An Israeli court refused to allow a five-year-old Palestinian boy with aggressive cancer to enter Israel for critical treatment. The boy needs a bone marrow transplant and antibody immunotherapy, treatments not available in Gaza or the West Bank. He has been living in the West Bank since 2022 for medical care. The Jerusalem district court rejected the petition on Sunday, citing a government policy banning Gaza-registered residents from crossing the border, even if they do not live there anymore. The court’s decision follows Israel’s wide ban on people from Gaza after the Hamas attacks on October 7, 2023. Before the war, patients from Gaza could access life-saving treatment in Jerusalem regularly. The boy’s mother told Haaretz, “I have lost my last hope,” calling the ruling a death sentence. She added that the boy’s father died of cancer three years ago. Judge Ram Winograd said the petition challenged Israel's new security restrictions, and found no solid reason to treat the boy differently from others barred by the policy. He wrote, “The petitioners failed to demonstrate a real and relevant difference.” Gisha, an Israeli human rights group fighting for the boy since November 2025, condemned the decision. They said it shows the harshness of a rigid system that blocks patients based on their Gaza registration despite medical urgency. “The court is backing an unlawful policy that effectively condemns children to death, even when life-saving treatment is in reach,” Gisha stated. About 11,000 Palestinian cancer patients remain trapped in Gaza despite the Rafah crossing reopening last week. Cancer deaths in Gaza have tripled since the war started. Israel continues to restrict patients from leaving and limits chemotherapy drug supplies. Around 4,000 people have official medical referrals but cannot cross the border. The World Health Organization reports 900 patients, including children, have died waiting for evacuation.