Gaza health sector edging closer to catastrophe under Israeli siege

Prolonged power outages are taking their toll on hospitals in the Gaza Strip bringing the blockaded coastal enclave closer to a humanitarian disaster.

Israel Gaza blockade

Ashraf Shannon
PRESS TV, Gaza

Prolonged power outages are taking their toll on hospitals in the Gaza Strip bringing the blockaded coastal enclave closer to a humanitarian disaster. Israeli’s blockade has caused a sharp decline in basic living standards for Palestinians in the Gaza Strip since 2007. Our Gaza correspondent Ashraf Shannon has more in this report.