GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — “It’s pure madness.” This was how the head of the reception department at Gaza’s Shifa Hospital, Ayman al-Sahbani, described the situation experienced by the doctors who dealt with the thousands of wounded during the 50-day Israeli war on the Gaza Strip. Meanwhile, the health sector has suffered and was still suffering from numerous crises, including shortages of medicine and fuel and delayed salaries for doctors.
Sahbani is still haunted by death and torn bodies that he witnessed while working at the hospital. Every time he looks at his children, he remembers the children who died in his arms while he tried to save them.