The Ceasefire's Broken Promise: Gaza Healthcare Crisis 2025 Inside Al-Shifa

The guns have fallen silent, but the wards remain a battlefield. Despite the ceasefire that took effect on October 10, 2025, the healthcare system in Gaza is on the verge of total collapse. Medical workers report that survival now depends more on moral duty than on available medicine or functioning equipment.

Gaza Healthcare Crisis 2025: Nurses on the Frontlines of Exhaustion

At al-Shifa Hospital, nurse Hadeel Awad begins her 24-hour shift at 7:30am. She's one of the few who stayed. The hospital is operating with only one-third of its pre-war staff, and only 3 out of its 29 departments are even partially functional. Most buildings in the once-massive complex have been reduced to ash and rubble.

Israel continues to block life-saving medications, including insulin and cancer drugs. The human cost is staggering: 411 people have been killed by military activity since the truce began. Furthermore, Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) confirms that 1,722 healthcare workers have died during the conflict, with over 80 still in custody, including Dr Hussam Abu Safia of Kamal Adwan Hospital.

• 350,000
• patients with chronic illnesses lack regular treatment.
• 16,000
• patients require urgent medical evacuation abroad.
• 1,100
• people have died while waiting for evacuation permits.