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

Journal article by Anas Ismail, Moatasem Salah, Mads Gilbert, Yousef H. Abu Alreesh, and Craig Jones examining the experiences of Gaza healthcare workers responding to mass casualty incidents between 2018 and 2021, including casualties from the Great March of Return, and drawing lessons for the reconstruction of Gaza's health sector. The article emphasizes locally driven solutions situated in the political context of occupation and siege, arguing for the primacy of local expertise and Palestinian health sovereignty in any reconstruction framework rather than externally designed interventions. Recommended for health systems researchers and practitioners working on post-conflict health reconstruction and for scholars of the Palestinian health system, as this qualitative study foregrounds Palestinian healthcare workers' own perspectives on mass casualty response and makes a principled argument for Palestinian-led reconstruction.