Healthcare facilities in the Palestinian territories have been significantly affected by military actions and blockades by Israel, making access to healthcare difficult for Palestinians.

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Broader claims

A lot of infrastructure in the Palestinian territories have been damaged or affected as a result of the conflict between Palestine and Israel

Opposing arguments

The reason Palestinians do not have access to healthcare facilities is because Hamas has a history of using hospitals as bases for their operations

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The hospitals that are running are completely overwhelmed. Al-Shifa hospital, Gaza’s main surgical hospital, where some of our Palestinian colleagues continue to work, has run out of space. The hospital has a capacity to treat 700 patients and is currently treating some 5,000. Surgeons have been forced to amputate limbs as patients lie on the floor.

Israeli air raids on Sunday and Monday maintained the focus on hospitals and civilian neighbourhoods in the enclave, a tactic that has only encouraged further calls from around the world for a ceasefire in the besieged Palestinian territory as civilian causalities mount.

There have been at least 72 attacks on healthcare in Gaza, including facilities, ambulances, and medical staff.

Relevant questions

What measures should be taken to ensure that hospitals are not targets in the ongoing conflict between Palestine and Israel

Subclaims

Healthcare facilities have been targeted for attacks in the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestine

Palestinians do not have access to adequate healthcare facilities as a result of the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestine

Supporting arguments

Hospitals have been damaged by rocket fire in the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestine

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There have been at least 72 attacks on healthcare in Gaza, including facilities, ambulances, and medical staff.

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Israeli air raids on Sunday and Monday maintained the focus on hospitals and civilian neighbourhoods in the enclave, a tactic that has only encouraged further calls from around the world for a ceasefire in the besieged Palestinian territory as civilian causalities mount.

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The hospitals that are running are completely overwhelmed. Al-Shifa hospital, Gaza’s main surgical hospital, where some of our Palestinian colleagues continue to work, has run out of space. The hospital has a capacity to treat 700 patients and is currently treating some 5,000. Surgeons have been forced to amputate limbs as patients lie on the floor.

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