WHO: 167,000 Wounded as Gaza Health Care Nears Collapse as New Strikes Kill Dozens

Overview

• WHO reports at least 42,000 people with life‑changing injuries in Gaza, including about 10,000 children, and at least 5,000 amputations.
• None of Gaza’s hospitals are fully functional and fewer than 14 of 36 remain partially active, with severe shortages of dressings, gloves and blood supplies.
• Local rescue services and health centers report at least 52 people killed on October 2 in Israeli strikes across Gaza, while MSF confirms one staff member was killed and others injured.
• Conditions at Khan Younis’s Nasser Hospital are described as catastrophic for mothers and newborns, with overcrowded wards and premature babies sharing limited oxygen.
• WHO estimates about 15,600 people, including 3,800 children, need evacuation for specialized care outside Gaza, far above the roughly 7,800 patients transferred since the war began.