So many lives in Gaza still hang in the balance. In different wards of Nasser Hospital lie two 10-year-old boys, one shot by Israeli fire and paralyzed from the neck down, another with a brain tumour. Now that a fragile ceasefire is in place, they are among some 15,000 patients who the World Health Organization (WHO) says are in need of urgent medical evacuations.
Ola Abu Said sits gently stroking the hair of her son Amar. His family says he was in their tent in southern Gaza when he was hit by a stray bullet fired by an Israeli drone. It is lodged between two of his vertebrae, leaving him paralysed. Doctors have warned that surgery could endanger his life. Meanwhile, humanitarian agencies are pushing for a rapid increase in medical evacuations as Israel keeps its borders closed for security reasons. WHO chief Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus emphasized the necessity of allowing Gazan patients access to treatment facilities in the West Bank. Recent statistics reveal that at least 740 individuals, including many children, died while waiting for medical intervention in Gaza. The situation is dire, and without immediate action, countless others may face a similar fate.
Ola Abu Said sits gently stroking the hair of her son Amar. His family says he was in their tent in southern Gaza when he was hit by a stray bullet fired by an Israeli drone. It is lodged between two of his vertebrae, leaving him paralysed. Doctors have warned that surgery could endanger his life. Meanwhile, humanitarian agencies are pushing for a rapid increase in medical evacuations as Israel keeps its borders closed for security reasons. WHO chief Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus emphasized the necessity of allowing Gazan patients access to treatment facilities in the West Bank. Recent statistics reveal that at least 740 individuals, including many children, died while waiting for medical intervention in Gaza. The situation is dire, and without immediate action, countless others may face a similar fate.
