The scenes from Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Yunis city, south of the Gaza Strip, painted a tragic picture of the humanitarian reality during the blessed Eid al-Adha days. Hundreds of injured people are forced to spend Eid on hospital beds, enduring the pain of their wounds and a severe shortage of essential medicines and medical consumables necessary to save their lives.
Field sources reported that this Eid is the third that the residents of the Strip have experienced since the start of the genocide war, where greetings and social visits are now confined to surgical rooms and crowded corridors. The sources indicated that the overcrowding in surgical departments has reached unprecedented levels, to the extent that a single room now accommodates more than one injured person at a time.
Wounded individuals and their companions recounted horrific stories of their daily suffering. One patient spoke about the moment he was targeted by occupation bullets while sitting with his family inside a displacement tent. The attack resulted in the martyrdom of his brother's wife and the injury of an infant, not more than forty days old, with an amputation in his foot, which later led to him entering a serious state of blood poisoning.
Under the tight siege, the hospital administration follows a strict 'rationing' system in distributing available medical dressings and medicines, which puts patients before difficult choices. Many relatives of the wounded are forced to search for medicines and supplementary supplies in external pharmacies, which becomes increasingly difficult with the continued closure of crossings and the scarcity of supplies.
Among the cases monitored by the sources is the story of the injured Wasim Abu Tilakh, who waited for about five months for a second surgical operation that was scheduled for him. Due to the severe shortage of surgical tools, the medical intervention was delayed, causing health complications and swellings that significantly affected his psychological and physical condition and his ability to lead his daily life.
_The effects of the war were not limited to the physical aspect, but also extended to the educational journey of the young generations in Gaza, as families live in harsh conditions inside displacement tents. The mother of one of the outstanding students explained that her son, who aspired to perfect scores in high school, is now struggling to continue his studies in an environment lacking the most basic necessities of life.
The Abu Tilakh family embodies the tragedy of the Palestinian family, as the mother herself suffers from five shrapnel pieces in her body, one of which settled in the kidney area and causes her constant pain. The family confirms that Eid days have turned into mere numbers on the war calendar, as they spend their time in hospital corridors searching for treatment or visiting an injured person.
Official statistics indicate that the ongoing aggression since October 2023 has resulted in more than 72,000 martyrs and over 172,000 injured, amid massive destruction affecting 90% of the infrastructure. Despite talks of ceasefire agreements, the reality on the ground in Gaza continues to witness continuous targeting, increasing the toll of blood and humanitarian suffering.
Eid passed us by more harshly than ordinary days, and our relatives came to congratulate us inside the hospital corridors because they did not find us in the displacement tents.
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Surgeons' Eid in Gaza: Operating Rooms as Substitutes for Homes and Squares in Nasser Medical Complex