Fifteen hospitals out of a total of 27, and 41 primary health care clinics out of 118, in Gaza were damaged during the war, according to WHO, and about half the ambulance fleet was damaged or destroyed.
A recent UN Population Fund (UNFPA) assessment indicates that during the offensive there were an increased number of miscarriages in surveyed hospitals (al-Shifa, al-Aqsa, Naser, Rafah) and increased neonatal mortality in al-Shifa.
An aid worker from Al-Rahma brings provisions to a patient in a Gaza hospital during the Israeli military offensive in the Strip (file photo)
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