Israel closing Rafah a ‘death sentence’ for thousands of ill and wounded
Al Jazeera
The stories of three people who desperately need to leave Gaza for treatment, and the dark future they are staring at.
Deir el-Balah, Gaza – Sadeel Hamdan was just about six weeks old when Israel launched its relentless war on Gaza.
Now she lies silently on a paediatric hospital bed in Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital – weak, intubated, her belly swollen and skin jaundiced.
Three months ago, doctors managed to get her name on a list of patients who badly needed to leave Gaza for treatment overseas.
But then, just days before she was to be evacuated, Israel invaded Rafah and closed the only crossing available for the sick to leave the besieged enclave, trapping Sadeel and many others.
Abdul Majeed al-Sabakhi, 20, lives on an oxygen respirator in the hospital.
