Israeli restrictions have resulted in the deaths of over 2,000 patients, with 21,000 more await urgent treatment, including 5,600 children and 2,800 patients requiring cancer treatment
Dr. Mohammed Abu Salmiya says deaths caused by collapse of territory’s health system now exceed those due to Israeli airstrikes
The hope is that Abu Safiya will not suffer the fate of his colleague, the former head of orthopaedics at Gaza’s al-Shifa hospital. After four months of abuse at Ofer prison, Bursh was dumped by guards in its yard, naked from the waist down, bleeding and unable to stand. He died a short time later.