Palestinian medics have warned Gaza’s hospitals are facing “complete collapse” as the UN said supplies were running critically low.

UN figures show over a third of Gaza’s 35 hospitals have closed due to damage or insufficient fuel, and one doctor said he was forced to perform surgeries without anaesthetic.

“The hospitals are in a state of complete collapse,” said Mohammed Abu Selmeya, head of Shifa, Gaza’s biggest hospital.

He told AFP “more than 90 per cent of medicines” have run out and “we urgently need fuel to run the generators and to operate hospital departments and operating theatres.”

According to UN figures, 12 of Gaza’s 35 hospitals and nearly two-thirds of its 72 primary healthcare clinics have shut down after being damaged by Israeli air strikes or due to fuel shortages.