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Gaza health system at breaking point

Over nine weeks into the full aid blockade imposed on people in Gaza and with a major escalation in the Israeli bombardment from air, land and sea, Gaza's health system is at breaking point - overwhelmed by traumatic injuries, damaged infrastructure and severe shortages of staff, equipment and supplies

Latest IDEALS team enters Gaza

Our latest team entered Gaza on 6th May and are already hard at work at the European hospital, Khan Younis. The need for our specialist trauma and limb reconstruction expertise has never been greater, with a large number of patients with complex injuries already on the wards and new patients with horrific blast and crush injuries arriving every day. We hope that a second team will join them next week, but access remains extremely difficult and unpredictable.

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Medics for Gaza Video

Made after our first trip back to Gaza in December 2023. An IDEALS' team at the European Gaza Hospital in Khan Younis

Our 25th Anniversary!

IDEALS was first registered as a charity in 2000. We've achieved great things since then!

Gaza Update March 2025

Read what's happened since the ceasefire ended on 18th March 2025