AP PHOTOS: Dialysis patients struggle to get treatment in blockaded Gaza
- Dialysis patients across Gaza face mounting hardships accessing necessary treatment during the ongoing conflict.
- Destruction from war and repeated displacement challenge patients' ability to reach consistent medical care.
- Six of the territory's seven dialysis centers have been destroyed, limiting available machines and supplies.
- Gaza's Health Ministry reports over 400 dialysis patients have died during the conflict from lack of proper treatment.
- Patients now receive fewer sessions, leading to complications like toxin buildup and dangerous hallucinations.
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Dialysis patient in Gaza – a slow death sentence
Israel's attacks on hospitals and the blockade of aid to the Gaza Strip have caused healthcare to collapse. The chronically ill are being mercilessly affected – hundreds of dialysis patients are said to have already died from lack of treatment. And the dialysis that is available is not enough. – It just pulls me back from the brink of death, says Mohammad Attiya.

Dialysis patients struggle to get treatment in blockaded Gaza. Officials say hundreds have died
Health officials in the Gaza Strip say more than 400 dialysis patients have died during the 18-month Israel-Hamas war because of lack of proper treatment.
Dr. Feroze Sidhwa, Chris Hedges - Israel’s Eradication of Gaza’s Healthcare System - Brave New Europe
23 July 2025 If anyone can witness the genocide in Gaza with utmost clarity, it would be medical professionals working there. Their accounts continue to be as harrowing as those of journalists and Gazans themselves, stripped of rhetoric and left with only raw truth. Dr. Feroze Sidhwa, a general, trauma and critical care surgeon in California, has been to Gaza twice and he joins host Chris Hedges on this episode of The Chris Hedges Report. “There…
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