Washington (November 24, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Representative Maxine Dexter (OR-03) led a group of 100 Members of Congress in a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio, urging the United States to work with both Israeli authorities and international partners to push toward rebuilding accessible hospitals and medical infrastructure in Gaza. After two years of brutal conflict, Gaza’s medical infrastructure lies in ruins, leaving millions unable to seek even basic care and thousands suffering from life-threatening injuries. The United States has the ability to help rebuild this infrastructure and usher an end to this humanitarian crisis.
In the letter, the lawmakers write, “Gaza’s health system is in dire straits, leaving civilians without access to the most basic medical care. It is crucial that accessible hospitals and medical infrastructure be rebuilt, and that medical aid and healthcare professionals be allowed to enter Gaza without delay. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), 94 percent of Gaza’s hospitals have been damaged or destroyed, and those that remain are overwhelmed. With more than half of all essential drugs and two-thirds of medical disposables completely depleted, Gaza’s few functioning hospitals are unable to perform basic surgeries, treat chronic diseases, or care for malnourished children. The WHO estimates that more than 15,600 patients, including 3,800 children, require urgent medical evacuation to receive life-saving care; and at least 700 people have already died while awaiting transfer.”
The lawmakers continue, “Ensuring that children and families devastated by this war have access to medical treatment is indispensable to rebuilding trust and hope. The next generation cannot build peace without healing from the physical and emotional scars of this conflict. By pressing for the release of Gaza’s detained medical workers, rebuilding accessible hospitals and medical infrastructure, and reopening pathways to the East Jerusalem Hospital Network, the United States can help alleviate immense suffering, advance regional stability, and reaffirm our nation’s role as a credible partner for peace.”
The lawmakers request the following information by December 1, 2025:
The letter is cosigned by Senators Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), Jack Reed (D-R.I), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Tina Smith (D-Minn.), Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), Angela D. Alsobrooks (D- Md.), Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisc.), and Cory Booker (D-N.J.).
The letter is co-signed by Representatives Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01), Yvette Clarke (NY-09), Cleo Fields (LA-06), Robert Garcia (CA-49), Jared Huffman (CA-02), Sara Jacobs (CA-51), Stephen Lynch (MA-08), Jim McGovern (MA-02), Jerry Nadler (NY-12), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Mark Pocan (WI-02), Mark Takano (CA-41), Paul Tonko (NY-20), Ayanna Pressley (MA-07), Mike Quigley (IL-05), Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12), Val Hoyle (OR-04), Debbie Dingell (MI-06), Maxwell Frost (FL-10), Andre Carson (IN-07), Lloyd Doggett (TX-37), Al Green (TX-09), LaMonica McIver (NJ-10), Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), Danny Davis (IL-07), Mark DeSaulnier (CA-10), Derek Tran (CA-45), Seth Magaziner (RI-02), Emily Randall (WA-06), Melanie Stansbury (NM-01), Yassamin Ansari (AZ-03), Ro Khanna (CA-17), Dave Min (CA-47), Steve Cohen (TN-09), Diana DeGette (CO-01), Emanuel Cleaver (MO-05), Maggie Goodlander (NH-02), Jan Schakowsky (IL-09), Veronica Escobar (TX-16), Julia Brownley (CA-26), Salud Carbajal (CA-24), Becca Balint (VT-At Large), Lateefah Simon (CA-12), Greg Casar (TX-35), Henry C. Johnson, Jr. (GA-04), Sylvia R. Garcia (TX-29), Jonathan L. Jackson (IL-01), Troy A. Carter, Sr. (LA-02), Maxine Waters (CA-43), Gwen S. Moore (WI-04), Sean Casten (IL-06), Jennifer L. McClellan (VA-04), Robin L. Kelly (IL-02), Adam Smith (WA-09), Nydia M. Velázquez (NY-07), Jesús G. Garcia (IL-04), Don Beyer, Jr. (VA-08), Nancy Pelosi (CA-11), Chris Deluzio (PA-17), Valerie P. Foushee (NC-04), Dwight Evans (PA-03), John Garamendi (CA-08), Seth Moulton (MA-06), Julie Johnson (TX-07), Rosa L. DeLauro (CT-03), Lori Trahan (MA-03), Gabe Amo (RI-01), Betty McCollum (MN-04), Suzan K. DelBene (WA-01), Madeleine Dean (PA-04), Bennie G. Thompson (MS-02), Chellie Pingree (ME-01), Nanette Diaz Barragán (CA-44), Zoe Lofgren (CA-18), Kweisi Mfume (MD-07), Judy Chu (CA-28), Terri A. Sewell (AL-07), Joaquin Castro (TX-20), Raja Krishnamoorthi (IL-08), Robert J. Menendez (NJ-08), and Teresa Leger Fernandez (NM-03).
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