Health & Healing
Israeli siege worsens breast cancer crisis in Gaza
Image credit: Al Jazeera English
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Israel's siege on Gaza has created a critical shortage of cancer treatments, leaving women with breast cancer unable to access chemotherapy, radiation, and diagnostic equipment, Al Jazeera reported. The blockade has disrupted supply chains for essential medications and medical devices while healthcare infrastructure deteriorates under sustained bombardment.
Women facing the disease now confront delays in diagnosis and treatment that oncologists warn will prove fatal. Many patients have exhausted available therapies or foregone treatment entirely due to shortages, compounding mortality risks in a territory where the health system has collapsed under the weight of conflict.
