The rain poured heavily today

The rain poured heavily today. The cold was bitter, with harsh winds. I woke exhausted and worried we might not make it to the displaced families at the Nuseirat camp to distribute winter clothes. But we arrived just in time.

The children who welcomed us were barefoot, many wearing only one piece of clothing. One child stood out: chubby cheeks, a big belly, in a short-sleeved T-shirt and no shoes. His family has 14 children, living in two tents, while their mother was in the hospital with the youngest, who was sick.

The ground was soaked, and the wind was harsh as we walked toward the waiting children.

Every barefoot child reminded me of the brutal cold Gaza's children endure. Every child left alone in hospital beds, dying slowly, with feet growing colder as if the earth steals their warmth.

This is injustice. This is darkness; layers of injustice and darkness in this brutal cold.

The cold should not continue. People should not be left to live their entire lives in injustice and darkness.

People must stand up for people. A human being must feel for another human being, and strive to ease their suffering, until everyone can live with the simple dignity of not feeling cold, or hunger, or oppression. Today, we managed to visit a camp full of children and distributed the winter clothes we had prepared in big blue bags the night before, one package for each family.

I wished I could bring everyone all the warmth they need, packed into big blue bags.

I'm tired but determined to do more, to bring warmth to broken children and families.

Next week, when donations arrive, Aboud, our friends, and I will return with blankets, children's shoes, and more winter clothes.

Today was another one drop in an ocean of needs. Next week is expected to be the coldest in decades.

T hope we can reach them in time, whatever that may take.

The need burns in my heart. Tomorrow, I'll cover a 24-hour shift in an emergency room full of suffering, a different kind of injustice.

The world may not save my patients, but it can warm children in tents. I hope to hear, during my shift tomorrow, that we've secured more warmth for more families. Warmth is possible, the link is in my bio.