With Israel's "pilot reopening" of the Rafah gate, Gaza patients are in limbo.
Confusion surrounds the pilot opening of the Rafa border into Egypt, as patients in Gaza deal with imprecise requirements, constrained travel times, and continuous medical disregard.
Gaza City — From her family's tent in an-Nazla, Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip, Nebal al-Hessi uses what's left of her injured forearms to browse through her phone in order to stay informed about the reopening of the Rafah border crossing.
On October 7, 2024, an Israeli artillery strike on the house where Nebal, her husband, and her daughter had sought refuge in the Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza resulted in the amputation of Nebal's hands.
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Over a year later, the 25-year-old mother is among thousands of injured individuals hoping that the Rafah crossing between Gaza and Egypt will reopen so they can receive quality medical care outside of the embattled Palestinian enclave.
One year and five months have passed since my injury. Nebal says quietly to Al Jazeera, "I think about traveling tomorrow every day, but I'm not sure."
Nebal recalls the strike as she was attempting to contact her relatives in northern Gaza while sitting on her bed with her infant daughter Rita when the shell struck unexpectedly.
"With my daughter in my lap, I was attempting to get an internet signal so I could call my family when the shell struck. After that, there was dust; that's all I can recall," Nebal recounts.
She says, "It was the shell fragments that amputated my hands."
On October 7, 2024, an Israeli artillery strike on the house where Nebal, her husband, and her daughter had sought refuge in the Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza resulted in the amputation of Nebal's hands.
Youth in Gaza are coming up with unusual ideas as a result of the country's failing economy (list 2 of 3).How media coverage and Western officials worked to undermine the Gaza death toll list 3 of 3 Israel claims it will prohibit MSF from working in Gaza
Over a year later, the 25-year-old mother is among thousands of injured individuals hoping that the Rafah crossing between Gaza and Egypt will reopen so they can receive quality medical care outside of the embattled Palestinian enclave.
One year and five months have passed since my injury. Nebal says quietly to Al Jazeera, "I think about traveling tomorrow every day, but I'm not sure."
Nebal recalls the strike as she was attempting to contact her relatives in northern Gaza while sitting on her bed with her infant daughter Rita when the shell struck unexpectedly.
"With my daughter in my lap, I was attempting to get an internet signal so I could call my family when the shell struck. After that, there was dust; that's all I can recall," Nebal recounts.
She says, "It was the shell fragments that amputated my hands."
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