Gaza: Nuseirat Civil Defense Center out of service due to lack of spare parts

The Civil Defense Center in the Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip has stopped operating after the last firefighting vehicle broke down and could not be repaired due to a severe shortage of spare parts, threatening thousands of Palestinians in the central governorate with the loss of firefighting, rescue, and ambulance services.

The Civil Defense Center in the Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip has ceased operations after its last firefighting vehicle broke down and could not be repaired due to an acute shortage of spare parts, oils, and maintenance equipment. The center covers the areas of Nuseirat, Bureij, Maghazi, Zahra, and Mughraqa, and had about five vehicles, all of which are now out of service. Sami Abu Sabika, head of the maintenance and supply department at the Central Governorate Civil Defense Directorate, explained that the accumulation of malfunctions led to the center going out of service, threatening thousands of Palestinians in these areas with deprivation of firefighting, rescue, and ambulance services in emergencies. Abu Sabika appealed to the world and international institutions to intervene to return the vehicles to service, describing the potential scale of the disaster as "very large." This comes amid continued Israeli restrictions on the entry of supplies needed to rehabilitate the service system in the sector, contrary to what is stipulated in the ceasefire agreement.