Long-term effects of Gaza war could quadruple Palestinian death toll, warn UK doctors Surgeons who worked in Gaza fear disease, malnutrition and eradication of healthcare will reverberate for decades: The total deaths from Israel’s war on Gaza could ultimately be as high as 186,000.

"British-Palestinian reconstructive surgeon, Prof Ghassan Abu-Sittah, who worked in al-Shifa and al-Ahli Arab hospitals in Gaza City shortly after the war began, said levels of malnutrition there were so acute that many children would “never recover”

....  & “Certain specialities have been eviscerated,” he said. “There are no more nephrologists [a doctor specialising in kidney care] left. They’ve all been killed. There are no more board-certified emergency medicine physicians.”"

Doctors said it was likely that irreversible damage had already been done to large numbers of children. Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images

"Last month, the UN estimated that more than 60,000 children in Gaza would need treatment for acute malnutrition in 2025. Some had already died, said the organisation."

 "Scientists have estimated that the total deaths from Israel’s war on Gaza could ultimately be as high as 186,000. The figure is almost four times higher than the 46,700 deaths that Gaza’s Hamas-run health ministry have reported."

Long-term effects of Gaza war could quadruple Palestinian death toll, warn UK doctors

Surgeons who worked in Gaza fear disease, malnutrition and eradication of healthcare will reverberate for decades

British doctors who worked in Gaza during the war have issued dire predictions over the long-term health of Palestinian civillians, warning that large numbers will continue to die.... READ MORE   https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/feb/22/gaza-wars-aftereffects-palestinian-death-toll-warn-uk-doctors-disease-malnutrition-healthcare

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