Graveyards For The Living

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In an Al Jazeera interview, Dr. Mohammed Abu Silmiyeh, director of Gaza’s al-Shifa hospital, describes catastrophic conditions as Israeli attacks cripple medical services. The nearby Indonesian Hospital is now "completely out of service" after drone strikes, leaving tens of thousands without care.
Al-Shifa—already overwhelmed—is housing eight patients in spaces meant for four, with tents erected for overflow. Hourly arrivals include 50 dead and 130 wounded, amid critical blood shortages.
Dr. Abu Silmiyeh warns that intensive care and surgeries are collapsing, with staff "suffering" under impossible demands.
Northern Gaza’s health system has effectively collapsed, leaving patients to "live in danger" without treatment.
His plea for urgent blood donations underscores a race against time to save lives.

Israel is ramping up its attacks across Gaza carrying out a series of air strikes in the southern area of Khan Younis.
More than 20 Palestinians have been killed in the attacks since dawn on Monday.
Israeli forces have bombed the Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis, as Palestinians killed and wounded in other attacks were being brought to the hospital.

On Sunday, the Israeli army announced the start of a large-scale offensive in Gaza, saying it aims to seize parts of the territory to establish security zones.
The Israeli military also said it would allow a basic amount of food to enter Gaza after blockading the territory since early March.

Al Jazeera’s Tareq Abu Azzoum has the latest from Deir el-Balah in central Gaza, Palestine.

Since Israel escalated its assault on Gaza, there's been more critically injured Palestinians arriving to already strained hospitals, particularly children.
Hospital workers have little ability to soothe their pain with medical supplies running low more than two months into Israel's blockade.

Al Jazeera spoke to Mohamed Saeed Al Sheikh, a nurse working in an emergency room, about children traumatised by the war.

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