At dawn, Israeli airstrikes reduced Al-Ahli Arab Hospital—also known as the Baptist Hospital—to rubble, leaving Gaza’s already devastated health sector on the verge of total collapse. Once the main hospital serving Gaza City, it was struck by two missiles after patients and medical staff were forcibly evacuated. According to the Health Ministry in Gaza, 85% of healthcare facilities in Gaza City and the northern governorate are now out of service. The wounded, many in critical condition, now lie helpless in the streets with nowhere to turn for treatment.

The Indonesian Hospital, the only other remaining facility in the north, is functioning at just 5% of its capacity. Al-Shifa Hospital, which has endured multiple bombings, now operates at only 10%. Medical teams are working without fuel, without medicine, and without vital equipment. Dr Khalil Al-Daqran, spokesperson for the Health Ministry, warned that any further attack on Gaza’s crippled health sector is a death sentence for thousands. What is unfolding is not a crisis—it is a collapse, one that is methodically engineered.

The destruction of hospitals is not an unintended consequence of war—it is part of a systematic campaign. The targeting of Al-Ahli Hospital came long after it had been transformed into the last functioning refuge for the wounded in northern Gaza. Founded in 1882 and run by the Anglican Episcopal Church, it had become a symbol of resilience amid the wreckage. Its erasure is another blow to a population already suffocating under siege, occupation, and daily bombardment.

Palestinian political forces have condemned the strike as a war crime, holding the Israeli occupation and its international backers accountable. Thirty-four hospitals have now been deliberately destroyed in Gaza. This is not just the destruction of buildings—it is the erasure of the right to survive. With each strike, the message is clear: no place is safe, not even for the dying.