Palestinian factions demand immediate international intervention for Gaza health sector

A joint statement by all Palestinian political factions on Friday has called on the United Nations and the international community to immediately intervene to support the healthcare system in Gaza.

"The Gaza Strip currently needs no less than 1,000 aid trucks per day as a first emergency phase," they wrote. 

"We demand that the United Nations and its Secretary-General assume responsibility and declare that the Gaza Strip has entered a state of famine," the statement read. 

"We demand that international institutions intervene to address the collapse of the health sector and provide medical supplies".

The scandal-plagued, US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, they added, "is a death trap, killing and wounding thousands of civilians".

"We call on the peoples of the world to demonstrate in front of the Israeli and American embassies to pressure for an end to the aggression and famine," the statement said.