According to medical sources, at least 26 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks since dawn in the besieged and bombarded enclave because doctors are being forced to choose who to treat first.
Three people were killed in an Israeli attack on the eastern Gaza City Tuffah neighborhood on Friday in one of the most recent killings. In northern Gaza’s Jabalia an-Nazla air attack, five people were also killed.
In al-Mawasi, southern Gaza, an Israeli attack earlier sparked a major fire that killed at least five people, including young Palestinians, when it hit tents that were being sheltered there. Israeli fire has repeatedly been deadly in Al-Mawasi.
Six people who were desperately seeking help are also included in the death toll.
According to Hani Mahmoud, a correspondent for Al Jazeera, the injured, including children, were taken to Nasser Hospital. Some wounds were present that were resistant to drone attacks.
According to Mahmoud, “Drone missiles are loaded with nails, metals, and shrapnel that explode quickly and cause internal bleeding.” People are being targeted in large crowds, in markets, or while waiting for water in large crowds because of these attacks.
When we look on the ground, we see the number of casualties contradicting what Israel claims, he continued.
What should we do, exactly? “Die at home”
Due to the ongoing, repressive blockade of Gaza by Israel, doctors in cramped medical facilities must choose carefully when treating patients.
Because emergency departments are overburdened by victims of Israeli attacks, patients with chronic illnesses are frequently the first to miss out.
Before the war, I had to have dialysis three times per week, with each session lasting four hours. At the time, the situation was stable, the treatment was efficient, and we would leave feeling rested and well, “Omda Dagmash, a dialysis patient, told Al Jazeera at the sluggishly functioning al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City.
We are now unable to travel to the hospital, especially given our poor diet.
The dialysis program at al-Shifa has been reduced to fewer and less frequent sessions. Some people’s decisions are ultimately their own.
An elderly patient named Rowaida Minyawi, criticized the length and expense of the journey. Sometimes we can’t find relief from all this exhaustion. I have diabetes, high blood pressure, and heart disease. Even the medication we consume is poor. What ought we to do? “Die at home”
Healthcare professionals insist that they must reduce operations to the bare minimum because having no fuel, no power, and no way to save lives are priorities.
Only a few departments are active, they say. The rest of the hospital’s engineering department, Ziad Abu Humaidan, said, “We had to cut off electricity.”
Instead of providing care and healing, the hospital’s yards were turned into graveyards. Without electricity, there are no functioning medical equipment, no lighting, and no assistance for other necessary services.
Waning support for a war in Israel
About 44 percent of Israelis believe that the country’s goals won’t be realized despite a public opinion survey conducted by the Israeli news outlet Maariv.
42% of those surveyed said they think the conflict will help them achieve the objectives, while 11% said they are unsure.
Maariv also noted that 70% of those in favor of the current coalition government believe the military will succeed, compared to 70% of those who oppose it.
Israel’s bombing of Gaza’s only Catholic church on Thursday caused three fatalities and at least ten injuries. In the interim, it faced a rare backlash.
According to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, President Donald Trump spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after receiving “no” from the strike.
Netanyahu later claimed that the incident was caused by “stray ammunition” and that Israel was looking into it.
