Israel preventing more than 16,500 Palestinians from accessing medical treatment
Key takeaways
- Israel has systematically destroyed Gaza’s healthcare system since launching its genocidal war in October 2023.
- The ministry warned in a statement on Tuesday that Israel was killing patients with delays, after its genocidal war on the enclave killed nearly 73,000 Palestinians since October 2023.
- The dire situation highlights the plight of the enclave’s healthcare system, which United Nations experts and aid groups have accused Israel of systematically destroying in an attempt to make Gaza uninhabitable.
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Israel has systematically destroyed Gaza’s healthcare system since launching its genocidal war in October 2023.
xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogle Add Al Jazeera on Googleinfo A Palestinian patient with kidney failure who hopes to leave Gaza through the Rafah crossing to have further treatment abroad, undergoes dialysis treatment [File: Mahmoud Issa/Reuters]By Al Jazeera Staff Published On 9 Jun 20269 Jun 2026Gaza’s Health Ministry has accused Israel of preventing more than 16,500 Palestinians in need of medical treatment abroad from leaving the besieged, wartorn enclave despite a nominal “ceasefire” being in place since October last year.
The ministry warned in a statement on Tuesday that Israel was killing patients with delays, after its genocidal war on the enclave killed nearly 73,000 Palestinians since October 2023.