From 30 to 35 operations per day.. This is the average number of interventions performed. Aldo Rodriguezsurgeon Doctors Without Borders who works at Al Aqsa Hospital in band A loopunder intense Israeli bombing. “We try to do everything we can. These are mainly military operations, debridements (removal of dead tissue) and dressings. We have many amputee patients who require several interventions before the final operation,” says the doctor.

A week after the end of the humanitarian pause, airstrikes continue without respite. In the last 24 hours, at least 350 people have died due to lead. “At Al Aqsa, we receive a large influx of patients every day, most of whom are war wounded. Many of them are boys, girls and women. The hospital is overcrowded. There are people everywhere, families, in the hallways, inside and outside the center as people use hospitals as a refuge because they think it is a safe place,” Rodriguez says.

We’re running out of anesthesia drugs

The Mexican surgeon arrived in Gaza in mid-November as part of a team of 15 foreign and Palestinian specialists from Doctors Without Borders. Since then, he has operated in increasingly dangerous conditions amid UN calls for a ceasefire. On Wednesday, Al-Aqsa Hospital in central Gaza reported more dead than wounded for the first time since the war began.​

“Most of the patients lost their family, their home. Very sad, very dramatic situations happen every day in the hospital. For example, yesterday [por el miércoles] “More than a hundred patients were admitted to the hospital and most of them unfortunately died on the way or in the emergency room due to the brutal bombing that occurs day after day,” he notes.

The worst cases are those involving minors. The more than 17,000 deaths since October include more than 7,000 children. “These are difficult situations, like a two-year-old child with a traumatic leg amputation. Yesterday I had to amputate a two-year-old child with a very serious lower limb injury. These are very sad, very dramatic stories. which are repeated day after day. The only way to end this is to stop the bombing. The bombing must stop now,” Rodriguez said.

Their work is complicated not only by explosions, but also by a lack of supplies. “We’re running out of anesthesia drugs, we’re running out of treatment materials,” he admits. “What is happening here in the Gaza Strip is regrettable.. “We are doing everything we can to help the Palestinian population who have been victims of indiscriminate bombings.”

The situation is also escalating in the West Bank. At least six Palestinians, including a minor, died this Friday in a refugee camp in the West Bank as a result of clashes with Israeli forces, the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) Health Ministry said.