‘I am dying slowly’: Gaza professor blocked from cancer treatment by Israel’s siege

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Israel’s restrictions on medicines and medical evacuations leave thousands of cancer patients without life-saving treatment Kholoud Abu Sahmoud says she is slowly dying from cancer as Israel continues to severely restrict medical evacuations (Hani Abu Rezeq/Middle East Eye) Off In a cramped space beneath the staircase of a school-turned-shelter in southern Gaza, university professor Kholoud Abu Sahmoud is slowly losing her battle with cancer. After 15 rounds of chemotherapy, the 33-year-old Pale