An Israeli raid on Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza has left the health care system in a state of crisis. The raid, which ended on Saturday, resulted in the detention of 44 male health care workers, leaving only female staff, the hospital director, and one male doctor to care for nearly 200 patients in desperate need of medical attention.
Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, the hospital director, tragically lost his son to Israeli shelling at the medical center's entrance. The situation in northern Gaza has been described as catastrophic by Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the director-general of the World Health Organization.