In late November, 2025, five human rights organisations petitioned the Israeli High Court of Justice to allow for the evacuation of patients from the Gaza Strip into the West Bank and East Jerusalem. Gaza's health-care infrastructure faces near-total breakdown, with WHO reporting that only 18 of the 36 hospitals in Gaza are partially functioning.1 Essential services, including chemotherapy, intensive care, paediatric care, advanced imaging, and oncological surgery, are almost entirely inaccessible.
The Lancet Global Health published a clinical update in Infectious Disease on 31 Mar 2026. The item focuses on Reopening the humanitarian corridor from Gaza to the West Bank and East Jerusalem for medical evacuations. Open the detail page to review the full original feed content.