Gaza - Saba:
A British doctor and surgeon described the injuries resulting from the Israeli enemy's airstrikes on the Gaza Strip on Tuesday as "unparalleled" and unlike anything she had seen in her life.
"I have never seen so many explosion injuries in my life," British surgeon Victoria Rose, who works at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, told Agence France-Presse.
"I have never seen so many injuries in Gaza in my life." We see injuries to very young children," she added.
Rose emphasized that the extensive burns she saw during her visit "are difficult to survive even in Western countries where there are no wars and we have functioning hospitals and all the medical supplies at our fingertips."
"So, most of these burns will result in death."
The surgeon explained that another type of blast injury occurs when "everything around you moves with tremendous force as a result of the explosion, throwing it with tremendous force, hitting civilians and causing deep wounds."
According to Rose, victims often suffer partial or complete amputations as a result of the bombing, and because they live in tents, they arrive at the hospital with large amounts of dirt accumulated on their wounds.
She added, "The first thing we do is try to clean the wounds, then try to cover them and save as much of the body as possible."
The British surgeon indicated that these challenges are exacerbated by the dwindling number of functioning medical facilities in Gaza, including Nasser Hospital.
On Monday, enemy forces committed two massacres, the first when they targeted a school. Fahmi al-Jarjawi, who was sheltering displaced persons in the Daraj neighborhood of Gaza City in the central Gaza Strip, killed 31 Palestinians, including 18 children. The second targeted a home in Jabalia al-Balad in the northern Gaza Strip, killing 19 citizens.
With American and European support, the Israeli enemy has been committing a genocidal crime and imposing a total blockade on the Gaza Strip since October 7, 2023. This has resulted in more than 175,000 Palestinian deaths and injuries, most of whom are children and women, according to a preliminary toll. More than 14,000 people remain missing.
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