A year into the genocide in Gaza, survivors of the damage of al-Shifa Hospital recount the disaster.
More than a year into Israel’s most harsh attack on Gaza, much of the besieged enclave hasactually been damaged, consistingof lotsof schools and healthcenters. Last year, as the war was simply starting, we wentto Gaza’s biggest and most essential healthcarefacility – al-Shifa – as it dealtwith collapse following the Israeli siege on water and fuel. The electricalenergy was about to run out and al-Shifa was close to collapse.
Now, more than a year lateron, we go back to the healthcenter that served so lotsof Palestinians throughout so lotsof attacks on Gaza. Al-Shifa Hospital is now an empty shell after the newest siege. No clients stay at the center. Most of the structures are thoroughly harmed or ruined and the bulk of the devices is unusable or decreased to ashes. The scale of destruction has left the center entirely non-functional, more lowering gainaccessto to life-saving healthcare in Gaza. Restoring even verylittle performance in the brief term appears implausible however with a partial