Aid Sites Hit, Hospitals Strangled, and the World Watches On

Gaza Medical Services has confirmed that ambulance operations in Gaza City have ceased altogether crippled by Israel’s continued refusal to allow diesel fuel into the Strip/Aljazeera.
Israeli airstrikes have once again claimed civilian lives in Gaza, with two people reportedly killed near an aid distribution centre in northern Gaza on Monday—a tragic echo of a crisis that has become relentless in both its pace and its toll.
The strikes are part of a broader and intensifying bombardment campaign. Nearly 50 Palestinians have been killed since Sunday morning alone, as the death toll since October 7, 2023, surges past 55,950, with more than 131,000 wounded. The Gaza Strip, already battered by months of siege, now teeters on the brink of total humanitarian collapse.
The situation for medical personnel is increasingly dire. Teams at Nasser and Al Amal hospitals have been ordered to shelter in place, fearing imminent attacks. Inside, emergency wards are overwhelmed, resources exhausted, and the flow of new patients unceasing.
Gaza Medical Services has confirmed that ambulance operations in Gaza City have ceased altogether crippled by Israel’s continued refusal to allow diesel fuel into the Strip. Without fuel, the most basic medical response becomes impossible. Entire districts are effectively without emergency care, and critically injured civilians are left to die where they fall.
From the Vatican, a rare voice of moral authority pierced the global noise on Sunday. Pope Leo XIV pleaded with the international community not to look away from the “catastrophic suffering” in Gaza, even as broader conflict spreads across the Middle East. His words, though urgent, arrive in a climate of geopolitical inertia.
The reality on the ground grows more dystopian with each passing day: families are killed while waiting for food, hospitals operate as fortresses under siege, and ambulances are silent for lack of fuel. In Gaza, even survival has become a form of resistance.
And yet, the world continues to watch—sometimes with concern, often with indifference—as Gaza bleeds into silence.
Al Jazeera.