Amputation or death is the doctors' last option in Gaza.

We have no choice but to amputate the limbs of patients and the injured.. With these harsh words, the Director of the Ministry of Health in Gaza, Dr. Munir Al-Bursh, summarized the magnitude of the medical disaster facing the sector, after the occupation prevented the entry of antibiotics and essential medicines, putting thousands of patients in front of an unknown fate.

Al-Bursh stated that the injured in Gaza are not only killed by the bullets of the occupation, but are also ravaged by antibiotic-resistant microbes, as doctors have no choice but to amputate limbs to save the lives of the wounded and injured.

The Director of the Ministry of Health in Gaza explained via the "X" platform that the emergence of these microbes means that the health crisis has reached a "point of no return," where the doctor finds himself forced to choose between the harshest of two options: amputation or death.

Al-Bursh bitterly asked: "Has medicine become amputation?", pointing out that doctors in Gaza face daily painful scenes to save a child, a young person, or an injured person with no choice but to amputate a leg or an arm, as the occupation has not only continued its relentless bombardment but has also deprived patients of essential medicines, causing their bodies to not respond to treatment.

He added that the past hours have witnessed the most intense bombardment targeting the essentials of life in Gaza, including homes, hospitals, schools, and even tents, where the occupation's missiles have killed children and women, depriving the population of water, medicine, and food, thus forming before the world the features of a complete health genocide.

According to Al-Bursh, the second Gideon operation announced by the occupation on August 13 resulted in the deaths of 1,891 martyrs, including 482 children, 174 women, and 75 elderly, meaning that 38% of the operation targeted women, children, and the elderly.

Al-Bursh's statement sparked a wave of outrage on social media platforms, where users saw that the deafening international silence exacerbates the tragedy, while daily scenes from Gaza leave no room for doubt that it is a documented act of genocide with sound and image.

Other users described what is happening in Gaza as "early news," as the world watches an unprecedented disaster throughout all ages in silence, as if lives are being lost in a void without echo.

They added that the health disaster in Gaza is not a geographically confined humanitarian crisis, but a major moral scandal that tests the conscience of humanity, for when medicine is besieged and antibiotics are denied, patients become victims with no choice, and amputation becomes the only treatment.

One activist wrote: "This is a simple detail drowning in a sea of daily disasters in the Gaza Strip, but it is a major tragedy in itself."

Another added: "Health genocide in Gaza… even medicine is besieged."

Bloggers pointed out that what is happening is not just a health crisis, but a moral crime against humanity, as medicine turns into a tool of siege, and patients in Gaza become victims twice: once for their exhausted bodies, and once for the policies of the occupation.

Others noted that this news should not pass like any fleeting news, for "hunger and thirst are easier than amputation, because the pain of amputation is without anesthesia, and living with amputated limbs is an irreplaceable tragedy."

Activists also warned that what is happening in Gaza is not just a local crisis, but a global threat, as the spread of antibiotic resistance means the birth of bacteria that no medicine can stop, turning Gaza into an "open laboratory for death."