Medical care halted by Israeli blockade

The suffering of Wa'el Erief's family in Gaza continues to mount as they can do nothing but watch his health deteriorate day by day, unable to take him to a hospital abroad for treatment.

The main reason preventing the family from taking the 23-year-old brain cancer patient to a hospital in Israel or abroad for urgent chemotherapy is the Israeli blockade imposed on the impoverished Gaza Strip.

Six months ago, the family discovered Wa'el's brain cancer.