The World Health Organization (WHO) has welcomed the Gaza between the Israeli regime and Palestinian resistance movements but warned that “immense challenges lie ahead to restore the health system.”
The UN agency said on Sunday only half of Gaza’s 36 hospitals remain partially operational.
The 15-month-long Israeli genocidal war has damaged or partly destroyed nearly all hospitals and just 38 percent of primary healthcare centers are functional.
An estimated 25 percent of those injured -- about 30,000 people -- face life-changing injuries and will need ongoing rehabilitation.
“Transmission of infectious diseases has massively increased, malnutrition is rising, and the risk of famine persists. The breakdown of public order, exacerbated by armed gangs, raises further concerns,” the organization said in a statement.