Their mother: They are slowly dying in front of my eyes and there is nothing I can do for them.

They are only given painkillers... they even deprive us of treatment!

“My children are dying in front of my eyes and I can’t do anything for them,” is how the mother of twins Siraj and Sari Abu al-Khair (4 years old) described the state of pain and helplessness she feels as she is unable to do anything for her two children who suffer from kidney disease in light of the lack of treatment due to the difficult reality that hospitals in the Gaza Strip are going through as a result of the systematic and barbaric targeting they are being subjected to during the war of extermination that the occupation army has been waging for the fourteenth consecutive month.

For more than two weeks, the two children have been lying in Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip, without treatment. Their mother told Al-Quds.com: “They are suffering from a loss of potassium, magnesium and sodium. Before the war, I used to visit hospitals a lot, and they received their treatment in a timely manner.”

She added: "But now there is nothing to relieve their pain. They are only being given painkillers, which are of no use in their condition."

The ongoing Israeli war on the Gaza Strip has doubled the pain and suffering of patients, especially those suffering from chronic diseases, as they are in dire need of treatment, not to mention the Israeli occupation’s intransigence in bringing in medical supplies and medicines to the Strip’s hospitals.

The mother of the two sick children, Abu Al-Khair, continued to narrate her suffering, saying: “Their health has deteriorated greatly, their bodies have become very weak, and they have begun to vomit profusely and continuously, not to mention their inability to walk and their slow movement.”

Not only that, but the two children suffer from bedwetting and constantly need diapers. She said: “They cannot control their urination, and I cannot afford to buy diapers because they are not available in the market, and even if they are available, their price is very high, and I do not have the financial means to buy them.”

She added: “I have twin children, and if I can buy a bag of diapers, it will barely last a week or less. The mother wonders helplessly and frustratedly: “Where will we buy them when we are living in poverty!”

The two children, Siraj and Sari Abu Al-Khair, need magnesium, potassium and many vitamins that strengthen their immunity to resist and endure the disease. The mother continues by saying: “All of this is not available in all hospitals in the Gaza Strip, and I even provide them with painkillers with great difficulty.”

She added: "We are even deprived of treatment... God, what is happening to us is unfair."

The children also need a certain type of food to improve their health and enable them to walk and move. The grieving mother said: “I go to the market and I can’t find anything to buy. My children need vegetables, fruits and eggs.” She continued: “I swear they forgot what eggs are!”

Regarding the most difficult situations she went through, Abu Al-Khair’s mother said: “When Sari had a seizure one day at dawn, I carried him and ran without knowing where to go. I saw him dying before my eyes. I felt that I would lose him with all the oppression, pain and helplessness that this feeling entails.”

For more than a year, the two children have been fighting for their lives in hospital beds, and no one cares about their condition or pays attention to their situation. She continued: “I hope to travel with my children so that they can receive the necessary treatment in hospitals abroad,” and added: “I cannot bear to see their health deteriorate. I hope they grow up and become the best people.”