Gaza doctors left in the dark as fuel shortages hit hospitals

A woman uses a telephone torchlight as she stands next to a patient after a partial power cut at the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah on May 23, 2024. [AFP]

In the dim corridors of Kamal Adwan Hospital in the northern Gaza Strip, mobile phone torches are now as essential as stethoscopes for doctors doing rounds without functioning generators.

Fuel shortages are widespread in the besieged territory after more than 10 months of war, further restricting services at those hospitals that are still open.