Gaza war leaves 1,500 Palestinians blind

According to Al Jazeera, the Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip stated that amid the Israeli regime's war on Gaza and the scarcity of medicines, 1,500 Palestinian citizens have lost their eyesight, and another 4,000 are at risk of the same fate.

In this regard, Dr. Abdelsalam Sabah, head of Gaza's Eye Hospital, confirmed that the healthcare sector is facing a severe shortage of consumables and medical equipment for eye surgeries, leading to an almost complete collapse of surgical services, particularly for retinal conditions, diabetic retinopathy, and internal hemorrhages.
He stated: "The eye hospital currently has only three disposable surgical scissors, which are repeatedly used, doubling the life-threatening risks to patients and preventing their treatment."

Sabah noted that many eye injuries caused by explosions require medical supplies such as helium and fine sutures, which are on the verge of being completely depleted.
He emphasized: "The ophthalmology hospital is on the brink of declaring its inability to provide any surgical services unless urgent intervention is made by relevant authorities and international organizations."

The World Health Organization also announced yesterday that over 10,500 patients in the Gaza Strip urgently need to be evacuated abroad for treatment, including approximately 4,000 children suffering from critical medical conditions.

The international organization stressed that the survival of these patients and the injured depends on their evacuation from the Gaza Strip, and since the resumption of Israeli attacks on Gaza, only 122 patients have managed to leave for treatment.