Nasem Mohra, a 10-year-old kidney patient surviving the war, fears he may never see his family again after Israeli forces arrested his father while he was taking the boy to a hospital in southern Gaza for emergency surgery. hemodialysis.

A neighbor took Nasem, who needs regular dialysis, to Abu Yousef Al Najjar Hospital in Rafah yesterday after the boy was separated from his relatives amid heavy Israeli shelling of Gaza.

“I’m afraid I’ll die before I see my family, my relatives and my siblings,” said Nasem, while undergoing dialysis.

“I want the war to stop so that we can go back to our homes and go back to my normal life,” said the 10-year-old, adding that he has not seen his mother for weeks.

THE neighborAdel Haniyeh, explained that he was traveling south through Gaza with his children when recognized Naseem and decided to take care of him. The child’s father was arrested at an Israeli army checkpoint, he said.

“The boy is in bad shape. He needs to follow a special diet, his condition is very bad. We sleep in a mosque and come here (daily) with a cart pulled by donkeys,” Haniyeh described, noting that they also have to wait in line for hours for the child to undergo treatment.

The Palestinian Red Crescent has said that Israeli shelling of main roads along Gaza is blocking the passage of ambulances and other rescue vehicles.

The doctors at hospital of Rafa, near the Egyptian border, emphasize that the deficiencies in fuel and medical supplies make their working conditions there very difficult.

“We have 17 dialysis beds, under normal conditions we serve 120 patients, but now 350 patients have to use these beds,” said Dr. Ihab Maser, head of the dialysis department.

“Unfortunately, we lose patients every day,” he pointed out. “I hope that with the help of God there will be an end to this and the situation will improve soon,” he added.