Cases of multidrug-resistant bacterial infections are high in Gaza amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war, a new analysis finds. The widespread prevalence of multidrug-resistant bacteria is expected to complicate the treatment of patients in the war-torn region, where medical supplies, including medicines, are in short supply due to insufficient aid flowing in. The team that analyzed the data -- from Gaza and the U.S. -- looked at around 1,300 specimens collected by Al-Ahli Hospital in Gaza City in the northern part of the strip, between Nov. 1, 2023, and Aug. 31, 2024. Multidrug resistance was defined as a bacterium that couldn't be killed by at least one drug in three or more classes. About two-thirds, or 66.9%, of the samples that were assessed were found to be multidrug-resistant, according

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