The effect of Israel’s total siege has become “catastrophic,” doctors say. Food, water and medicine shortages are prompting a surge of preventable illnesses, and deaths.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/29593438

By Erika Solomon and Rawan Sheikh Ahmad
Photographs and Video by Saher Alghorra
Saher Alghorra reported from northern Gaza.
May 4, 2025 Updated 9:07 a.m. ET

https://archive.ph/ABn6a

[Bias alert - NYT usually favors Israel] [Hard to believe that the “civilized West” has done nothing against this. The judgement of history will be harsh.]

"The longer Israel’s total siege of the enclave grinds on, the more doctors call to ask where they can find medicine to keep patients alive. Some patients call him up themselves — people with treatable heart problems or kidney failure — to ask: If there is no medicine, what else can they try?

“There’s no advice I can give them,” he said. “In most cases, those patients die.”"