Rebuilding Gaza's health system: A qualitative study of healthcare workers' experiences and lessons learned from responding to mass casualty incidents (2018-2021).

ABSTRACT:

Background

Gaza has faced numerous military attacks that resulted in mass casualty incidents (MCIs). The ongoing genocide in Gaza has destroyed much of the health system, including killing and injuring of hundreds of health care workers (HCWs). Current thinking on the health system reconstruction lacks empirical data and local HCWs' perspectives. The study analyses locally driven innovations and lessons learned by HCWs who responded to MCIs between 2018 and 2021 to guide current and future planning of the reconstruction of the health system in Gaza.

Methods

This was a qualitative study using online and face-to-face interviews with HCWs who responded to the Great March of Return and the 2021 Israeli military attacks. Transcripts and extensive notes from the interviews were re

SUBMITTER: Ismail A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12912611 | biostudies-literature | 2026

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature