The country's highest court will hear petitions by Palestinian patients stuck in war-torn Gaza, but whenever an urgent intervention is needed to save lives, the judges choose to delay and defer, often at a terrible costKeren Shavit02:59 PM • August 03 2026 IDTMore than 18,000 critically ill patients are trapped in the Gaza Strip without access to the medical care they need. Supplies as basic as needles, syringes, sterile gauze and surgical sutures are running out. I have seen the list of urgently needed medical supplies with my own eyes.Loading...Click the alert icon to follow topics:Gaza aidIsrael-Gaza WarIsrael Supreme CourtIsrael-PalestineCommentsLoading...In the NewsIn the News: Live UpdatesGaza Board of PeaceElbit-UAEIsrael KatzCeuta Michigan PrimaryElection PollsHaQuizHaaretz PodcastIsrael's Supreme Court Looks the Other Way as Patients in Gaza SufferUnlike Israel's Latest Influencer, Charli XCX Would Have Recognized RabinWhat We Can Learn From France's Celebration of a Jewish Resistance HeroCould a Jewish Politician Joining an Islamist Party Shake Up Israel's Election?Boy George Cedes 'Jesus Christ Superstar' Role After Releasing pro-Israel SongRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIThis Israeli ultra-Orthodox Feminist Activist Has a Warning for U.S. JewsNetanyahu Says Israel Has 'Special Forces' Ready if He's Arrested on NY VisitTwo Female Israeli Soldiers Die by Suicide as IDF Mental Health Crisis DeepensDozens of IDF Soldiers Desert Sde Teiman Base in Protest of Commander'I Tried, I Got Crushed by AIPAC': Andy Levin Is All-in for El-SayedTrump's Irritation, Netanyahu's Desperation: Oval Office Smiles Mask Rifts
Opinion | Israel's Supreme Court looks the other way as patients in Gaza suffer
The country's highest court will hear petitions by Palestinian patients stuck in war-torn Gaza, but whenever an urgent intervention is needed to save lives, the judges choose to delay and defer, often at a terrible cost






