https://tankie.tube/videos/watch/b899bee6-d422-4d39-8219-0d6dfafe4b81 Mohammed Wael Helles, aged 14, has been waiting for surgery on a serious spinal injury caused by an Israeli air strike for nearly two months, one of thousands of Palestinians waiting for urgent treatment in Gaza's battered health system. Helles was a top student with aspirations of becoming a doctor when he was wounded weeks before a ceasefire that paused two years of warfare. The attack, which killed the driver of his vehicle, tore his spinal cord and fractured three vertebrae. "I'm still young, at the start of my life," he said from his hospital bed in Khan Younis after waking from his injury 50 days ago to find he was partially paralysed. Israel's devastating military campaign in Gaza since 7 October 2023 has injured at least 170,000 Gazans, according to local health authorities, and pushed most Palestinians in Gaza into unsanitary tent camps ravaged by disease, adding to the strains on a shattered health system. Support stories that matter. Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCR0fZh5SBxxMNYdg0VzRFkg/join Catch previous episodes of MEE LIVE, our biweekly news programme exploring the stories shaping our world through breaking coverage, expert analysis, and hard-hitting interviews. Originally airing Tuesdays & Thursdays at 12pm ET | 5pm BST Got a story tip or question? Reach us at MEELive@middleeasteye.org Subscribe to our channel: http://ow.ly/AVlW30n1OWH Subscribe to MEE Telegram channel to stay up to date: https://t.me/MiddleEastEye_TG Middle East Eye Website: https://middleeasteye.net Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@middleeasteye Follow us on Instagram: https://instagram.com/MiddleEastEye Like us on Facebook: https://facebook.com/MiddleEastEye Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MiddleEastEye Thu, 09 Apr 2026 10:28:32 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://tankie.tube https://tankie.tube/lazy-static/avatars/3ba3ff73-a8b6-49c9-add8-9653ef090c7f.webp https://tankie.tube/videos/watch/b899bee6-d422-4d39-8219-0d6dfafe4b81 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://tankie.tube/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.