Years of conflict and the ongoing siege of the Gaza Strip since 2012 has exacerbated gaps in childhood cancer service delivery, created shortages in cancer medicines, and delayed access to life-saving services such as radiotherapy for children living with cancer. "I remember talking to a mother, whose child had cancer, who told me that after many months she was finally able to sleep through the night because her child was now receiving morphine at the hospital and had stopped screaming in pain,” recalls Dr. Salwa Massad, a Research Manager for the WHO Palestinian National Institute of Public Health – occupied Palestine territory.