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WHO says Gaza hospitals ‘pushed to the breaking point,’ urges urgent access and medical evacuations
Summary
The World Health Organization warned that Gaza’s health system is critically degraded after 14 months of conflict, reporting limited hospital capacity, thousands needing medical evacuation, verified attacks on health facilities and calls for unfettered access, sustained aid flows and an urgent ceasefire.
The World Health Organization briefing said Gaza’s health system is “being systematically dismantled” after 14 months of fighting, with only 16 of 36 hospitals in the territory partially functional and a total bed capacity of about 1,822, the WHO representative for the occupied Palestinian territory said.
The WHO representative told meeting participants that approximately 7% of Gaza’s population has been killed or injured since October 2023 and that more than 105,000 people have been wounded. The representative said over 25% of those injured will have life-changing injuries requiring extensive rehabilitation and long-term assistive technologies.
“Time and again hospitals have become battlegrounds rendering them out of services and depriving those in need of life saving care,” the representative said, describing severe shortages of medical supplies, equipment and specialized staff. The briefing said hospitals can generally provide…
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