Jul 16, 2026 · 17 min · 14 segments
What does Gaza’s healthcare system look like nine months after the ceasefire? According to Dr. Mohammad Abu Afash, the crisis is far from over. From destroyed hospitals and chronic medicine shortages…
Diana ButtuHostMohammed Abu AafashGuest
Now, many had hoped it would bring relief to the humanitarian crisis and allow the healthcare system in Gaza to begin to recover.
In fact, Palestinians were told that life-saving equipment and medicines would be brought into the Gaza Strip immediately.
But Israel continues to control the entry of everything, literally everything, every morsel, every medicine, every construction supply, and it uses this power to continue to control Gaza and to continue to kill Palestinians.
According to Gaza's Ministry of Health, at least six patients die each and every day because they're unable to access treatment in, on time, whether it's due to shortages of medical supplies or due to Israel denying patients the right to travel outside for urgent care.
Official Palestinian reports estimate that more than 1,800 health facilities have been completely or partially destroyed by the Israeli army since the genocide began in Gaza.
These include hospitals, clinics, laboratories, pharmacies, and community health centers.
Hospitals continue to operate under severe constraints with healthcare workers doing their best to care for patients despite overwhelming shortages and damaged infrastructure, again, all due to Israel blockading the entry of vital medicine and life-saving aid.
Israel has also blocked international humanitarian organizations from working in Gaza, and Palestinian healthcare workers are targeted by Israel's bombs daily.
As we will hear in today's episode, this is compounded by Israel's 17-year military blockade of the Gaza Strip, which was prior to the current genocide.
In displacement sites across Gaza, there's overcrowding and poor sanitation and the spread of rodents.
This has contributed to the growth of public health concerns, including skin infections and other diseases that have otherwise never been seen.
The World Health Organization estimates that at least $10 billion will be needed to rebuild Gaza's healthcare system.
Now, many had hoped it would bring relief to the humanitarian crisis and allow the healthcare system in Gaza to begin to recover.
In fact, Palestinians were told that life-saving equipment and medicines would be brought into the Gaza Strip immediately.
But Israel continues to control the entry of everything, literally everything, every morsel, every medicine, every construction supply, and it uses this power to continue to control Gaza and to continue to kill Palestinians.
According to Gaza's Ministry of Health, at least six patients die each and every day because they're unable to access treatment in, on time, whether it's due to shortages of medical supplies or due to Israel denying patients the right to travel outside for urgent care.
Official Palestinian reports estimate that more than 1,800 health facilities have been completely or partially destroyed by the Israeli army since the genocide began in Gaza.
These include hospitals, clinics, laboratories, pharmacies, and community health centers.
Hospitals continue to operate under severe constraints with healthcare workers doing their best to care for patients despite overwhelming shortages and damaged infrastructure, again, all due to Israel blockading the entry of vital medicine and life-saving aid.
Israel has also blocked international humanitarian organizations from working in Gaza, and Palestinian healthcare workers are targeted by Israel's bombs daily.
As we will hear in today's episode, this is compounded by Israel's 17-year military blockade of the Gaza Strip, which was prior to the current genocide.
In displacement sites across Gaza, there's overcrowding and poor sanitation and the spread of rodents.
This has contributed to the growth of public health concerns, including skin infections and other diseases that have otherwise never been seen.
The World Health Organization estimates that at least $10 billion will be needed to rebuild Gaza's healthcare system.
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