I am one of 22,000 Gaza patients waiting in desperation for evacuation
Like thousands of other Palestinians, I am slowly dying, trapped between a health system in ruins and a closed border.
![Author Saeda Hamden is currently receiving treatment at Gaza's al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City for kidney disease.[Courtesy of Saeda Hamdona]](/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/saeda-1770641687.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
![Yemen's healthcare facilities are underfunded, with a limited ability to treat those in need. [File: Khaled Abdullah/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/2022-03-17T113822Z_1176556192_RC2K1T9HS5BO_RTRMADP_3_YEMEN-SECURITY-CHILDREN-1770326100.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
![A view from the graduation ceremony held at Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, which suffered severe damage as a result of Israeli attacks, for 170 doctors who earned their specialist certificates from the Ministry of Health on December 25, 2025 under unprecedented hardship. A large number of Palestinians attended the ceremony, which was held in the hospital garden. [Saeed M. M. T. Jaras - Anadolu Agency]](/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/AA-20251225-40075753-40075733-GRADUATION_CEREMONY_HELD_FOR_170_DOCTORS_IN_GAZA-1766735902.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
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How Israel destroyed Gaza’s health system ‘deliberately and methodically’
Despite ‘ceasefire’, the health sector in Gaza continues to suffer from shortages, destruction and lack of equipment.
UN chief urges Gaza aid as Israel blocks most medical evacuees at Rafah
Al-Shifa Hospital director says blocking medical evacuations through Rafah crossing could be ‘death sentence’ for many.
Jobs, cash, loans: Can Bangladesh’s parties deliver on election promises?
From loans to scholarships for foreign studies, Bangladesh’s main parties are wooing the youth. Will it work?
![Ambulances and medical teams affiliated with the Egyptian Ministry of Health arrive at the Rafah Border Crossing on the Egypt-Gaza border, standing by to enter Gaza to provide humanitarian aid and medical support if the crossing is opened, in Rafah, Egypt, on February 1, 2026. [Ahmed Sayed/Anadolu Agency]](/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/AA-20260201-40425251-40425238-ISRAEL_REOPENS_GAZAS_RAFAH_CROSSING_IN_PILOT_OPERATION_AFTER_cropped-1770043747.jpg?resize=730%2C410&quality=80)
From: NewsFeed
Israel’s Rafah border scheme risks Gaza patients’ lives
Israel is “reopening” Gaza’s Rafah border crossing but limiting transit to 50 patients daily.
Published On 2 Feb 2026
From: NewsFeed
Video: Gaza’s Rafah crossing reopening came too late for this 3-year-old
The long-awaited re-opening of Gaza’s Rafah crossing has been deemed too late for many seeking treatments.
Published On 2 Feb 2026
Funeral insurance thrives as millions can’t afford healthcare in Zimbabwe
More Zimbabweans are preparing for death than survival as funeral policies are more popular than health insurance.
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‘Red line’: Global NGOs working in Gaza defy Israel’s threats after MSF ban
Eight more charities say they will not hand Israel details about their Palestinian staff, fearing for their safety.
Gaza patients in limbo amid Israel’s ‘pilot reopening’ of Rafah crossing
The Rafah crossing’s pilot opening begins amid confusion as Gaza’s patients face unclear criteria, limited travel slots.
![Nebal Al-Hessi in front of her family tent in Jabalia al-Nazla, Gaza on February 1, 2026. [Abdelhakim Abu Riash/ Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/873A6063-1769968103.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
Israel says it will ban MSF from operating in Gaza
Medical charity has been barred for not providing Israeli authorities with personal details of its staff in enclave.
![Palestinians walk past the clinic of Doctors Without Borders in the Remal neighbourhood of Gaza City on January 11, 2026 [Omar Al-Qattaa/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/AFP__20260111__92C28KB__v2__HighRes__PalestinianIsraelConflictAidMsf-1769973225.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
Deadly blast in Iran’s Bandar Abbas caused by gas leak, official says
Local fire official says gas leak likely caused explosion that ripped through residential building in Iranian port city.
