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WHO: Gaza on the brink of famine threatening hundreds of thousands by April 2026

The Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, warned of the escalating risk of famine in the Gaza Strip, emphasizing that more than 100,000 children and some 37,000 pregnant and lactating women are at risk of...

The World Health Organization predicts that more than 100,000 children in Gaza will suffer from acute malnutrition by 2026

The Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, warned on Sunday of the "worsening risk of famine in the Gaza Strip," stressing that "more than 100,000 children, in addition to 37,000 pregnant and lactating women, will...

WHO: 1,092 patients in the Gaza Strip died while awaiting medical evacuation

Rick Pepperkorn, the World Health Organization's representative in the occupied Palestinian territory, told reporters at the United Nations headquarters in New York on Friday, citing Gaza health authorities, that approximately 1,092 patients in the Gaza Strip died while awaiting...

WHO: Half of Gaza’s hospitals are only partially operational

The World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed the continued critical health situation in the Gaza Strip, where half of the 36 hospitals are partially operational, 25 have sustained partial damage, and 40% of health centers are partially functioning. Furthermore, 229...

WHO: More than 16,000 patients in Gaza need urgent evacuation amid medicine shortages

The World Health Organization's representative in Palestine, Rick Pepperkorn, revealed that more than 16,500 patients in the Gaza Strip are still awaiting medical evacuation for treatment outside the Strip. Pepperkorn confirmed during a press conference in Geneva that only half...

The occupation authorities are planning to transfer Gaza patients in Jerusalem to an unknown destination

Israeli occupation authorities intend to forcibly transfer Palestinian patients from the Gaza Strip, who are receiving treatment in hospitals in occupied Jerusalem, along with their companions and children born in the city, to an undisclosed location on Monday, according...

Due to the genocide and its repercussions, 10,000 patients died as a result of being denied treatment in the Gaza Strip

The Gaza Center for Human Rights stated that 10,000 Palestinians have died in the Gaza Strip due to denial of medical treatment, a consequence of the systematic targeting and destruction of the healthcare system. Among them, 1,000 died as...

WHO: More than 900 deaths due to delays in medical evacuations from Gaza

The health catastrophe in the Gaza Strip is worsening under the ongoing blockade and closure of crossings, leading to the deaths of hundreds of patients and preventing thousands more from receiving treatment. The World Health Organization announced that more than...

Patients in Gaza face agonizing waits, and hospitals are overwhelmed by the surge in cases

Fourteen-year-old Mohammed Wael Helles has been waiting for surgery for nearly two months after suffering a severe spinal injury in an Israeli airstrike. He is one of thousands awaiting urgent treatment in Gaza's crumbling healthcare system. Helles was a bright...

Palestinian Health Ministry: Gaza has the highest rate of child amputations

The Palestinian Ministry of Health stated that the Gaza Strip has the highest rate of child amputations per capita in the world. In a statement released Sunday, the ministry added that more than 5,000 children in Gaza underwent amputations...

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اقرأ مسودة مذكرة التفاهم المكوّنة من 14 بندًا بين الولايات المتحدة وإيران

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