Breathing depends on a cylinder: Gaza faces medical oxygen crisis

Az-Zuwayda, Gaza Strip – Ali Humaida’s heart rate quickens as he watches the gauge on the oxygen cylinder sitting in the corner of his tent.

As the needle falls, he looks at his 14-year-old son, Abdulaziz, lying on a mattress in the family’s tent in central Gaza’s az-Zuwayda, worried about how long the remaining oxygen will last – and where he will find more when it runs out.

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