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US nurse underscores dire situation at Gaza’s Nasser Hospital
Amanda Nasser, an American nurse of Palestinian descent, has spoken about the catastrophic health situation at Nasser Hospital in southern Gaza’s Khan Younis.
A video shared by activist Amro Tabash on Instagram showed the nurse describing how both the doctors and the patients are exhausted and hungry.
“Emotionally, it is unbearable at times. There is a desperation due to the lack of basic needs because of the blockade,” Nasser said, adding that many of the casualties who are brought to the hospital have been shot in the head, chest, abdomen and pelvis.
“All this can be preventable by a ceasefire, opening the borders and allowing some aid to get to Palestinians,” she said.
The video also showed a number of wounded or sick Palestinians on the ground and hallways of the hospital as it struggles with severe shortages of medicine and medical equipment.
Gaza’s healthcare sector is in disastrous state, official warns
Munir al-Bursh, director general of Gaza’s Health Ministry, says the health system in the enclave has collapsed under Israel’s ongoing assault.
He reported a 70 percent shortage in medicines, with only 15 of 38 hospitals still functioning.
Al-Bursh added that 1,590 medical staff have been killed and 1,360 others detained since Israel’s assault began, further crippling the health sector’s ability to provide essential care to Gaza’s population.
Beds sit in a flooded field hospital after sewage water inundated the emergency department of Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, August 14
All children under five in Gaza at risk of acute malnutrition, WFP warns
The UN World Food Programme (WFP) warned that as of July 2025, more than 320,000 children – the entire population under the age of five in Gaza – are at risk of acute malnutrition.
Families are surviving on the bare minimum of basic foods, with almost no dietary diversity, WFP said. The agency called for an immediate ceasefire to allow large-scale delivery of humanitarian aid.
Gaza authorities share grim numbers
The Gaza Government Media Office has released updated figures highlighting the scale of the humanitarian catastrophe in the territory.
Authorities said that each day, residents require 7.5 million meals and a minimum of 600 aid trucks to cover basic needs, while infants need 250,000 milk cartons every month. A small fraction of these amounts has entered Gaza over the past three months.
Since Israel’s assault began, hospitals have recorded 62,004 Palestinians killed and 156,230 wounded, with a further 9,500 dead or missing people whose bodies never reached medical facilities.
The figures also include 1,965 Palestinians killed and 14,701 injured in what officials called “aid massacres and death traps” at GHF distribution sites.
At least 263 people, including 112 children, have died from Israeli-induced hunger and malnutrition, the statement added.
