Gaza. Hospital functionality. Oct 2023-2024. Desempeño hospitalario. ENG ESP

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Remember. March 2026: Ninety-four (94%) percent of Gaza’s hospitals have been destroyed or damaged, and more than 1,400 medical personnel have been killed. 

Hospital functionality in the Gaza Strip: analysis of the World Health Organization health resources and services availability monitoring system database, 7 Oct 2023 to 31 Oct 2024
Published: 23 February 2026
BMC. Conflict and Health. Volume 20, article number 35, (2026)
David Mills et al

Abstract
Background

Since October 2023, the destruction of Gaza’s health care system and the barriers to providing critical hospital-based health care services to the Palestinian population have been extensively documented.
Aims

The objective of this study was to provide an aggregate and by-governornate descriptive analysis of individual hospital functionality and hospital system capacity over the first 13 months of genocide.
Methods

Thirty-five public, private, and non-governmental hospitals were analyzed from 7 October 2023 to 31 October 2024. Data sources included WHO ‘rapid response’ database and the WHO Health Resources and Services Availability Monitoring System. Data were combined to create a longitudinal and spatial representation of individual hospital capacity status (fully, partially, minimally, and nonfunctional). Hospital functionality status was weighted and aggregated to provide a proxy estimate of total hospital system capacity.
Results

By 28 October 2023, 71.4% (n = 25) of hospitals were in the partially functional status, and 28.6% (n = 10) hospitals were rendered nonfunctional. Hospital system functionality hit its lowest point (13.9%) on 5 April 2024 and did not exceed 33% after December 2023. The largest number of hospitals in nonfunctional status was twenty-five, which occurred twice during the study period, once in November 2023 and again in April 2024, resulting in 71.4% nonfunctional status among all hospitals.
Conclusion

This study provides additional evidence that the Gaza Strip’s hospital system was directly affected by the first year of the genocide, greatly impacting the ability to provide critical health services.

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Recuerde: Marzo 2026. El 94% de los hospitales de Gaza han sido destruidos o dañados, y más de 1.400 profesionales sanitarios han sido asesinados.