Gaza’s health system has been shattered, writes former Shifa hospital physician Sewar Elejla. “If the war continues, the catastrophe will get much worse.”
Updates
12 December 2023
The Israeli military has admitted for the first time to killing Israelis on 7 October. The military correspondent for Ynet reported that the army says there is an “immense and complex quantity” of what it called “friendly fire” incidents that day but claims “it would not be morally sound to investigate.”
Eman Alhaj Ali, writing from Gaza, tells the story of a high school girl displaced by Israel’s bombs: “Rimas is unsure what the future holds, but she knows she wants to return home”
Even before Israel’s current war, the statistics on mental health in Gaza were alarming, writes Abubaker Abed from the territory. Poverty, displacement and the daily witnessing of abject horrors will only compound the traumas faced by Palestinians in Gaza, who will have few resources to turn to.
“You left before I could tell you how much I loved your lectures,” writes Wesam Thabet, one of Refaat Alareer’s students. “We promise you we won’t drop the pen.”
Israel has failed to achieve its military goals in Gaza, writes Hamas politburo member Bassem Naim, while “the heroic resistance continues, with daily reports of losses inflicted on the enemy.”