This is an important distinction. Anti-Israeli propaganda keeps echoing the false narrative of all hospitals having been totally destroyed.
The truth is that out of the 36 hospitals operating before the conflict 19 are still operational. That's a pretty far cry from 95%. There used to be 3000 hospital beds available and now there are 2000. There are also an additional 13 field hospitals.
That's a very different story (keeping in mind that Israel has taken control of large areas and any hospital that used to be there wouldn't be in use either).
Given the scale of the war and the documented use of hospitals for military purposes we have to expect there will be some impact:
The truth is that out of the 36 hospitals operating before the conflict 19 are still operational. That's a pretty far cry from 95%. There used to be 3000 hospital beds available and now there are 2000. There are also an additional 13 field hospitals.
That's a very different story (keeping in mind that Israel has taken control of large areas and any hospital that used to be there wouldn't be in use either).
Given the scale of the war and the documented use of hospitals for military purposes we have to expect there will be some impact:
- https://stratcomcoe.org/cuploads/pfiles/hamas_human_shields....
- https://ngo-monitor.org/reports/hamas-misuse-hospitals-docs/
- https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2026/02/17/doctors-without-bord...