As the need for medical care in Gaza soars, accessing working hospitals and health centres is becoming more and more difficult. Alternative solutions such as evacuating patients overseas and setting up field hospitals are under way, but may offer little hope if there is no end to fighting in the Palestinian enclave, experts say.
One month after the October 7 Hamas attack prompted Israel to launch extensive air strikes on the Gaza Strip, 14 out of 35 hospitals with inpatient services are no longer operating in the Palestinian enclave and 71% of primary care facilities have closed, according to figures from the UN.
