US EditionBurn patients face excruciating recovery as medicines dwindle under Israeli blockade of Gaza
- Two children in Gaza, including a 7-year-old boy and a 10-year-old girl, suffered severe burns last month and late April respectively in their family tents due to nearby Israeli airstrikes and related accidents.
- Their injuries have been exacerbated by the blockade that Israel has maintained since early March, preventing all medicine, food, and fuel from reaching Gaza amid intensifying bombardment that began in mid-March.
- Hospitals, including Nasser Hospital supported by Doctors Without Borders, have seen a fivefold rise in strike-related burn patients and face shortages of essential medicines and antibiotics amid growing caseloads and malnutrition.
- During a recent security Cabinet meeting, Israeli officials indicated that Gaza currently has sufficient food supplies, while emphasizing that the ongoing blockade and military operations are intended to compel Hamas to free 59 hostages and agree to disarm, despite UN concerns about the imminent collapse of Gaza’s healthcare system.
- The blockade’s impact has prolonged burn patients’ painful recoveries, increased infection risks, caused some deaths, and drawn accusations from rights groups of starvation policies and potential war crimes.
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Burn Patients Face Excruciating Recovery as Medicines Dwindle Under Israeli Blockade of Gaza
Get latest articles and stories on World at LatestLY. Hamza Abu Shabab cringed in pain as his mother pulled off his shirt and eased his bandaged head back onto his pillow so she could apply ointment to his small, burned body. World News | Burn Patients Face Excruciating Recovery as Medicines Dwindle Under Israeli Blockade of Gaza.
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Burn patients face excruciating recovery as medicines dwindle under Israeli blockade of Gaza
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