Gaza's doctors, journalists and rescuers are dying amid allegations of Israel's 'pattern of impunity'
ABC"I shall do by my patients as I would be done by," reads the Hippocratic Oath taken by physicians before they begin practising. The Israeli military has repeatedly targeted hospitals and medical facilities such as Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, the UN and local journalists report, as Israel claims Hamas uses them as weapons facilities and command centres. Medical staff such as doctors and nurses, journalists, rescue workers and others face increasingly dire conditions in Gaza; little to no medical supplies, reports of arbitrary detention and torture, working amid constant shelling — particularly the "apocalyptic" situation in north Gaza, besieged by Israeli forces for weeks, according to the heads of 15 UN bodies. "Israeli forces have done everything in their power to prevent coverage of what is happening in Gaza, and have systematically targeted journalists who have taken tremendous risks to do their jobs," Ms Vincent said. Al Jazeera correspondent Hossam Shbat, one of six journalists accused by Israel of working as Hamas operatives in October, said in a Instagram post that the "terrorist" label was "signalling the start of a deliberate effort to target us and obscure the massacres that are happening, particularly in northern Gaza".