Diabetes patients in Gaza face survival battle amid war shortages
Key takeaways
- Insulin and equipment shortages in Gaza pose fatal risks, leading to critical health complications.
- It was not the first time he had moved between pharmacies and medical centres, looking for a dose.
- Hamza knows that delaying an insulin dose is potentially life-threatening.
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Insulin and equipment shortages in Gaza pose fatal risks, leading to critical health complications.
xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogle Add Al Jazeera on Googleinfo Hamza al-Ghazali, a Type 1 diabetes patient in Gaza, finds it difficult to manage his condition amid Israel's genocidal war [Lina Ghassan Abu Zayed/Al Jazeera]By Lina Ghassan Abu Zayed Published On 24 Jun 202624 Jun 2026In the early hours of another day of Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza, 20-year-old Hamza al-Ghazali, who lives in the Zeitoun neighborhood south of Gaza City, set out once again in search of an insulin pen.
It was not the first time he had moved between pharmacies and medical centres, looking for a dose. The effort has become a recurring part of his life since the outbreak of war in October 2023 and the tightening Israeli restrictions on the entry of medicines and medical supplies into the Gaza Strip.