Doctors In Gaza Give Their Own Blood To Save Their Patients

Palestinians donate blood at Al-Shifa Hospital as the hospital faces severe shortages due to the Israeli attacks, which has crippled the healthcare system in Gaza City, Gaza on January 17, 2025.

Recent shootings by Israeli forces of Palestinians trying to get desperately needed food aid have forced doctors in Gaza to scramble to save their patients’ lives — going so far as donating their own blood to make up for the territory’s near-empty blood banks and destroyed health care system.

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