“There is no break in the heartache,” said an orthopaedic surgeon based in Ireland, who now feels a deep sense of guilt while eating, knowing his family in Gaza are struggling to find food, reports Breaking News.
Dr Mahmoud Abumarzouq was devastated to learn that his friend and former neighbour in Gaza, senior Health Ministry official Marwan Al-Hams, had reportedly been ‘abducted’ by Israeli undercover forces, according to Reuters.
Reports indicate that Al-Hams, who oversaw field hospitals in southern Gaza, was en route to the ICRC hospital in Rafah city when Israeli forces allegedly opened fire, killing one person and injuring another, before detaining him, reports Breaking News.
Dr Mahmoud, currently working at Our Lady’s Hospital in Navan, Co. Meath, said he knew Al-Hams well and described him as “a great person and surgeon who worked voluntarily as an NGO for the greater good for humanity.”
Dr Mahmoud has already lost six members of his family in the Gaza conflict. He shared that his infant niece, who survived an airstrike, is now being breastfed by her aunt, who had a baby around the same time, reports Breaking News.
His sister Seham was seriously wounded in the bombing and is now recovering, but she lost four of her children, including the mother of baby Yaqout.
“There is no break to this heartache. My parents, who are in their 70s, have to keep moving because there are bombs all around them, but there is nowhere to go,” reports Breaking News.
“My wife’s sister and her husband rang last night and feared they wouldn’t see the morning. They thought their tent might be bombed and if they fled, they might be shot at. They got through the night but their tent is now destroyed. I would say they are homeless on the streets – but there are no streets anymore. No-one has food and if they have, they give it to the children and fill themselves up with water,” reports Breaking News.
“The baby Yaqout is being breast fed by her aunt who had a baby of her own at the same time. But she is not getting enough to eat herself to provide the breast milk for the babies,” reports Breaking News.
Dr Mahmoud said he has been sending as much money as he can to help his family, but food is scarce and people are collapsing from hunger and fatigue.
“One egg cost €15. Can you imagine that? But there are no eggs anymore. My family is surviving on out-of-date Dahl but even that is running out. My brother-in-law has shrapnel in his leg and is on any and every kind of antibiotic he can find. My mam doesn’t talk anymore. Calls last one minute because she has nothing to say other than they need food and they need this war to end. Every night my family and I sit down to eat and feel guilty because we have everything to eat and they have nothing. It feels like we are on a different planet,” reports Breaking News.
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