The World Health Organization is calling for a humanitarian corridor in Gaza to transport the wounded for urgent treatment to medical facilities outside the conflict zone.
Gaza Overwhelmed Hospitals
![A medic helps a Palestinian in the Shejaia neighbourhood, which was heavily shelled by Israel during fighting, in Gaza City July 20, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/BFC2775F-BAB1-4623-BB96-C63BBE3C771A_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A medic helps a Palestinian in the Shejaia neighbourhood, which was heavily shelled by Israel during fighting, in Gaza City July 20, 2014.
![Patients are treated in Shifa hospital in Gaza City, July 18, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/D07040E1-2EC9-4C9F-9DC8-1E100095A47E_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Patients are treated in Shifa hospital in Gaza City, July 18, 2014.
![Patients lie in their beds on the ground floor of al-Wafa rehabilitation hospital after being evacuated from the fourth floor, which police said was hit by a tank shell fired by Israeli troops, in the east of Gaza City July 16, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/FC481E50-70B2-4002-A70F-6E00D77CA731_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Patients lie in their beds on the ground floor of al-Wafa rehabilitation hospital after being evacuated from the fourth floor, which police said was hit by a tank shell fired by Israeli troops, in the east of Gaza City July 16, 2014.