Gaza Hospitals in Crisis: Collapsed Facilities Heighten Challenges in Updating Casualty Figures

Gaza's health ministry struggles to update casualty figures due to Israeli targeting of hospitals. The UN confirms collapse of services in northern Gaza hospitals. Last official death toll is 11,100 including over 8,000 children and women. US official Barbara Leaf suggests actual casualties may be higher. 27,490 injured, nearly 3,000 missing. Al-Shifa Hospital is surrounded by Israeli tanks, and Al-Quds Hospital is non-operational. Two premature babies died due to electricity failure at Al-Shifa, with 37 more at risk. UN shelters have also been targeted, killing 66 internally displaced people and injuring 588.

Gaza's health ministry struggles to update casualty figures due to Israeli targeting of hospitals. The UN confirms collapse of services in northern Gaza hospitals. Last official death toll is 11,100 including over 8,000 children and women. US official Barbara Leaf suggests actual casualties may be higher. 27,490 injured, nearly 3,000 missing. Al-Shifa Hospital is surrounded by Israeli tanks, and Al-Quds Hospital is non-operational. Two premature babies died due to electricity failure at Al-Shifa, with 37 more at risk. UN shelters have also been targeted, killing 66 internally displaced people and injuring 588.

Gaza's health ministry struggles to update casualty figures due to Israeli targeting of hospitals. The UN confirms collapse of services in northern Gaza hospitals. Last official death toll is 11,100 including over 8,000 children and women. US official Barbara Leaf suggests actual casualties may be higher. 27,490 injured, nearly 3,000 missing. Al-Shifa Hospital is surrounded by Israeli tanks, and Al-Quds Hospital is non-operational. Two premature babies died due to electricity failure at Al-Shifa, with 37 more at risk. UN shelters have also been targeted, killing 66 internally displaced people and injuring 588.

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