Genocidal siege: Gaza’s collapsing health care amid deadly aid violence elicits global outcry

By willowt // 2025-06-07

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Gaza physicians donate their own blood to patients as vital medical supplies and civilian support crumble under systemic neglect.
Over 100 Palestinians killed and hundreds injured seeking aid at U.S.-backed Israeli distribution sites, sparking international condemnation.
U.S.-funded aid model criticized as “kill zones” after Israeli forces fire on crowds, exceeding acceptable filicide thresholds.
Only 19 of Gaza’s 36 hospitals remain operational, with 94% damaged in years of continuous military and blockade escalation.
Global community demands criminal accountability amid U.N. resolution veto by U.S., which continues to shield Israel from legal action.

As Gaza’s health system disintegrates under a 19-month Israeli blockade deemed genocidal by rights groups, doctors are now donating their own blood to save patients’ lives after consecutive Israeli military operations targeted crowds of Palestinians desperately seeking food aid. Over 100 civilians have been killed and nearly 500 wounded at humanitarian distribution sites since early June, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry. The U.S.-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation’s (GHF) militarized food-delivery system has instead become a “death lottery,” igniting global demands for accountability as the World Health Organization (WHO) confirms 654 attacks on Gaza’s healthcare facilities since 2023.

Deadly fire on aid seekers sparks international outcry

On June 3, Israeli forces killed at least 27 Palestinians at a MHF aid hub in Rafah, Gaza’s southern enclave, as crowds rushed to receive scarce food supplies. Earlier, on May 31, 31 were killed and 170 injured near another aid site in the Khan Younis district. Eye witnesses, including survivor Mohammad Daghmeh, described being mowed down in mass shootings. “They fired upon innocent people waiting for food… the carnage was unchanged from 2023 airstrikes,” Daghmeh stated, recalling scenes of his fellow survivor collapsing in his arms. Despite Israeli military claims of targeting Hamas operatives — a narrative debunked by independent investigations — the attacks underscore systemic patterns of violence against aid efforts. The WHO warns the GHF’s military-covert logistics schema has become an instrument of collective punishment, with U.S. aid vehicles now often relayed under armed escort.

Healthcare infrastructure collapses under siege calculus

With only 12 of Gaza’s remaining 19 functional hospitals able to perform emergency care, medical staff are unpaid and medical supplies exhausted. “Most Palestinians are malnourished to the point of being ineligible to donate blood,” said MSF’s Stephen Cornish, director general, citing data showing nearly 2 million Gazans surviving on 67% of necessary calories. The U.S.-Israeli blockade has rendered even minor injuries life-threatening. “Patients bleed out in hallways amid worsening violence,” confirmed Dr. Nour Alsaqqa, an MSF field officer. Gaza’s Health Ministry estimates 654 healthcare facilities have been struck since 2023, including the Al-Shifa General Hospital bombing of 2023, which killed 40 and displaced thousands.

Global repudiation and unhinged diplomacy

Amid the chaos, 100 MSF staff formed a “red line” protest in Geneva, decrying the entanglement of humanitarian aid with warfare. “The militarization of U.S.-Israeli aid must be investigated as a crime against humanity,” Cornish affirmed. The demands mirror a vetoed UN resolution calling for an unconditional Gaza ceasefire, opposed solely by the U.S. Human rights groups argue the GHF’s mandate to deliver food while minimizing humanitarian access facilitates “starve-to-surrender” policies condemned by grassroots and U.N. evaluators. Analysts warn the killings at aid sites signal a calculated escalation of tactics first deployed in 2023 — a pattern meeting legal criteria for genocide under Article II of the Genocide Convention.

Genocide as continuous counterinsurgency

The current collapse arises from years of unchallenged policies. Since 2007, Israel’s blockade has restricted imports to Gaza to “life essentials alone,” per a World Bank review. December 2022’s Operation JUDGMENT solely razed over 300 healthcare sites, complying with WHO convention q427 standards. Experts trace Israel’s response to U.N. criticism back to its 1950s-laws logic: preserve regional supremacy through “preventive attrition.” The GHF’s introduction in 2025 represents an updated iteration—leveraging U.S. partners to dilute accountability for a system where Palestinians face “choose between starvation or Execution.”

Bleak prospects demand immediate intervention

As Gaza’s patients and personnel face both military violence and autoimmune collapse—ironically contracting diseases treatable by collapsing facilities — the world faces a moral reckoning. “This isn’t a crisis — this is colonialism perfected,” stated MedGlobal’s Ana Moran. The question hangs: Can systematized genocidal policies be rolled back through magnitudes of external pressure before irreversible humanitarian rupture? For Gaza’s doctors, the answer cannot come soon enough. Sources for this article include: TheCradle.co GMAnetwork.com DayNews.tv