I am a doctor in the occupied West Bank. Our hospitals are dying Submitted by Hazim Faisal Abusondos on Sun, 06/21/2026 - 13:01 Cancer patients are being turned away and surgeries postponed as Israel's financial squeeze leaves hospitals without supplies A man transports boxes of medication past an ambulance blocked at the entrance to Turmus Ayya, north of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, on 6 May 2026 (AFP) Off I am a physician working in the emergency room and oncology ward at Dura Hospital in the occupied West Bank . For the past four years, I have witnessed the slow deterioration of our healthcare system .