Emergency room physician Tarek Loubani, who has previously worked in Gaza hospitals, says medical services in Gaza have been already at “catastrophic levels”, even before Nasser Hospital went out of commission, as confirmed by the World Health Organisation.

“This particular statement [from WHO] says two things. One that the patients, the doctors, the staff, and the refugees inside […] are in deep danger of being arrested, tortured and killed. Second, there is one less hospital, one valuable hospital that used to be able to serve patients, that is no longer able to serve patients,” Loubani, associate professor at the University of Western Ontario, told Al Jazeera.