The most prominent challenges the PRCS faces in the Gaza Strip

• Disrespecting the Red Crescent emblem and targeting PRCS facilities and crews, which led to the killing and injury of a number of them, further PRCS facilities being put out of service, especially in the governorates of Gaza, North Gaza and Rafah, due to the deliberate and direct targeting of the PRCS.
• Threatening the safety and lives of crews in the absence of security and safety guarantees, even for missions coordinated in advance through international institutions.
• Preventing the entry of personal protective equipment and tools for the PRCS crews.
• The continuous depletion of the PRCS human and material resources.
• The ongoing displacement and repeated forced eviction orders for affected population increase the burden on the PRCS.
• The fuel shortage has negatively affected the movement of operating vehicles, the speed of response to cases, and the slowness of relief operations.
• Lack of medicines and medical supplies to meet the needs of affected population.
• Relief supplies stuck at the crossings are damaged and the PRCS bears the cost of transporting them.
• The great psychological pressures that the working crews are exposed to as a result of the war and the difficult economic and social conditions.
• Existing coordination procedures through international institutions are insufficient and ineffective in most cases.
• The central and only VHF radio was damaged and a number of handheld devices were confiscated in the absence of effective alternatives.
• Difficulty in moving employees and volunteers to their workplaces due to the ongoing bombing.
• Local market closure and cash shortage.
• Difficulty in sorting and distributing humanitarian aid due to the PRCS’s warehouses being out of service.