An airstrike hit the home of MSF surgeon Ahmed Seyam and MSF data analyst Islam Koudary on June 27 in Gaza City, wounding them and their three children.
After being rescued from underneath the rubble, the family of five has been forced to seek care between three hospitals, and travel from the north to the center of Gaza, because no single facility can provide the care they need.
No single facility in Gaza can offer needed specialized treatment
The family was first taken to Al-Shifa Hospital, but it was overwhelmed with patients from several mass casualties and did not have capacity to provide necessary treatment to the whole family.
Israeli forces have been scaling up military operations in northern Gaza, especially in Gaza City and Jabaliya. While the family were receiving treatment in Al-Aqsa Hospital compound, the facility was struck.
Relentless attacks are devastating what remains of Gaza’s health care system
Israeli forces’ relentless attacks and targeting of medical facilities mean the facilities that remain cannot provide every aspect of the treatment patients require for some injuries.
Patients, including children like 9-year-old Khalil, 8-year-old Kareem, and 4-year-old Julia, must now endure multiple transfers to get the care they need.
Attacks on hospitals must stop now.
