Services have ceased at six health facilities in the Gaza Strip due to a fuel shortage exacerbated by Israel’s continued closure of border crossings since March, the Health Ministry said on Tuesday.

A ministry statement listed the affected sites as Al-Khidmah Hospital, the central oxygen station, Al-Salam Clinic, Al-Shati Clinic, Al-Jalaa Medical Center, and the Haidar Abdel Shafi Medical Center.

It said the shutdown followed repeated warnings and was caused by “Israel’s persistent refusal to allow the World Health Organization to deliver fuel to hospitals in Gaza and the north.”

The ministry warned that services at all remaining hospitals across Gaza could stop within 48 hours if fuel supplies do not resume.

It described Israel’s continued obstruction of fuel and medical supply deliveries as “a deliberate attempt to destroy what remains of the health system.”

Last week, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) warned that fuel shortages in Gaza had reached critical levels.