Gaza Strip - January 11, 2025 An amputee doctor who lost his right leg in an Israeli missile attack is struggling to save his patients in embattled Gaza Strip as hospitals are running out of medical supplies and fuels amid incessant Israeli offensives. Wearing a prosthetic limb while walking with mobility aid device, doctor Khaled al-Saeedni returned to work as soon as he made a recovery from the attack. He is now responsible for a variety of treatments including treating sick children, as the hospital lacks pediatricians. With hospitals in Gaza suffering medicine, fuel shortages and personnel burnout due to under-staffing, doctors are overwhelmed and struggling to provide healthcare for the wounded as Israeli airstrikes intensify. "The first thing I thought about after installing the prosthesis was to go back to work and treat the children, although standing with the help of the prosthesis is exhausting and weighs heavy while walking," said Khaled. The World Health Organization said more than 12,000 Palestinian patients need medical evacuation, as hospitals in Gaza were unable to provide adequate care and treatment. "We first went through shortages in medical solutions and care in this hospital, in addition to the lack of medicine over an extended period of time. Fuel used for energy has also run out, so we have to work in the dark using our phones' flashlights. We had to conduct surgeries under such conditions," said Khaled. A young boy receiving treatment at the al-Aqsa Hospital is in dire need of medical evacuation and faces life threatening circumstances. "The doctors here could not deal with my son's case due to a lack of medical supplies and unavailability of necessary medical tests. Even the MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) scans and treatment are not available either," said Somaya Abu Riya, mother of the boy. The Palestinian Ministry of Health said on Wednesday that a number of hospitals in the Gaza Strip are facing a severe fuel crisis that could lead to a complete halt in their medical services. Some of them have been forced to partially stop operations due to Israel's restrictions on the entry of fuel into the Gaza Strip. "The recent fuel crisis is not the first one we've ever experienced. As you know, hospitals and medical centers run on generators, so we need fuel and spare parts to operate them. But there is difficulty in bringing in these materials for the operation of the hospitals," said Mohammed Abu Maghasib, a member with the international medical humanitarian organization Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), or Doctors Without Borders. The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) said on Wednesday that hospitals in Gaza have become death traps. SHOTLIST: Gaza Strip - Jan 11, 2025 1. Various of Khaled al-Saeedni, doctor at al-Aqsa Hospital, walking with mobility aid device; 2. Khaled checking, talking with kid; 3. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Khaled al-Saeedni, doctor, al-Aqsa Hospital: "The first thing I thought about after installing the prosthesis was to go back to work and treat the children, although standing with the help of the prosthesis is exhausting and it weighs heavy while walking."; 4. Various of Khaled checking kid and talking with kid, patient's mother; 5. Various of Khaled taking off prosthesis; 6. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Khaled al-Saeedni, doctor, al-Aqsa Hospital: "We first went through shortages in medical solutions and care in this hospital, in addition to the lack of medicine over an extended period of time. Fuel used for energy has also run out, so we have to work in the dark using our phones' flashlights. We had to conduct surgeries under such conditions."; 7. Various of patient's mother changing clothes for her son, holding her son's hand; 8. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Somaya Abu Riya, patient's mother "The doctors here could not deal with my son's case due to a lack of medical supplies and unavailability of necessary medical tests. Even the MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) scans and treatment are not available."; 9. Various of equipment at hospital; 10. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Mohammed Abu Maghasib, member, Doctors Without Borders: "The recent fuel crisis is not the first one we've ever experienced. As you know, hospitals and medical centers run on generators, so we need fuel and spare parts to operate them. But there is difficulty in bringing in these materials for the operation of the hospitals."; 11. Various of damaged vehicles. [Restrictions: No access Chinese mainland]