Al-Azhar warns of ‘Imminent Death’ facing patients in Gaza hospitals, calls for urgent global action

Al-Azhar issued a dire warning on Wednesday, October 21, 2026, predicting an imminent humanitarian catastrophe and certain death for hundreds of patients, injured individuals, and infants in intensive care units and incubators across Gaza Strip hospitals. This dire prediction followed alarming statements from the Palestinian Ministry of Health about the critical shortage of fuel and oil reserves necessary to operate hospital generators.

Al-Azhar firmly stated that blocking the energy supply to medical facilities equates to a collective death sentence for innocent civilians and constitutes a grave violation of international laws and conventions. The organization's statement, released on Wednesday, urged the global community, including the United Nations and humanitarian agencies, to fulfill their obligations in the face of this suffocating siege.

Al-Azhar emphasized that transforming hospitals into sites of mass graves diminishes humanity's collective conscience and represents explicit complicity. The organization strongly advocated for immediate international action to compel the occupying forces to establish humanitarian corridors and permit the unimpeded delivery of essential supplies.

Al-Azhar appealed to the Arab and Islamic worlds, the global community, and all conscientious individuals worldwide to act swiftly and employ every possible pressure point to rescue Gaza's healthcare system and dismantle this unjust siege. The institution paid tribute to the unwavering resilience and sacrificial courage of Gaza's medical professionals and paramedics who persist in their duties despite the relentless onslaught of death and destruction.