The Euro-Mediterranean Medical Association has condemned the shutdown of Gaza’s main oxygen plant and multiple hospitals, describing the collapse of healthcare services as a “death sentence” for thousands of patients and a grave indictment of international inaction.

In a statement issued Monday, the Association held the global community directly responsible for the unfolding catastrophe, as Gaza’s hospitals run out of life-saving oxygen amid continued Israeli bombardment and blockade. Gaza’s Health Ministry confirmed that the main oxygen facility has gone offline, cutting off critical support for patients on ventilators and those in intensive care.

“This is not just a violation of the right to health,” said Association spokesperson Dr Mohammad Hasan Al-Tarawneh. “It is a humanitarian crime, one that cannot be met with silence or delay.” He warned that without urgent intervention, more lives will be lost in operating theatres, neonatal wards, and emergency rooms already pushed beyond breaking point.

The Association called for the immediate establishment of safe humanitarian corridors to deliver essential medical supplies and restart Gaza’s devastated health facilities. It stressed that access to oxygen is not a luxury, it is a lifeline.

As Gaza's hospitals go dark and patients gasp for breath, the world’s inaction is no longer passive, it is complicit.