Gaza - Saba:
A number of firefighting and rescue vehicles have stopped working in the governorates of Gaza and the Middle and Khan Younis, due to the lack of maintenance parts and equipment necessary to repair and operate them.
The Civil Defense in Gaza said that, during its ongoing aggression, the Israeli occupier destroyed most of the equipment, devices and repair parts that were available in the local market and met the minimum maintenance requirements of vehicles, and also destroyed the Civil Defense's own stock of this equipment.
In a statement, the Civil Defense called on all international, regional and Arab humanitarian agencies to urgently bring this equipment and maintenance parts into the Gaza Strip before other firefighting and rescue vehicles break down, which will perpetuate the crisis that has been ongoing for months, and "will greatly limit the ability of our crews to respond to citizens' calls."
"This comes as more than half of our vehicles in the Gaza Strip governorates continue to stop working due to the lack of fuel needed to operate them."