image of nurse holding bloodied toddler in hospital
A Palestinian child at Shifa Hospital in Gaza City on Wednesday.
  • Gaza's hospitals "risk turning into morgues," officials and the Red Cross warned.
  • Palestinian health officials said health services in Gaza have entered a "critical stage."
  • Israel has been carrying out air strikes on the territory after Hamas' attacks on the Jewish state.

Gaza's health system is on the verge of collapse, and its hospitals soon "risk turning into morgues" as Israel continues its bombardment of the territory in response to the attacks by the Palestinian militant group Hamas on the Jewish state, health officials and the International Committee of the Red Cross warned.