Palestinian health system on verge of collapse due to Pay-for-Slay
PA TV host: "The [PA] Ministry of Health reported that the current financial crisis is affecting various components of the health sector in the West Bank, including government, public, and private hospitals, in addition to importers of medicines and medical supplies, as a result of accumulated debts and irregular payments."
PA TV reporter: "Hundreds of types of essential medicines and medical supplies have reached critical levels of depletion, including life-saving drugs, cancer medications, and dialysis, posing a direct threat to the continued provision of medical services... The Ministry of Health stressed that the continued prevention of funds for the Palestinian people (i.e., amount of PA terror salaries withheld by Israel) directly affects the lives of patients and threatens the right to medical care, necessitating urgent and responsible international intervention to save the health system from collapse."
[Official PA TV, May 23, 2026]