Ricardo Martinez, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) logistics coordinator, describes the horrendous situation in Gaza after working in response to the emergency for four weeks.
“I will never forget when we were still working in our clinic in Khan Younis. I would wake up at 6 am and go to the clinic. Each morning, our staff member Ishaq would open the door and greet me with a huge smile on his face. I would apologise for waking him up but he would reassure me: ‘No, no, Ricardo, I woke up half an hour ago. Welcome! I have been waiting for you.’
“Like Ishaq, many of our team are making sure that those of us who come from outside Gaza have everything we need, from helping us charge our torches to having food and feeling welcomed,” Martinez says.
“They care not only for their patients but for everyone around them. They will tell you: ‘I want to help you — I must help you — because I want to help my people.’
“At the same time, they keep asking: ‘Why? What did we do to deserve this punishment? Why has the world forgotten us?’” he adds.
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