197. How toxic is the Gaza address
How far can the intensity of hate affect someone? The answer is that there is no limit. It happened with Hitler and is happening with Israel now.
An Israeli court has denied an appeal for a five-year-old Palestinian boy with an aggressive cancer to enter Israel for critical treatment. The court cited a government policy that prevents residents registered in Gaza from crossing the border, even if they no longer reside there.
I will repeat— “even if they no longer reside there.”
The boy has been in the West Bank since 2022, but is still registered as a resident in the Strip, where the ban applies.
The Jerusalem District Court rejected the petition to transfer the child from Ramallah to Tel HaShomer Hospital near Tel Aviv for a bone marrow transplant, a treatment unavailable in Gaza or the occupied West Bank.
Since 2022, the boy has been in the West Bank receiving medical treatment that is not accessible in Gaza. Thousands of children in Gaza desperately require care. The judge stated that there is no significant difference between the boy’s situation and that of other patients prevented by the policy.
The decision mirrors Israel’s comprehensive ban on entering Gaza following the Hamas attacks on October 7, 2023. This ban affects even cancer patients who, before the conflict, regularly received vital treatment in Jerusalem.
This case underscores the devastating effects of a broad policy that prevents Palestinians from accessing vital medical care simply because their registered address is in Gaza, no matter where they actually live. The ruling effectively condemns children to death, even when the needed treatment exists.
According to an estimate, around 11,000 Palestinian cancer patients remain trapped in Gaza, and cancer-related deaths have tripled since the war began, as Israel continues to block patients' attempts to leave and restricts the entry of chemotherapy drugs.
Gaza health officials report that approximately 4,000 individuals with official treatment referrals to third countries cannot cross the border. According to the World Health Organization, 900 people, including children and cancer patients, have already died while waiting for evacuation.
Is it difficult to imagine that Gaza could be considered a type of 21st-century concentration camp?
Israel’s inhumane activities are now unlimited. Another case in point is the demolition of war graves.
The Gaza War Cemetery, maintained by the Commonwealth, contains over 250 Australian soldiers' graves. While most graves belong to British soldiers, the most severe damage is found among the graves of Australians who died in WWII.
The area where the cemetery is located has been shelled throughout the current conflict. The Australian government has now announced plans to restore the graves of Australian soldiers after satellite images confirmed that the Israel Defense Forces had bulldozed them.
The Gaza cemetery’s former caretaker said two bulldozing operations occurred at the cemetery in April and May 2025. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has confirmed that it had been forced to take defensive measures during military operations.
Do not forget that it was the same excuse the IDF gave while bulldozing the schools and hospitals in Gaza.