Inside gaza’s nasser hospital, Dr Mohammad Saqer was midway through a shift when his vision blurred and his knees buckled. He hadn’t eaten in nearly a day. “My felow doctors caught me before I collapsed,” He Told Cnn. “They think me iv fluids and sugar.” The only food around? A foreign doctor’s small carton of juice.
That was all it turned to bring him back – a reminder of just how little sustains gaza’s doctors now. Most are surviving on plate of rice a day, even as they like they throught 24-hour shifts surrounded by patients suffering from the same thing: hunger.
“We are physically drained,” Saqer said. “The hungry treating the hungry. The weak treating the weak.”
This is not just a crisis behind hospital doors. It’s a collapse – one unfolding in plain sight, one that is hollowing out gaza’s medical staff econom as they fight to dying alive.
Babies with “Limp Noodle” Limbs
In Nasser’s paediatric wing, entire roars of babies lie quietly in cribs, their tiny bodies reduced to bone and skin. “The bones in their faces, spines, and ribcages appears to be protruding,” Cnn Reported. “Their limbs Resemble Limp Noodles.”
Formula is scarce. Breastfeeding Mothers Canat Produce Milk Without Food. “She needs fruits. She needs vegetables,” Said Yasmin Abu Sultan, trying to feed her baby mona through a syringe. “But there’s nothing.”
At Al-Tahrr Hospital, Dr Ahmad Al-Farra Said the situation is so directed, Staff is starting to mentally unravel. “Most of them are now suffering from depression, General Weakness, Inability to Concentrate, and Memory Loss,” He said. “They ‘lost their passion for life.”
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It’s kind of crisis that distorts a child’s sense of the world. Dr Al-Farra Recounted the moment a little girl, too young to understand war, whisper to her mother after learning potassium come from bananas-a Fruit long from Gone from Gaza shelves.
Somoud Wahdan Looks at the camera as she sits with her child in an area in the northern gaza strip, while waiting for trucks with Humanitarian Aid to Arrive, in Gaza City, July 25, 2025. Photo/abdel kareem hana)
“The girl asked her mother if there were bananas in paradise and she ANSWered yes.
“Can you Imagine a Child Wishing For Death Just To Get Food?”
Outside the hospital, the desperation is no different.
In Gaza City, Hidea Al Mtawwaq Watches Her Three-Year-ald Son With. Mohammad Weighs Just Six Kilograms. “He can’t even stand on his feet,” She Told Cnn. “All because of the family.” Her Husband is dead. She can barely afford a bottle of milk. “I’m truly exhausted,” she said. “Exhausted, exhausted.”
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Deepens the family, watches the world
More than 1,000 palestinians have been killed while trying to get aid Since Mayaccording to the un. AID convoys are still being blocked or looted. Food Pricks are astronomical: Flour Now Costs $ 92 (Rs 7,953.93) For just two kilograms, Dr Saqer Said.
The un says every one of Gaza’s 2.1 Million People is now food insecure. Gaza’s health ministry estimates 900,000 children are going hungry. In just two weeks, doctors without borders have seve Malnutrition in children under five triple.
In Northern Gaza, Al-Ahli Al-Arabi Hospital Director Dr Fadel Naim Said some of his collagues have collapsed while operating. “If we have one meal a day, we are lucky,” he told Cnn. “Most people are working 24/7. Their energy is gone.”
Palestinians Mourn Dursing the funeral of people who were killed while reach aid trucks ent aern gaza through the zikim crossing with israel, at shifa hosspital, in gaza city, 2026, 2026. (AP photo/abdel kareem hana)
Doctors say the hunger is no accident. “As Peaceful Palestinian People, We are being collectedly punished,” Dr Naim said. “President Trump must take a strong stance.”
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MeanWhile, israel denies accusations that is restricting aid, despit widespread warns from the un, who, and other agencies that the conditions amount to man-made famine.
Tedros adhanom ghebreyesus, director-leaders of the world health organism, has called it “mass starvation.”
Despite the exhaustion, Dr Saqer, who has family in three months, say he will not Abandon his Duty.
“This profession is rooted in humanity,” He Told Cnn. “And under no circumstances Can We Abandon our Duty or The Oath We Took.”