On 23 January at around 5 pm, Israeli occupation forces began building a heavy fire belt around Nasser Medical Complex, marking the beginning of the siege on the only hospital in Khan Younis, southern Gaza.
I left the hospital immediately, not out of fear for my situation but because I was responsible for my siblings, as my father was not in the area where we were staying after being displaced from the north. I thought being with them would help ease their worries.
As expected, the hospital was surrounded from all directions, and arrests, bombings and destruction began. No person seeking treatment could reach the hospital, which was the only medical facility in Khan Younis for that and for transporting the wounded and martyrs. It became difficult to check on friends inside the hospital. ….more