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Gaza Health Ministry Warns Hospital Generators Could Shut Down After Oil Exhaustion
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Gaza Health Ministry warns generators could shut down after running out of operating oils. Israeli restrictions on oil imports threaten remaining hospital generators from permanent failure.
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Generator oils run out
Gaza’s Ministry of Health renewed its warnings that hospital electricity generators face a sudden shutdown after operating oils were completely exhausted in the Gaza Strip. The ministry said engineering teams are working under technically complex conditions to monitor the generators and try to keep them operating to power vital departments, while it warned that running generators for thousands of continuous hours without oils or maintenance has brought them to the last mechanical safety point. The ministry warned that burning of generator motors due to the absence of oils means a permanent loss of the ability to operate them, even if oils become available later.
The ministry said it urgently needs more than 2,500 liters per month to prevent the collapse of the remaining generators amid Israel’s ban on importing operational and maintenance supplies into the strip. The ministry said the electricity generator crisis threatens the stopping of lifesaving medical departments, after it announced on September 16 that 70% of hospital generators had gone out of service due to fuel, oils, and spare parts shortages caused by the Israeli siege.
Red Cross urges evacuations
Pierre Krähenbühl, the Director-General of the International Committee of the Red Cross, told Al Jazeera that the situation is catastrophic in Gaza and called on the international community to assume its responsibilities regarding the humanitarian crisis. Krahenbühl stressed the need to allow the evacuation of patients who need treatment outside the sector, as he said the destruction of hospitals and the decline in medical capabilities have made obtaining treatment inside Gaza more difficult. The ministry said Gaza hospitals rely on generators as a primary source of electricity to operate operating rooms, intensive care units, infant incubators, ventilators, and dialysis machines.
The ministry warned that if Israel destroys the electricity network in the strip, hospitals are forced to rely on generators for long hours to run their medical departments. The ministry said the electricity crisis continues despite a ceasefire agreement in effect since October 10, 2025, amid ongoing Israeli restrictions on importing the necessary supplies to rehabilitate the strip’s health system.
Permanent failure risk
Gaza’s Health Ministry warned Thursday that hospital electricity generators could stop working after stocks of operating oil were completely exhausted amid Israel’s continued blockade of the enclave.
The ministry said, “Generators have been running for thousands of continuous hours without sufficient oil or maintenance, bringing them to the final point of mechanical danger,” and it warned that if generator engines burn out because of the lack of oil, they could become permanently unusable even if supplies become available later.
The ministry renewed its call for urgent intervention, saying the issue was no longer limited to securing operating oil but also to protecting the remaining generators from complete failure.
The ministry said the ongoing shortage threatens the shutdown of life-saving medical departments, and it added that in September it said 70% of hospital generators had already gone out of service because of shortages of fuel, oil and spare parts caused by the Israeli blockade.
The ministry said Gaza’s sole power plant stopped operating on Oct. 11, 2023, after running out of fuel, causing a complete electricity blackout and forcing hospitals to depend on generators for prolonged periods.