Dr Ahmed Mehna (centre) is welcomed by his colleagues and medical staff after being released from Israeli detention as part of a prisoner-hostage exchange in Gaza City on October 13th, 2025. Photograph: Hassan Jedi/Anadolu via Getty
Over the past two tortuous years, Israel has unleashed a systematic destruction of Gaza’s healthcare system, killing and imprisoning hundreds of health workers in the process.
This is despite the fact that under international law, health workers are protected, should not be subject to attacks allowed to continue providing medical care to all in need.
I am a medic, and my mission in life is to heal and support people who need care. I have worked at Al Awda Hospital, a not-for-profit health facility in Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip for 24 years. Since 2018 I have been its director.
Like all hospitals in Gaza, we suffered from shortages of medication and equipment over the years due to the s
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