PHOTO: ANADOLUAround 1.4 million Palestinians in Gaza face acute levels of food insecurity, while medicine shortages in the war-ravaged enclave have reached 47%, Palestinian officials warned on Monday. Medicine shortagesSeparately, Gaza’s Health Ministry said the medicine shortage had reached 47%, while shortages in medical consumables reached 58% and shortages in laboratory testing materials rose to 85%. Shortages also reached 56% in maternal and child health medicines, 55% in primary health care medicines, 46% in kidney and dialysis medicines and 35% in mental health and neurology medicines. The ministry said shortages in emergency and intensive care medicines reached 33%, while surgical supplies recorded a 39% shortage and orthopaedic surgery supplies 47%. Despite the ceasefire agreement in effect since Oct 10, 2025, Israel has continued its attacks across the enclave, killing 1,250 Palestinians and injuring 4,110 others, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry.