In the Spring of 2023 – before the genocide – Dr. Tammy Abughnaim, a Chicago-based emergency medicine specialist, was preparing for an important visit to Gaza in the Fall. Med Global planned to send a team of doctors to spend two weeks at Nasser Hospital teaching emergency medicine residents how to use portable ultrasound machines in trauma and critical care. The trip was intended to uplift skills vital in a region where the Israeli blockade creates relentless obstacles to health care delivery.