Fuel delivered to northern Gaza hospital, averting disaster for now

 Fuel has finally been delivered to the Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza on Saturday, after days of warning that it would run out of energy needed to keep life-saving equipment running.

Fares Afana, who heads emergency services in northern Gaza, said a fuel truck had entered the hospital complex and fuel was being pumped in.

Dr. Hussam Abu Saifiya, the director of the hospital, told CNN Friday that patients would die if Israel refused to allow fuel to enter the area, saying there had been “many attempts to bring fuel in, but the Israeli military have prevented that.”

Responding on Saturday to CNN’s questions about the allegation that it is preventing fuel from entering the area, the Israel Defense Forces said: “In the last three days, a medical convoy was scheduled to transfer patients from Kamal Adwan Hospital to Gaza City. For security reasons, the convoy had to be canceled.”

“The convoy arrived at the hospital today on the 12th of October with fuel supply for the hospital,” it added.