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GAZA, PALESTINE - DECEMBER 2, 2025: Thousands of Palestinians with chronic and serious illnesses, including patients with kidney failure, face a slow death under Israel’s ongoing inhumane blockade of the Gaza Strip.At Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza, kidney failure patients are confronting life-threatening conditions due to a critical shortage of essential medicines, hospital officials report. They cannot receive life-saving treatment as the hospital has completely run out of erythropoietin, a hormone vital for stimulating red blood cell production. Officials warn the crisis persists even amid a declared ceasefire.Since the start of Israel’s genocide in Gaza, deliveries of critical medicines to the hospital have been halted. Doctors warn that if the blockade continues, patients’ lives are in immediate danger, with severe and potentially fatal complications looming.Since October 2023, Israeli attacks in Gaza have killed nearly 70,000 people, the majority of them women and children, and wounded some 171,000, leaving much of the enclave in ruins.Over the past two years, Israel has also targeted hospitals, healthcare facilities, and medical personnel, committing new war crimes on top of its existing ones. These assaults have also cut off deliveries of medicines and medical supplies, leaving millions of Palestinians without access to treatment for chronic and acute illnesses.Under a ceasefire deal that took effect Oct. 10, Israel was supposed to reopen Gaza’s crossings and allow entry to essential supplies and medicines but failed to abide by its obligations under the deal despite repeated appeals by Palestinians. (Footage by Nasreen A. R. Alkord/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)