“The crossing from Egypt into Gaza has been closed for two weeks, cutting off the primary pipeline for emergency health supplies into Gaza,” the WHO director-general said at a press briefing in Geneva on Tuesday.

Tedros described the situation in Gaza as "beyond catastrophic" and said that intense hostilities near Gaza's hospitals have compromised their ability to provide medical care and made it difficult for patients to reach, Xinhua new agency reports. .

Since there are only two functional hospitals left in northern Gaza, WHO's Chi said it is important to ensure their capacity to provide health services.

However, he also lamented that the UN health agency cannot provide life-saving assistance to hospitals and the population without delivering more aid to Gaza.

WHO and its partners have managed to deliver small amounts of fuel to hospitals in recent days, but this is far less than the large amounts of fuel required each day for health operations.