Palestine, Aug. 13 -- Over the last 22 months, Israel's all-out war on Gaza, Palestine, has left the Strip's health care system in tatters. Health facilities and medics have been continuously targeted, leaving 50 percent of all hospitals out of service, and those that remain open are only partially functional.

The near-total siege on Gaza imposed by Israeli forces since March has left facilities without critical lifesaving supplies, and health care staff without sufficient food. At the same time, in July, facilities across Gaza saw the highest influx of hospital admissions since October 2023. Dr. Mohammed Abu Mughaiseb, deputy medical coordinator for Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) in Gaza, speaks to the disastrous...