As Israel indefinitely withholds Palestinian customs revenues, public hospitals have cut hours and slashed healthcare workers’ salaries. Patients are left to navigate a system running on interns and half-capacity labs.

I always wanted to become is doctor, and my dream was coming true at Al-Azhar University. But Israel left our campus in ruins and has destroyed a generation. Those of us who survive vow to carry the legacy of those martyred forward, and rebuild Gaza.

Organizations raise money for Gazan medical students to continue their studies abroad. Continuing their medical education is vital to ensuring the future of healthcare in Gaza.

As healthcare workers, we must look at root causes and attempt to treat those. The symptom we are witnessing today is brutal violence, and the diagnosis is colonization. The treatment must be de-colonization and a Free Palestine.