Red Cross hospital overwhelmed as Israel's siege creates healthcare crisis

Medical teams at Rafah's Red Cross Field Hospital are reaching breaking point after two weeks of relentless casualties from Israel's military offensive.

Staff have declared 12 mass casualty emergencies as 933 wounded Palestinians flooded the facility - 41 arriving already dead from their injuries.

"An overwhelming majority of patients said they had been trying to reach assistance distribution sites," revealed the humanitarian organisation, highlighting how Israel's siege conditions are compounding the health crisis.

The hospital warned its "unprecedented" caseload of gunshot and shrapnel wounds "has strained and exhausted staff", threatening its ability to function.

With medical workers overwhelmed and supplies dwindling, the Red Cross cautioned the facility's "very capacity to operate" now hangs in the balance - a direct consequence of Israel's ongoing assault on Gaza's civilian population.