Overview

• A peer-reviewed Lancet Infectious Diseases comment published August 12–13 analyzed about 1,300 samples from al-Ahli Hospital and found that 66.9% carried multi-drug-resistant bacteria.
• Three-quarters of the specimens were drawn from patients with traumatic wounds caused by airstrikes or similar attacks, underscoring the conflict’s role in spreading resistance.
• WHO reports that Gaza has exhausted over half of its medicine supplies and that only 50% of hospitals and 38% of primary health centres remain at least partly functional.
• The Israeli Ministry of Defence states it has delivered more than 45,000 tonnes of medical equipment and helped set up 13 field hospitals while aiming to prevent aid diversion to Hamas.
• Health experts warn that continued targeting of medical infrastructure and limited humanitarian access risk driving up severe infections, transmission rates, deaths and amputations.