Emergency medical supplies delivered to Gaza

The American Friends of Neve Shalom - Wahat al-Salam provided emergency funding for in-kind purchases of medicines and supplies for Gaza hospitals. In WASNS too, donations were collected. The purchased goods was delivered through the checkpoint to the Gaza Health Department for distribution to Gaza hospitals - mainly al-Shifa Hospital and al-Nassar Paediatric Hospital.

During the 11 days of hostilities, four of Gaza’s government hospitals were damaged, along with an additional two hospitals run be NGOs and several other health facilities. Among medical personnel, Dr Moein Ahmad al-Aloul (66), a leading Gaza neurologist, and Dr Ayman Abu al-Auf, the Al-Shifa Hospital’s head of internal medicine and director of Gaza’s COVID-19 response, were killed. WASNS member, Dr. Raid Haj Yehia, who volunteers for the NGO Physicians for Human Rights, described the dire situation in a recent online conference with the international friends of Neve Shalom - Wahat al-Salam. For more, see: Wikipedia For media report, in various languages concerning Wahat al-Salam - Neve Shalom and what WASNS members had to say during this period, see our media reports page.