Palestine, July 17 -- The decimation of Gaza's health system by Israeli forces over the last 22 months of all-out war has left Palestinians with scarce options to access care as needs continue to skyrocket.
An estimated 11,000-13,000 people-including more than 4,500 children-require medical evacuation to access care unavailable in the Strip. Yet Israeli authorities have allowed only a few of those requesting medical evacuation to do so, with many critical cases being delayed or denied regardless of medical urgency. The situation is particularly critical for patients in need of burn care or reconstructive surgery.
Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) has only managed to medically evacuate 22 patients, including 13 childre...