In Gaza, however, everything is different! The doctor is an angel with kindness, and their primary mission is to revive civilians to treat their wounds.
In a flagrant violation of all conventions, laws, and norms, the doctor is turned into a target of pain and death as well as the doctors become main target to the Israeli army's
When the enemy decided to murder their family members and loved ones in order to taste the anguish of loss and remorse with the intention of exacting revenge on them, a doctor who hadn't been shot yet received a bullet in his heart.
His eyes were swollen from lack of sleep, and his tired face showed despair he worked throughout the day and night he is a very active man. The doors of “Kamal Adwan” Hospital are open to death since killing in Gaza does not require permission, when the doctor realization that his son Ibrahim is the martyr coming the hospital this time is shocking; He is a father before being a doctor, so he was unable to hold his tears.
Hussam Abu Safiya said : "We have lost everything in the hospital, including our children, Because we carry a humanitarian message and bury our children in our hands, they slaughtered them in front of our eyes and burned our hearts". Ibrahim was laid to rest beside Kamal Adwan Hospital's wall, his father went back to work trying to save what survived.
They come from all directions, and the cases are pathetic! How can a kind physician deal with situations that are beyond understanding! Not even a glimpse! Despite the ongoing Israeli violence on the hospital, he is still calm and works tirelessly to continue his humanitarian work while wearing a white coat stained with blood, sometimes he receives patients, and other times he catches his breath against a cracked wall for a few minutes.
Given a shortage of resources in the hospital, it is normal for the doctor to feel worn out in the face of these painful and heartbreaking scenes that deeply affect him; he falls and then regains his composure, and he works with extraordinary effort.
Hussam Abu Safiya is consultant and manager of Kamal Adwan Hospital he confirmed us during our talk that he receives hundreds of wounded every day, the majority of which result in fatalities because lake of fuel medications, and medical supplies. In addition, ambulance services that transfer martyrs and the injured have been suspended as a result of the crazed bombing operations that have been observed in northern Gaza. When Abu Safiya went from treating patients to representing the hospital and pleading with the free world to give the required assistance, his burden grew.
Abu Safiya and another doctor are the only ones working in the emergency department and providing services due to the hospital lack of medical staff, especially in the field of surgery In addition to the Israeli army's frequent unexpected attacks into the hospital, they repeatedly called for urgent humanitarian passageways for the entry medical teams and necessary devices to save the wounded, which made them unable to provide the needed service and care due to the stress.
On 16 December, ” Issam Abu Ajwa” , a surgery department specialist, was taken into prison and was arrested from the "ALamadany Hospital" in downtown Gaz
He is 63 years He faced to various ways of torture and abuse , Despite his age and position, he was not spared, he threatened to cripple his hand during the investigation and he endured other forms of torture and assault. But he promised to back his work, even if it required using a wheelchair
The doctor lost 37 kg, and he as well as the other prisoners were not allowed to use bathrooms to rest for a few minutes at certain periods.
Three days after being released from the prison' he went back to work in “Shuhadaa Al Aqsa hospital as though he were defying the Israeli investigator. Despite his condition and the torment, he received, he remains optimistic despite everything that has happened to him. As long as he has breath in his chest, he reaffirmed his commitment to helping the treated and injured.
Regarding his story about food, the inmates were not fed enough to meet their needs, Hunger was still the main problem there, and the dinner consisted of a spoonful of rice or beans and a small piece of vegetable.
He spoke to the awful state of the inmates' health, particularly in view the increase of skin problems and the dearth of medical care.
He expressed his shock at the condition of the prisoners inside the jails, stating that it is among the most difficult situations imaginable, surpassing by far the countless stories of endless harsh captivity we have heard.
Even what we have read in prison literature does not resemble what the occupation does to us in the prison, inside the Israeli jails.
He pointed out that the army deliberately smashed all his teeth inside the prison, and that the soldiers put a toilet cleaning brush inside his mouth.
Iyad Al-Rantisi, 53, is the head of the pregnancies department of the northern Gaza Kamal Adwan Hospital. Soldiers detained him on November 11 while he was being moved to the "passageway “ which divides the north & the south. He was held in the "Shikma" prison for investigation and capricious inquiry. No one knew that he had died in prison from the first week of his detention due to torture and abuse, and the prison administration kept all information about his condition secret for over six months.
The Israeli army arrested him on the pretext that he was involved in holding Israeli soldiers in Gaza; but the truth is that the accusation is baseless,the truth is the soldiers who kidnapped him from his family and patients alike. Dr. Iyad Al-Rantisi is not the first doctor to be arrested and killed in prison due to torture and mistreatment, as he was preceded by Dr. Adnan Al-Borsh, head of the orthopedic surgery department at Shifa Hospital. It is clear that this is a deliberate policy being orchestrated against the doctors of Gaza.
Dina started her speech with a powerful forceful tone, describing how her father, Dr. Iyad Al-Rantisi, was detained after she emphasized his bravery during the final surgery he did on a wounded patient, which was only an hour before he was taken into custody. As a result of her evacuation to “Kamal Adwan Hospital”, she watches her father's actions.
Dina explain how her father's sense of duty to the suffering and severe anguish made him refuse to evacuate, but the soldiers' oppression was more powerful, and they were forced to obey the army's commands or kill. As the army stated, fate had predetermined that the doctor and his family would travel to the safe passage. The doctor was unaware that he was close to death, from which there was no escape, and that his death was near.
Dina and her mother froze, unable to move. Everything stopped, and they realized he was on his way to being arrested, but they didn't understand that it was the last meeting and last glance from the safe passage. When he was arrested, they continued their journey south. His wife couldn't turn around to take a farewell look due to the soldiers' threats to keep moving forward so they wouldn't be shot.
They didn't know anything about him, but his wife waited for him to come back for hours and days. They got in touch with the Red Cross, which recognized that it was hard to find out anything about the prisoners. hoping to locate him, they started their own search among the released prisoners. In the hopes to find any news, they would eagerly await the release of any prisoner to ask him.
They were saddened and shocked when the occupation declared his martyrdom due to chest pain while they were waiting for a good response. The lies about his death that was spread by the Israeli media horrified his wife. He was in good health and had not complained of any ailment, therefore she adamantly denied that he was ill. "Just tell me how he was killed!" she said sadly as she ended her sentence! Media outlets tell her that he died from electric shocks and torture. she asked to see her husband's body during the meeting so she could have one last look at him, even if he was remains.
