Al-Awda Hospital in northern Gaza is operating under catastrophic conditions as Israeli bombardments intensify and medical resources disappear. The acting director, Mohammed Saleha, described the past night as “the bloodiest so far,” with emergency teams working non-stop to transport the wounded despite a severe shortage of fuel, medicines, and basic medical supplies. The hospital is overwhelmed, barely functioning, and facing an unmanageable flow of casualties as airstrikes continue to devastate residential areas.

With the crossings sealed and humanitarian aid blocked, the healthcare system in northern Gaza is crumbling. The few facilities still standing are running on fumes, forced to prioritise life-or-death cases while turning away many others. Israel’s latest evacuation orders in the north are compounding the crisis, pushing thousands of families into even smaller, more crowded spaces without shelter, water, or access to medical care. These forced displacements only deepen the humanitarian disaster and intensify the suffering of a besieged population.

Saleha has urgently called on the international community to intervene and pressure Israel to halt the attacks, lift the blockade, and allow in critical supplies. Without immediate action, he warns, Gaza’s civilians will continue to die not only from violence but from the calculated deprivation of health and aid. The world, he says, must no longer look away from a healthcare system being systematically erased.