Gaza health crisis: 100,000 wounded, hospitals in collapse
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Palestinian ambassador says over 100,000 wounded remain in Gaza, with 17,000 needing urgent evacuation amid collapsed health system and worsening humanitarian crisis.
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Palestinian children look at the camera as they play in a makeshift camp for displaced people in Zawayda in the central Gaza Strip on November 18, 2025. (AP)
More than 100,000 people remain wounded in the Gaza Strip, with at least 17,000 in urgent need of evacuation due to the collapse of medical services, according to Salah Abdel Shafi, the Salah Abdel-Shafi, the Palestinian Ambassador to Vienna.
Speaking to RIA Novosti, Shafi warned that "out of 36 hospitals, only eight are partially functioning," as the rest have been completely or largely destroyed. With Gaza’s health system in ruins and medical supplies critically low, there is no capacity to treat the wounded locally.
The ambassador added that infrastructure across the strip has been devastated. There is an acute shortage of medical supplies and medicine in the Gaza Strip,” he said, stressing the urgent need for international intervention.
Earlier, Shafi told RIA Novosti that roughly 80% of the Gaza Strip has been destroyed, with over a million people forced to live in tents or out in the open.
The Israeli occupation continues to block basic humanitarian supplies such as heating units, sanitary facilities, tents, mattresses, and blankets. With temperatures dropping and rain worsening conditions, more than 288,000 displaced families face extreme hardship.
Hamas urges action to end Gaza siege as humanitarian crisis worsens
In a statement released on Monday, Hamas, called on the Arab nations and the free people of the world to intensify global efforts to pressure the Israeli occupation and its backers to halt their aggression, lift the blockade imposed on the Gaza Strip, and open humanitarian crossings.
The movement stressed that the worsening humanitarian crisis in Gaza demands urgent intervention to rescue civilians and facilitate the entry of vital aid, tents, and prefabricated shelters.
Hamas described the dire living conditions Palestinians face two years into the genocide war on Gaza, mentioning the severe shortages of food, medicine, clean water, and shelter, as well as the collapse of the healthcare system.
Such conditions pose an immediate threat to the lives of civilians, particularly women and children, as winter approaches and rainfall increases.
