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Gaza City health system collapsing as MSF suspends operations in north

Escalating attacks pose an 'unacceptable level of risk' for medical workers as Israeli tanks advance near health facilities.

MSF says many patients in Gaza City are too injured or sick to flee. 
MSF says many patients in Gaza City are too injured or sick to flee. (AN/©MSF)

Médecins Sans Frontières, the international medical organization, has been forced to suspend operations and withdraw international staff from Gaza City, citing the intolerable risk posed by the intensifying Israeli offensive.

The critical closure is a direct indicator of the systemic collapse of healthcare infrastructure in the northern Gaza Strip, where escalating attacks have created an "unacceptable level of risk" for personnel. Advancing Israeli tanks are positioned less than one kilometer from MSF's facilities.

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