The Value of Family Medicine and Female Leadership During the Gaza War

From my tent in the refugee camp in central Gaza, I watched the other families living nearby.As a family physician and mother, I saw how hard the women worked to secure food.The United Nations distributed oil, rice, and flour, but milk, chicken, and eggs were impossible to find.Everything was seven times the regular cost.Women cried in grief and exhaustion: so many relatives dead or missing, not enough food and water, and no safe place for the children to play.Weeks earlier, after October 7, 2023, bombs exploded day and night, forcing my family to leave our home in Gaza City.Two weeks later, an air strike demolished it, destroying all our memories.I later learned my family medicine clinic was also rubble.It was the worst horror movie imaginable.