'Abd-al Latif
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Read this (from a sister):
As-salamu `alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh guys,
I was supposed to be at the Egyptian-Palestine border tonight assisting the DoctorsWorldWide Relief Team (an international organisation of Muslim doctors and other health care professionals ). I went to meet the doctor in charge of their Turkey branch and alhamdulillah he filled me in on what's been happening on their side. As I got there, they were filling trucks with medical equipment and supplies, to get it across the border. He's been assessing the political as well as the medical situation - things are looking extremely bad...
To state the facts amid the doubts, no persons or medicine/equipment are allowed across the border without permission, and when permission is granted for medicine, the teams are allowed only 2 hours to get it through! The team gave money and donations to the Med groups inside Gazza but it's near impossible for them to purchase anything as isra'il won't allow them to buy anything other than isra'ili medical supplies at the border and of course, these are purposely too expensive.
The sad thing is that out of roughly 2000+ injured patients, only 120 have been allowed into Egypt since last saturday. They're currently at al-'Arish hospital (about 40km from the border), several are in intensive care and at least one has died since then. Unfortunately the DWW emergency team consisted of just 4 brothers (who left Turkey on an emergency flight on Tues) and although they are expecting 2 more female staff at al-'Arish, it's obvious I can't travel with them from here to al-'Arish. I'm so deeply saddened and disheartened as I wanted to assist with the nursing and at the border in case more patients come through (particularly female patients). I'm not a doctor but due to my background, the team contacted me nevertheless as they require all the assistance they can get if permission is granted.
To be this close, to have trained and felt so ready for these incidents since my mid-teens and yet to find myself unable to do anything other than get updates and watch trucks being loaded with supplies, is unbelievably frustrating.
The doctor told me that now Isra'il has told all foreigners to leave Gazza, he said he's worried that they are going to enter Gazza by land, meaning the no. of casualties will hit the roof... Wallahul Musta'an.
It's so difficult doing anything here, the doctors team have their hands tied - they literally can't do anything without permission from Egyptian authorities (DWW couldn't even work independently in supplying their own equipment - everything has to be done via Egyptian resources!). They tried to get patients moved from Gazza and al-'Arish to Turkey where the facilities are more available and where the DWW Muslim doctors are all waiting. Unfortunately, they were refused to move the patients. Now they're trying again by going through their embassies but I'm not sure what the outcome will be.
Other than that, it could be the patients will either be moved one-by-one to Ismailiyyah or Cairo Hospitals, which is what they did last time something like this happened.
I used to go on about lack of resources and donations but today I realised more than anything that it's not resources the teams are lacking... it's just politics at its worst.
Brothers and sisters, it's not just Gaza that needs your supplications ... it's also these team of believers who are driven by nothing more than their Iman, who've come from different countries only for the Sake of Allah, who haven't slept and who are going through hassle, interrogations and humiliation - these brothers and sisters also need your supplications. Please don't forget them too.
Wasalamu `alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh