The few schools left unscathed in the besieged enclave have turned into makeshift medical centres as the healthcare system collapses due to the systematic targetting of infrastructure and medical workers by Israel.
Most of the schools in Gaza are now serving as temporary shelters for millions of people forced out of their homes by the Israeli assault. / Photo: Reuters Archive
“All people know that schools are just for education,” says Dr Khalid Abu-Habel, who has been providing medical services at the privately-run Khadija Girls School in central Gaza’s Deir al Balah. These two hospitals are the only functioning healthcare facilities in central Gaza, where around a million people are taking shelter.
The school is also a shelter for around 500 people displaced from the north of Gaza, all of whom carry injuries from the war. However, the lack of supplies severely hampers the work of the small crew of eight healthcare workers. “We try to prevent such incidents, but we’re running out of solutions…We desperately need more medical supplies, more surgeons and doctors to work, and more surgery and patients’ rooms to help the people.”
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