Inside Gaza’s Hospitals: Nurse Ghada and Israel’s War on Medical Workers

By Noor Abu Mariam

I hesitate to call Ghada a hero—because she rejects that label herself. “We are human,” she told me. “And it’s our duty.”

In Gaza, the war doesn’t only unfold on the frontlines or in the skies. It seeps into hospital corridors, overwhelms emergency rooms, and takes aim at those trying to save lives.

Among the many stories of unimaginable suffering and quiet…