Red Cross calls for measures to provide medical care in GazaPresidential Media Office: Al-Manfi chairs a financial meeting regarding spending for the year 2024.

GENEVA: The International Committee of the Red Cross stressed the need to take concrete measures to preserve access to emergency and life-saving medical care for those in need in the Gaza Strip. The International Committee explained in a statement issued today that "at present, nearly two million people in the Gaza Strip are left with nothing but the Nasser Medical Complex and the European Gaza Hospital in the south of the Strip, which provide surgical services and advanced emergency medical services, and have a large clinical capacity, although this is not enough for the current wounded and sick throughout Gaza." It pointed out that less than 20% of the area of the Gaza Strip, or about 60 square kilometers, is now a refuge for more than one and a half million displaced men and women, adding that they live in desperate conditions in the south of the Strip, where the escalation of fighting threatens their chances of survival. The statement explained that all hospitals in the Gaza Strip suffer from severe ov ercrowding and limited medical supplies, fuel, food, and water, and that many of them house thousands of displaced families. Director of the ICRC's sub-delegation in Gaza, William Schomberg, said: "We now face the risk of losing two more hospitals due to the fighting. The cumulative impact of the conflict on the health system is devastating and urgent measures must be taken to prevent this from happening." International humanitarian law stipulates that all parties to the conflict must fully respect and provide absolute protection to medical infrastructure. Source: Palestine news and Information Agency – WAFA The Media Office of the Presidential Council reported that the President of the Council - Chairman of the Supreme Finance Committee, 'Mohamed Al-Manfi,' chaired today, Thursday, a financial meeting regarding public spending for the current year at the headquarters of the Central Bank, with the Prime Minister of the National Unity Government, 'Abdul Hamid Al-Dabaiba.' and the Governor of the Central Bank of Libya, Al-Siddiq Al-Kabir. The office explained that the meeting was devoted to discussing government spending controls for the year 2024, controls for subsidizing fuel with all its derivatives, restoring it to its normal levels, and ensuring the supply of electricity stations. The attendees stressed - according to the same source - the need for controls to contribute to improving citizens' conditions in all aspects of living, coinciding with the approaching month of Ramadan. Source: Libyan News Agency