical aid trucks to save the lives of the wounded and sick.</p> </div> </div> </article>

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