On July 30, Gaza’s Health Ministry said the polio-causing virus type CVPV2 was discovered “in the sewage water in Khan Younis and the central governorates.” Warnings of an imminent polio outbreak in Gaza are growing […]
By Parth Sharma No area is safe in the Gaza Strip and no one is safe in the Gaza Strip; this is the necropolitics of Genocide. Since October 7, 2023, most of Gaza’s thirty-six hospitals […]
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Gaza’s Health Ministry has declared a polio epidemic across the Gaza Strip, saying it was “a result” of Israel’s “brutal aggression” on the enclave. In a statement on Monday, the […]
The situation is worsened by severe overcrowding, scarce and contaminated water supplies, accumulated garbage, and the Israeli blockade on hygiene supplies. A new health crisis has emerged in the bombarded Gaza Strip with the detection […]
By Palestine Chronicle Staff “Even if the conflict ends immediately, there will continue to be many indirect deaths in the coming months and years from causes such as reproductive, communicable, and non-communicable diseases.” The […]
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the WHO Chief, again issued an urgent appeal for the Rafah crossing to be reopened and for a sustained flow of fuel, food, water and medical supplies […]
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Gaza’s government media office has accused Israel of implementing a systematic starvation policy and preventing Palestinians from receiving medical treatment. The consumption of expired canned food in the Gaza Strip […]
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Guimond, UN Women’s Special Representative for the Occupied Palestinian Territory, spoke at a UN press conference after returning from a one-week mission inside Gaza. After nearly nine months of Israel’s […]
By Palestine Chronicle Staff The draft measure was proposed by several countries including Algeria, China, Indonesia, Iraq, Türkiye, and Venezuela. The World Health Organization’s governing forum has adopted a draft resolution asking to expand […]
By Palestine Chronicle Staff “What doctors and medical staff are telling us is more and more they are seeing the effects of starvation.” Increasing numbers of children in the besieged Gaza Strip are on […]
The Israeli aggression on Gaza has pushed 85% of the besieged territory’s population into internal displacement amid acute shortages of food, clean water, and medicine. World Health Organization (WHO) spokesperson Tarik Jasarevic said that the […]
By Palestine Chronicle Staff The WHO has warned that there are still more than 180 patients inside the Nasser Hospital, amid a critical shortage of food, basic medical supplies and oxygen. The World Health […]
By Palestine Chronicle Staff More than 100,000 Palestinians are either dead, injured, or missing and presumed dead in the besieged Gaza Strip, the World Health Organization (WHO) has announced. This follows more than three […]
By Palestine Chronicle Staff In an emotional plea, the head of the World Health Organization has called for a “true solution” to the ongoing conflict in the Gaza Strip, describing the situation as “beyond […]
By Palestine Chronicle Staff World Health Organization (WHO) staff visiting Al-Aqsa Hospital in the Gaza Strip heard ‘harrowing accounts’ from patients and medical staff about the consequences of the Israeli airstrike in the central […]
By Palestine Chronicle Staff The Director-General of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has said that ‘the decimation of the Gaza health system is a tragedy.” He also said that Al-Shifa Hospital is […]
By Palestine Chronicle Staff The WHO says Gaza is witnessing an average of 300 deaths per day, with only nine of its 36 hospitals “partially functioning.” Calling for an immediate ceasefire, the Director-General of […]
By Palestine Chronicle Staff The World Health Organization (WHO) says northern Gaza has been left with no functional hospital, and only four operate at a minimum level, providing limited care. In a statement on […]
The World Health Organization (WHO) has reported alarming conditions at Al-Shifa Hospital, the largest medical center in Gaza, describing its emergency department as a “bloodbath.” The hospital is overwhelmed with hundreds of injured patients, WHO […]
The Israeli army’s invasion of the Al-Shifa hospital in the Gaza Strip is totally unacceptable, WHO Director-General said during a briefing in Geneva. The Israeli army’s invasion of the Al-Shifa hospital in the Gaza Strip […]
By Palestine Chronicle Staff The World Health Organization warned on Wednesday of the high risk of disease spreading in Gaza, due to Israeli airstrikes. The World Health Organization warned on Wednesday of the high […]
By Palestine Chronicle Staff The World Health Organization Demanded ‘immediate active protection of civilians and health care’ in Gaza. An estimated 500 Palestinians have been killed and hundreds more wounded in an early estimation […]
The World Health Organisation has called for access to patients in the Gaza Strip and free passage to evacuate them for medical treatment, Reuters reported on Friday. WHO Spokesperson Fadela Chaib told a Geneva briefing […]
In 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) recorded 59 Israeli attacks against Palestinian healthcare in the occupied Palestinian territory, according to its latest report on health access in the occupied territories. Of these, 42 percent […]
Twenty four Members of the European Parliament signed a petition calling on Israel to lift its 14-year blockade on Gaza to allow medical supplies in, after coronavirus cases spiked in the enclave. The petition, launched […]
Less than 24 hours after Gaza’s medical facilities ran out of coronavirus testing kits, including swaps, the besieged sea enclave tonight received a new supply of urgently needed kits provided by the World Health Organization […]
The World Health Organization (WHO) yesterday condemned Israel for its violations of health rights in the Palestinian territories and in the occupied Golan Heights during the coronavirus pandemic. Representatives from dozens of countries, including Malaysia, […]
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Dozens of Palestinians protested outside the Gaza headquarters of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on Monday, calling for the release of a Palestinian prisoner in Israel, who […]
A World Health Organisation delegation arrived in the Gaza Strip on Sunday to assess the situation after the Gazan health ministry announced that two people have tested positive for coronavirus, the Palestinian news agency Shehab reported. Headed […]
By Ramzy Baroud What if the Coronavirus reaches the besieged Gaza Strip? While the question carries great urgency for all Palestinians living under Israel’s military occupation, the Gaza situation is particularly complex and extremely […]
A recent New York Times made many claims about the ‘mass rape’ of Israeli women on October 7. But two leading Palestinian media organizations, The Palestine Chronicle and Friends of Palestine Network, conducted a joint investigation, the outcome of which resulted in the ‘The Black Dress’, a groundbreaking 18-minute documentary looking into allegations and the possible falsification of evidence.
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