When Even Hospitals Become Targets, Who’s Left to Save?
At this point, if you’re still shocked by what’s happening in Gaza, you haven’t been paying attention — or worse, you’ve decided not to. Early Sunday morning, an Israeli airstrike hit the last fully working hospital in Gaza City: Al-Ahli Baptist. Yes, you read that right. A hospital. Not a military base. Not a weapons factory. A place where sick children lie in beds and doctors try to keep people alive with nearly nothing left in their supply closets.
And just like that — boom — the emergency room, the reception, and even the pharmacy are wrecked. A child died during the rushed evacuation. Not from the explosion itself, but from cold and lack of oxygen. Let that sink in.
Let me guess, you’re wondering, “Why would Israel bomb a hospital?” Well, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) claim they struck a Hamas “command-and-control center.” No proof, no details, just trust us — it was necessary. How convenient. It’s the same line we’ve heard after hospitals, schools, bakeries, mosques, and entire families have been turned to dust.
Meanwhile, Hamas says it wasn’t using the hospital for military purposes. But of course, Israel’s word always carries more weight in the “civilized” world. Western media practically treats their press releases like gospel — even when they contradict their last statement from ten minutes ago.
20 Minutes’ Warning — Then Boom
The Anglican Church in Jerusalem, which runs Al-Ahli, said they had just 20 minutes to get patients out before the strike. That’s less time than it takes to warm up your leftovers. And you better believe patients weren’t evacuated in sleek ambulances. They were dragged out into the street — some half-conscious, some barely breathing. One child didn’t make it.
In a video shared with CNN, you can see what’s left: the hospital’s emergency section is shredded, the adjacent St. Philip’s church is damaged, and the pharmacy — completely gone. This wasn’t a warning shot. It was a direct hit.
This is the fifth time since October 2023 that Al-Ahli has been bombed. Yes, fifth. It’s no longer an accident. It’s a message: Nowhere is safe.
Israel’s Security Zone: A Fancy Name for Land Grab
Israel says it’s expanding its military presence to create a “security zone.” Translation: more land under Israeli control, fewer Palestinians on it.
According to Israel’s Defense Minister Israel Katz, “tens of percentages” of Gaza now belong to this so-called zone. That’s a bureaucratic way of saying they’re carving up the strip and squeezing civilians into an ever-tightening cage along the Mediterranean coast. It’s not a war anymore — it’s a forced displacement with air support.
The military also said it seized the Morag corridor, which cuts off Rafah from the rest of Gaza. As of Sunday night, Israel declared it had “completed the occupation” of the area and absorbed it into its expanding security bubble.
Let’s be blunt: this is ethnic cleansing dressed up as counterterrorism. There’s no polite way to say it.
400,000 Palestinians Told to Get Out — But Go Where?
According to the United Nations, 400,000 people have been told to pack up and leave in the last three weeks. That’s nearly half a million people shoved from one ruin to another with no food, no clean water, and no medical care. And when they seek shelter in hospitals, even those are bombed.
One patient at Al-Ahli, Mohammed Abu Naser, told CNN he thought they’d all die right there. He’s now looking to leave Gaza entirely to get treatment — because there’s simply nothing left. “We have no option,” he said. That’s the catch: there’s never an option. Only survival or death.
World Health Organization: Shut Out and Shut Down
The World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed that Al-Ahli is now “out of service.” Its pharmacy — flattened. The genetic lab? Gone. Fifty patients had to be moved to other hospitals, which are already buckling under the weight of too many wounded and not enough medicine. Forty others were too critical to move. They were just… left.
Even worse, WHO said that their attempts to bring aid to both Al-Ahli and the Indonesian hospital were blocked by Israel. That’s right — the people trying to help were told: stay out.
On X (formerly Twitter), the WHO posted: “Hospitals in Gaza are in dire need, yet the shrinking humanitarian access is obstructing WHO’s ability to resupply them.” In plain language: people are dying not just from bombs, but from bureaucracy.
First Aid or Last Rites?
Dr. Fadel Naim, Al-Ahli’s director, said the child who died during evacuation didn’t die from injuries — he died from cold and lack of oxygen. Think about that. In 2025, a child in a hospital died because there was no heat and no air. Not in some remote cave — in a city hospital.
Samer Attar, an American doctor with Palestinian American Bridge, called it a “desperate situation.” He described the people as not just physically wounded but spiritually broken. “They’re exhausted, they’re hungry, they’re tired, they’re wounded — not just physically but also psychically,” he told CNN.
That’s what war does: it doesn’t just blow up buildings, it crushes souls.
Meanwhile, in the Skies: More Strikes, More Dead
Israel continues to pound Gaza from the air. In central Gaza’s Deir al-Balah area, video footage shows another building reduced to ash. Israel claimed it was a Hamas control center. They said Ubayd Allah Na’im al-Hadhud Musa — a deputy head of a Hamas sniper unit — was killed in the strike.
At the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, spokesman Dr. Khalil Al-Daqran confirmed receiving three bodies after that blast. A separate strike on a vehicle killed seven people — six of them from the same family.
Another hit allegedly targeted a municipal building in Deir al-Balah, killing a senior official from the Hamas-run justice ministry. Israel also reported intercepting a rocket from Gaza, and in retaliation, it issued evacuation orders for areas in Khan Younis.
“We will attack with extreme force every area from which rockets are launched,” the IDF warned on social media. And we all know what that means in practice: entire neighborhoods wiped out because of one launcher.
A Hostage Plea — and a Political Chess Piece
Then there’s the hostage angle — Israel’s go-to excuse for escalation. In a freshly released propaganda video, American-Israeli hostage Edan Alexander appeals directly to former President Donald Trump, asking for help. It’s a haunting clip. You can see the fear in his eyes. The desperation in his voice.
“President Trump, our hope and trust rest with you now,” his parents said in a statement. The video was timed — no coincidence — just before Passover.
It’s a tragedy. But it doesn’t justify collective punishment. One child’s captivity does not make it okay to bomb another child’s hospital bed.
This Isn’t “Security.” It’s Slow Murder.
Let’s stop pretending this is about security. It’s about control, and the price is civilian lives. Israel isn’t neutralizing threats — it’s erasing Gaza. One hospital, one family, one neighborhood at a time.
So here we are: another hospital gone, another child dead, another press statement full of tired lies. And still, much of the world shrugs — or worse, justifies.
This isn’t self-defense. It’s a siege. And if you still need someone to explain that to you, maybe you’re not confused — maybe you’ve just chosen a side.
