Nadya Layla rasheed

Zaher Al-Wahidi, an official in Gaza Health Ministry, reported that around 1,400 patients died while waiting for permission to leave the Gaza Strip for medical treatment abroad, with 195 critically ill patients still awaiting evacuation. He emphasized the urgent need to transfer 200–400 patients daily to address the growing backlog within six months. Al-Wahidi also highlighted significant restrictions on patient travel. Since Rafah crossing's partial reopening, only about 500 patients were allowed to leave, less than 19% of the agreed quota. Although the agreement stipulated that 150 patients should be allowed to travel daily, only a small number were permitted, leading to delays and denials. As a result, between six and ten patients reportedly die each day while waiting for approval, worsening the humanitarian crisis. Currently, nearly 2,000 urgent cases require evacuation, many within weeks to survive.

Israel has now become the first state to codify a death sentence that applies in practice to one ethnic group, while another is effectively shielded from it.