Israel's genocide has frozen a generation of Gaza's young doctors

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With crossings closed and hospitals destroyed, medical training is at a standstill - and the specialists Gaza needs to rebuild may never exist A doctor checks a drip at the dialysis unit of Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah, Gaza, on 1 February 2026 (Eyad Baba/AFP) Off In July 2025, when Israeli forces suddenly ordered Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah to evacuate under threat of imminent bombardment, my friend Ahmed Shabat, a junior doctor, found himself facing a choice that def