Gaza medical director says: ‘The hospital yard is filled with corpses,’
Israel’s bombardment has pushed Al-Shifa, Gaza's largest hospital, beyond its capacity, with electricity and water cuts endangering patients’ lives.
By Ibtisam Mahdi
Wounded Palestinians from an Israeli airstrike arrive at Al-Shifa hospital, in Gaza City, May 9, 2023. (Atia Mohammed/Flash90)
Dr. Mohammad Abu Salmiya, the director general of Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City and the chairman of the governorate’s Emergency Committee, has said that if the world does not intervene to stop Israel’s bombardment and intensified siege of the Gaza Strip, “We will be in a catastrophic health situation, and the health system at Al-Shifa Hospital will collapse within hours.”
Abu Salmiya spoke to me on Thursday afternoon from the hospital, trying to juggle between his responsibilities to...










