For the fourth time in two months, Nevin Abu El-Jidian failed to cross the Erez checkpoint, which separates the Gaza Strip from Israel and the West Bank. Israeli authorities asked her to come back again with an updated radiograph of her breast cancer. “The officer told me I have to go back to Gaza and…
In Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP)’s latest film, the family, colleagues and friends of 22-year-old first responder Abdallah al-Qutati, who was shot dead by Israeli forces last week, speak out about the circumstances of his killing and their demands for protection and accountability. Abdallah was the third health worker to be killed in Gaza since…
Further to Summerfield and colleagues’ correspondence on the situation in Gaza,12 I respond as head of plastic and reconstructive surgery in the country. The death and injury toll is still rising—as at 18 May, 117 were dead, including 13 children, and 12 271 injured. 6760 have been hospitalised, including 3598 with bullet wounds. Nineteen clearly identified…
New types of complex injuries in the Palestinian territory are leading to lifelong disabilities as prompt comprehensive care is beyond the scope of already fractured health services, reports Jonathan Owen. More than a thousand people in Gaza have been left with life changing injuries after being shot by Israeli soldiers at demonstrations in the past…
The BMJ reports on Gaza’s post-conflict health infrastructure.1 Since 30 March 2018, Palestinians civilians who have been living as refugees in Gaza since 1948 have been gathering in mass, unarmed demonstrations about their political predicament and the ongoing effects of the 12 year long Israeli siege. Read full article
Victims and injured during the Return March: we publish hereafter a report released by the Palestinian Ministry of Health: