Gaza cancer deaths triple as doctors say Israel allows entry of 'chocolates and chips" but blocks chemotherapy drugs.
Doctors say cancer-related deaths have tripled since Israel’s war on Gaza began, as Israel blocks patients from leaving and restricts the entry of chemotherapy drugs.
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For Hani Naim, the wait is not for a cure, but for permission to save his own life.
Living with cancer for six years, Naim had been approved for treatment abroad. But like thousands of others, he remains trapped in Gaza, barred from leaving by tightening Israeli restrictions.
Thousands of Palestinian cancer patients are living without treatment as they await medical evacuation
Like thousands of other Palestinians, I am slowly dying, trapped between a health system in ruins and a closed border.
For some the only hope is treatment abroad, but not all survive the long, desperate wait for Israel’s approval
More than 1,000 Palestinian patients have died while awaiting treatment abroad, amid collapse of Gaza healthcare sector.
More than 18,000 residents of the Palestinian enclave are waiting to be transferred to hospitals abroad. Because of Israel's…
Israel continues to block thousands of Palestinians from seeking medical treatment abroad through Rafah crossing.
