Gaza's Healthcare System Remains Crippled a Year After Ceasefire

According to the report, intensive care beds in Gaza saw a minimal rise from 103 in October 2025 to 104 in July 2026, while kidney dialysis services declined from being available in 17% of facilities to 12%. MRI services remain completely unavailable. Furthermore, 69% of medical supplies approved for entry into Gaza between January and May 2026 did not actually enter, and humanitarian organizations report difficulties in bringing in basic supplies like sterile gauze, disinfectants, insulin, and syringes.

Between October 2023 and July 2026, at least 1,570 patients died while awaiting medical evacuation from Gaza, including 505 cancer patients. Medical evacuations have drastically decreased, with only about 3,423 patients evacuated in the past year, a rate three to six times lower than pre-war levels. Since October 2025, at least 1,445 people have been killed and 5,227 injured in Gaza, and the World Health Organization documented at least 143 additional attacks on healthcare facilities during the first seven months of the truce.

Physicians for Human Rights accused Israeli authorities of creating conditions aimed at destroying Gaza's population, claiming Israeli policies continue to prevent survival and hinder recovery. The organization called for reopening the medical corridor to Judea and Samaria and lifting restrictions, noting that Israel prevents the entry of prosthetics and the establishment of rehabilitation systems for amputees.