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Gaza Cancer Patients Face Treatment Delays, Thousands Die Waiting
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- Palestinian Ministry of Health says 11,000 Gaza cancer patients lack treatment as hospitals remain destroyed.
- Physicians for Human Rights Israel reports 1,570 patients—505 cancer patients and 264 children—have died waiting.
- Radiotherapy is unavailable in Gaza, forcing patients such as Najat Abu-al-Sheikh to await travel abroad.
- WHO notes medicine entry permits take at least two and a half months, delaying chemotherapy.
