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APAwire - APAwire CLIENTS ONLY, Khan Younis, August 15, 2026. Patients and children dependent on oxygen receive care at Nasser Medical Complex as breakdowns and shortages of spare parts and maintenance equipment reduce oxygen production and cylinder-filling capacity.

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RESTRICTION SUMMARY: APAwire CLIENTS ONLY SHOTLIST: APAwire - APAwire CLIENTS ONLY, Khan Younis, August 15, 2026. Patients and children dependent on oxygen receive care at Nasser Medical Complex as breakdowns and shortages of spare parts and maintenance equipment reduce oxygen production and cylinder-filling capacity. SOUNDBITES: 0.1 SOUNDBITE (in Arabic) Eng. Hamad al-Najjar, Head of Mechanical Department at the Maintenance Center, Nasser Medical Complex STORYLINE: Patients and children dependent on oxygen received care at Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis on August 15, 2026, as breakdowns and shortages of spare parts and maintenance equipment reduced the capacity of oxygen production and cylinder-filling systems. Gaza’s health ministry said 22 of 34 oxygen generation stations and 26 of 30 cylinder-filling units were out of service, warning that the system was nearing “complete paralysis” and threatening oxygen supplies to hospitals, homes and tents sheltering displaced Palestinians.

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Gaza Strip Khan Younis Palestine Khan Younis Governorate

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Humanitarian Health Refugees & Displacement Hospitals & Medical Care

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