Timeline of the Gaza Strip healthcare collapse

[1] The resulting collapse of the healthcare system was part of a broader humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip caused by the war.

[2] The hospitals faced a lack of fuel due to the Israeli siege and relied on backup generators for the first two weeks of the war.

[5][6] By the end of May 2024, both the World Health Organization and International Rescue Committee reported only one-third of Gaza's hospitals remained at least partially operational.

[9] The Medecins Sans Frontieres said scores of ambulances and medical facilities were damaged or destroyed.

[13] By May 2024, the World Health Organization documented 450 Israeli attacks on Gaza's healthcare system.

Injured people after an airstrike, Indonesia Hospital
A man carrying a bloodied and bandaged child.
Medic carrying wounded Palestinian child in Gaza
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