Gaza health care system

A woman holds a baby who looks towards the camera while standing in front of health clinic examination table

Ceasefire needed to avert mass polio outbreak in Gaza

Maureen Clare Murphy 21 August 2024

“An entire generation” of children is at risk of infection, warn aid groups. Read more about Ceasefire needed to avert mass polio outbreak in Gaza

A man with bloodied hands cries while holding the head of an adolescent boy up to his face

Gaza facing "most dangerous days" of the genocide

Maureen Clare Murphy 10 July 2024

Experts estimate “up to 186,000 or even more deaths” could result from Israel’s war. Read more about Gaza facing "most dangerous days" of the genocide

Men hold hands while walking in front of hospital

Gaza hospital director's release exposes Israeli torture

Maureen Clare Murphy 3 July 2024

Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians forcibly displaced amid escalating attacks. Read more about Gaza hospital director's release exposes Israeli torture

Man gives slight smile to camera while sitting on chair with his hands folding in his lap

Renowned Gaza surgeon killed in Israeli detention

Maureen Clare Murphy 4 May 2024

Palestinian Authority calls Dr. Adnan al-Bursh’s death a “deliberate assassination.” Read more about Renowned Gaza surgeon killed in Israeli detention

A crowd of women pray

Gaza's mothers are going through hell

Malak Hijazi 3 May 2024

With no clean water, barely any food, and little medicine, mothers are struggling to protect and nourish their children. Read more about Gaza's mothers are going through hell

Women, men and children stand outside of hospital building

Israel lays siege to Gaza hospital as Rafah stares death in the face

Maureen Clare Murphy 14 February 2024

Palestinians killed by sniper and quadcopter fire around Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis. Read more about Israel lays siege to Gaza hospital as Rafah stares death in the face

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Living through hell in Gaza's largest hospital

Dima Ashour 26 November 2023

“There is no place for life here, there is a place only for death.” Read more about Living through hell in Gaza's largest hospital

A woman kneeling on the ground cradles the sheet-wrapped corpse of a child

“I have nothing for the baby”

Sewar Elejla 10 November 2023

There are 50,000 pregnant women in Gaza, and 5,500 of them have delivery dates in November. Read more about “I have nothing for the baby”

A bloodied young boy with black soot on one side of his face has a splint on his leg as he sits on a hospital bed and an adult wearing protective clothing holds his arm

UN begs for more aid to enter Gaza as hospitals run out of fuel

Maureen Clare Murphy 24 October 2023

Seven hundred Palestinians killed overnight, health ministry says. Read more about UN begs for more aid to enter Gaza as hospitals run out of fuel

A man holds two young boys in his arms as people gather in street

Israel stares failure in the face, again

Maureen Clare Murphy and Ali Abunimah 12 May 2023

Gaza attack has done nothing to strengthen Tel Aviv’s hand against the resistance. Read more about Israel stares failure in the face, again