Gaza’s well being system is “at a breaking point,” the World Health Organization warned Tuesday, as navy operations, mass displacement, and blocked humanitarian entry push medical companies throughout the strip towards collapse.
“As global attention shifts to escalating tensions between Iran and Israel, Gaza continues to be decimated–largely out of sight, but not out of danger,” Richard Peeperkorn, WHO consultant within the occupied Palestinian territory, instructed a UN briefing in Geneva.
Only 17 of Gaza’s 36 hospitals are at the moment partially useful, with simply 4, together with Nasser Medical Complex, serving as referral services.
“The health system simply can’t afford the loss of Nasser hospital,” Peeperkorn mentioned. Located inside an evacuation zone introduced final week, the hospital is “currently the sole provider of ICU and neurosurgery services in Khan Younis” and its dialysis unit “is currently serving more than 200 patients,” he mentioned.
In Gaza City, Al-Shifa Hospital is working at a “200% bed occupancy rate,” he mentioned, whereas Al-Amal Hospital in Khan Younis “is currently completely inaccessible due to ongoing military operations in the vicinity and is unable to admit new cases, hence non-functional.”
Fuel and medical provide shortages are severely impacting care. “More than 50% of WHO’s medical stocks in Gaza are depleted,” and “33 WHO trucks await at Al Arish and 15 in the West Bank,” he mentioned. “Seventeen hospitals, seven field hospitals, and 43 primary health centers — barely running on minimum daily fuel — will soon have none left.”
Medical evacuations have practically halted. “Since March 18, 2025, only 6 medical evacuations have taken place,” whereas “over 10,000 people need medical evacuation outside Gaza.”
“Without fuel,” Peeperkorn warned: “All levels of care will cease, leading to more preventable deaths and suffering.”
Rejecting worldwide requires a ceasefire, the Israeli military has pursued a brutal offensive in opposition to Gaza since October 2023, killing over 55,400 Palestinians, most of them ladies and kids.
Source: www.anews.com.tr